The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-02 00:00:00

VICTORIA THEATRE.

0-:o-lhiiston is certainly a most indefatigable
cater-_,r for the public. Notwithstanding the crowded
housr— which the performances of last week drew
every night, he has this week produced another new
drama, from the practised pen of the author of Susan
Hopley. It is entitled Marianne, the Child of
Charity, and details the adventures of a poor, but vir-
tuous girl, Marianne (admirably acted by Miss Vin-
cent), who at the commencement of the drama is sup-
posed to be a mere child of charity, but who eventually
turns out to be the heiress of immense wealth. The
piece is cleverly written, and is replete with dramatic
incidents and startling effects. We were glad to see
that Mr. Osbaldiston himself took a part in this
drama. He acted the part of Captain Sefton, the
father of Marianne, who had been supposed to
be dead, but who returns from slavery in time
to rescue his daughter from the machinations of
those who would fain destroy her, and, by his judicious
performance, contributed greatly to the success of the
piece. Mr. W. Searle, who has recently joined this
company, was very successful in his delineation of the
character of Nightshade, a desperado of the O'Smith
school, and was much applauded. Mr. John Herbert,
as Job Scroggs, a cat's-meat vendor, kept the house
fa a roar of bughter the whole time he was on the
stage ; and Miss E. Terry, as Miss Charlotte Todd, a
gay lady of fashion, was excellent. If we mistake
not, Marianne is destined to be as popular as Susan
Hoge.

STATE OP TRADE.—For some days past there has
been a much better demand, both for goods and yarn,
than is usually experienced at this season, and a fair
amount of business has been done at very firm rates.
The purchases of manufactured goods have been made,
we believe, principally for the home trade ; but there
has been also some demand for several of the principal
foreign markets ; and stocks of all descriptions are un-
usually light. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MON-
DAY, DEC. 30.—The market to-day has been but thinly
attended, and the little business transacted has been at
former prices. Between Christmas-day and the first
market, which is always the first Monday after the
Twelfth-day (the 6th instant), there is but little business
transacted. The demand for Wool is better, and prices
stiffer.—Manchester Guardian.

The Bishop of Worcester and Mrs. Pepys are
passing the Christmas recess at Hartlebury Castle. We
are happy to say that his Lordship and Mrs. Pepys have
not experienced any ill effect from the alarm occasioned
them by the fire which occurred at the Castle on Thurs-
day last. The Right Reverend Prelate and Mrs. Pepys
were awoke at four o'clock on 1 hursday morning by a
strong smell of fire in their bedroom, upon which his
Lordship immediately quitted the apartment, and has
tened down stairs, when opening the dour of the school-
room found that apartment enveloped in flames. His
Lordship, with great presence of, mind, immediately
closed the door, ~nrl having secured his family and ch-
mystics, . sent for the fire-engine a. In the interim his
Lordship expressly- forbid the door of the burning room
to be opened, and to which judicious step the preserva-
tion of the whole of the magnificent building and its
valuable contents may be mainly attributed.
A movement is now being made at Ipswich for
the appointment of a chaplain to mstruct the labourers
on the Eastern Union Railway. We iish the parties
all S' CL The good effects of a similar arrangement
are seen on the works progressing in the neigh-
of Cambridge. We should like to see all con-
trartor, following the example of Messrs. Grissell and
Pet( In the instance referred to. They contribute most
liberally towards the religious instruction of the la-
bourers, and without any restriction as to oreed.—Rail-
way Record.

ALEXANDRIA.
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6th D c., and Suoz 14th Dec.
Mr. Bourne's Postal Convention with the Pacha has
been terminated as far as that gentleman is concerned,
and it is to be sent to England by the steamer Oriental
to be ratified. The conditions are not so satisfactory as
expected. Although the particulars of the agreement
have not been made public, it is believed that it is based
on the same principles as the one made with the French
Government for the Indian mails proceeding through
France, and that Mehemet Ali will receive an amount
of postage on the mails passing through Egypt to and
from India at the rate of 6s. per lb. on letters, and Is.
par lb. on newspapers. The term is for five years. The
mails will be conveyed through the country by the Vice-
roy at his own expense, and will be accompanied by an
English messenger.
Artin Bey, the Prime Minister, has returned to Alex-
andria, accompanied by Mr. Bourne.
The Egyptian Transit Company is still in a state of
discomfiture, the real Directors not being yet known.
In the mean time the Government continues to take
measures to make a monopoly of the transit through
Egypt. The British and several European consuls at
Cairo have received instructions from the Egyptian Go-
vernment to prohibit travellers from crossing the Desert
between Cairo and Suez by their own conveyances, as
the means of proceeding between those two places are to
be strictly confined to the Egyptian Transit Company.
Said Pacha, Mehemet Ali's son, has again applied to
purchase the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta, but without success.

Owing to very prevalent bad weather, the French
steamers have lately been very irregular in their arrivals;
and the French schooner Gazelle, which has recently
been placed on the line between Beyrout and Alex-
andria, arrived only on the 16th, whilst she should have
been here, under ordinary circumstances, on the 4th.
One of the Pacha's Nile steamers, of 50-horse power,
was lost a few days ago near Aboukir Bay, on her way
from Rosetta to Alexandria. The fault is entirely as-
cribable to the captain for not taking precautionary
measures. The engines of this steamboat were made at
Cairo, and her boilers, of copper, are valued at 4,0001.
sterling.
The mortt:lity amongst the cattle still continues, and
although Mehemet Ali is making every effort. at an im
mense cost, to replenish the stock in Egypt by constant
supplies from Asia Minor and Abyssinia, the number of
animals does not increase.

Lord Elphinstone arrived here on the 17th inst. by the
French steamer from Syra. His Lordship intends to
proceed by the Bentinck from Suez to Ceylon, to visit
some estates he owns iu that island, and expects to be
back in March.

Very few travellers have passed through Alexandria
this year with the intention of visiting Upper Egypt.
The several crops of wheat, beans, barley, lentils, and
sessame seed are excessively short this year, owing, no
doubt, to the great scarcity of cattle. Beans have con-
tinued to advance daily in price until they have finally
re ached 21s. 4d. p,r quarter, free on board, and it is
impossible to say when the speculation in this article
will cease.

The schooner Emmetje arrived here yesterday from
Beyrout, which place she 12ft on the 11th. Very severe
‘, r 11:!s prevailed oil the coast of Syria since the
Noveldb,r. and h great awaher of country
v,s ,els hav, been lost on the coast. Fresh supplies of
tre,,Ts were constantly pouring into Syria from Turkey,
and All I'acha had arrived at Jerusalem to replace the
former Paella, on account of his inactive conduct during
the late disturbances, caused by Sheikh Aboo Ghosh, in
the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The new system of
petty Christian Governors, under the Druse Emir in the
Lebanon, is being carried into operation, but it is not ex-
pected that much good will be derived from it. The old
Turkish coinage lately called in by the Government is
again perfectly current in every town in Syria.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

TIMES.—This has been a day of some excitement in
the Share Market, on account of the notice issued by
the Board of Trade on the subject of the proposed rail-
way extensions. As far as feelings in the City can be
ascertained, they are generally in favour of the Board's
decision, and the manner in which they have communi-
cated it, simply stating the results at which dry hrve
arrived, without entering into the particular merits of
the question as regards any particular undertaking.
The Commissioners appear to have acted on a distinct
principle, as their present announcement shows—viz.,
that of taking the country divided between the two great
lines of the Great Western and South-Western Rail-
ways. The decision in favour of the extensions pro-
posed by the Great Western in preference to those
proposed by the South-Western seems to be generally
considered favourable to the public at large, and to
maintain the best line of road. The consequence of the
announcement has been that the shares of the Great
Western Company have advanced, while, on the other
hand, those of the South-Western Company (espe-
cially those recently issued) have been depreciated.
It has had, moreover, the beneficial effect of check-
ing reckless speculation in many undertakings uncon-
nected with these, since the parties interested are more
cautious in their operations now they see the prudent
and clear manner in which the counsels of the Board
are directed. From the sample of the business just
given it is now expected that the remaining sections of
the country through which railways are proposed to pass
will be disposed of in a similar manner, and there is
reason to hope that in the selection hereafter to be made
results equally judicious will be obtained.
Another feature in the act of the Board of Trade
that receives general commendation is its publicity.
A few days ago we pointed out the danger which would
ensue if the Board communicated its decisions to a few
individuals, who might be able to take advantage of their
exclusive information, instead of addressing the public
generally. By publishing their determinations in the
Gazette in the first instance, the information is obtained
at the same time by all to whom it is of interest.
The fluctuation of prices in the Share Market shows
a rise in the value of Great Western and Bristol and
Exeter, both of which have considerably improved, the
Board of Trade accepting the principal extensions of the
Great Western Company, and the rejection of the Yeovil
and Exeter line saving the Bristol and Exeter Company
from competition. 'I he shares of the Great Western
Company from 74 to 76 premium have risen to 78 to 80
premium, and the shares of the Bristol and Exeter have
improved from 69 to 70, yesterday's price, to 73 to 75
to-day. Original South-Western shares have been pretty
well supported, though in the early part of the day they
were flat. The new 401. shares, however, from 84 have
e.e:e back to 3to 6, their last price. Much business is
transacting in the French tines of rade ay. A purchase
of 1,000 shares in the Great North of France line was
made to-day at 21 premium.
SUN.—The English Stock Market closes flatly, on
account of the decline at Paris on Tuesday, owing
to the expected change in the Cabinet. Consols were
1004 ; New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 1034 1;
and the Three per Cents., look India Stock was rather
higher.
Spanish Bonds also receded, the Five per Cents. being
274 4, and the Three per Cents. 364 4. The Coupons
were 274 to 264. Brazilian New Bonds were 861, and
Portuguese Converted, ex dividend, 60 to 594-. Mexican
were 354 1. French Scrip receded to 14 premium.
The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Gloucester were 5 ;
Bristol and Exeter, 5; Ditto and Gloucester, 124; Ches-
ter and Holyhead, 4 ' • Churnet Valley, 2to 4; Corn-
wall, 4 4; Dublin and Belfast, 21 to 24; Great Southern
and Western (Ireland), 5f ; Great Western, 80 ; Lan-
caster and Carlisle, 44 ; Birmingham, 129 ; Brighton,
24 i ; South-Western, 334 ; Ditto, Eighths, 18 •, Ditto,
New, 3; London and York, 24 ; Lynn and Ely, 11 ;
North British,
%V i; Norwich and Brandon, New, 34 ;
Thclunond and est-end Junction, 14; Shrewsbury and
Birmingham, 4 ; South-Eastern, 81 ; Trent Valley, 8
to 7-ii; York and North Midland, 54 to 4; Ditto, Half,
264 ; Ditto, Selby Scrip, 484; Boulogne and Amiens,
3to • Lyons and Avignon, ; Orleans and Bordeaux,
6to 4 ; Paris and Lyons, 14 ; Paris and Rouen
211 4 ; and Paris and Strasbourg, 14 to 1 premium.
Caledonian have been 4 ; Eastern Counties, 94 to g ;
Blackwell, 94 to 81 ; and West London, 134 discount.

OCCUPATION of the NEW ROYAL

EXCHANGE BY THE MERCHANTS.

This interesting event occurred yesterday, and the
muster on 'Change, though the day was not a post-
day, was very considerable. In consequence of the
intended occupation, all the avenues were completely
opened. The only arrangement we noticed which
had any novelty about it, was that by which the ad-
vertisements
and announcements of the sailing of
ships, which used to be affixed generally to the walls
of the old Exchange, are now pasted upon neat
boards, which are hung up in the recesses of the
merchants' area. These boards are all of one size
and character, and seem calculated to prevent the dis-
figurement which the old system involved.
The temporary Exchange in the court-yard of the
Excise-office will soon be dismantled of its roof and
other fittings ; and we perceive, by an announcement
affixed to the posts supporting the roof, that the
materials are to be sold, anti that the proceeds will
be devoted to the principal City charities.
The merchanti generally seemed to be perfectly
satisfied with their new quarters, and quite ready to
join in the general congratulation to Mr. Tite, the
architect, on the very successful termination of his
labours. Some of the merchants still seem to think
that all the Exchange ought to have been roofed like
the Bourse at Paris ; but, as we have before observed,
that is a question the merchants determined them-
selves, by a large majority, before the Committee tlok
any step in the matter ; and the common opinion
appears to be that the majority were right, for though
a roofed hall might be convenient at this time of the
year, in the summer, and particularly in wet weather,
the heat and steam would be insufferable. Some of
the merchants complained of draughts of cold air, an
evil which, we are informed, it is intended to remedy
by the introduction of inner doors, should the incon-
venience be found to he important.

The Birmingham tin-plate and sheet-iron trade,
which gives employment to a large proportion of our
population, is in a very flourishing condition, if we may
judge by the supply of orders and the scarcity of hands.
A stove manufacturer informed us yesterday that he
could not obtain a sufficient number of men to execute
his orders, and that, while last Christmas a written no-
tice in his window would have brought a shoal of appli-
cants in a few hours, it is now next to impossible to ob-
tain workmen.—,Birmingham %burned.

MURDER AT ULVERSTON.
The conclus;on of the inquest on this horrible affair
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returned against the prisoner, Thomas Donahoo, for
murdering his wife on Friday, the 20th, by striking her
with an iron bar. The inquest occupied three days.
The following is the most important evidence which
came before the jury connected with this tragic affair.
Mr. Barton, surgeon, stated that there were three
wounds on the deceased's head, any of which were fatal;
but that the immediate cause of death was a severe wound
on the back part of the head, which might have been
done by some obtuse instrument. He found about a
spoonful of extravasated blood pressing on the brain.
He also stated that the whole body, especially her legs,
thighs, and arms, were severely bruised ; and on being
shown a piece of square iron, round at the end, like a
pistol, said the marks and bruises corresponded with
this iron, and that he had measured them with it. That
he had no doubt whatever but the deceased's death was
caned by the wounds in her head, and that they
could have been produced by such an instrument. He
also distinctly stated that the deceased could not possibly
have received such wounds by falling down stairs, as
stated by the prisoner. That he had particularly exa-
mined the iron, and was confident that there was a spot
of blood on the end, and that it had the appearance of
being recently washed.
Police .constable Sandwell examined—He had met the
deceased between twelve and one o'clock oa Friday
morning, and talked with her. She was drunk, and had
then no bruises upon her. Soon after he saw her hus-
band, who inquired for her, and he told him she had
gone home ; when he said he wanted money, and would
go home and give her a " d—d good kicking." That
afterwards he went to the prisoner's house, and saw
Donahoo and his son, a boy about 12 years of age, sit-
ting by the fire. Donahoo was talking to the boy about
his mother, and saying, the " b—h" came in
and sat down on his stool, and he knocked her off ; and
said she had been " spreeing ;" and then he took a can,
apparently having water in it, and a cloth, and began
washing about the foot and on the stairs, and took a
stone after he had washed and scrubbed the flag. Soon
after they went up stairs, and he went away, concluding
all was peaceable.
James Walker stated that he lived next door to
Donahoo, and he was awoke by a violent falling against
the wall which separated his room from theirs ; that it
was a thin lath and plaster wall, and he could hear any
ordinary conversation going on. When he awoke, he
found that Donahoo and his wife were engaged, as he
thought, in a quarrel, which was quite common with
them, and he heard the deceased cry out, "Don't murder
me, don't kill me," and immediately he heard a violent
blow or kick given, which was quickly followed by two
unnatural groans. Soon after he heard a dragging along
the floor, and something falling down stairs like a dead
weight, when he heard the boy exclaim, " Oh, you have
killed, or will kill my mother," and then the prisoner
gave a violent stamp with his foot, and said something
which he did not catch.
The jury were about to adjourn, it being half-past
eight, but on being informed that the boy bad expressed
a desire to give a statement of the affair, he was sent for,
and gave an account that his father had kicked and
struck his mother both up and down stairs, and dragged
her by the hair of the head, and in various other ways
abused her.
The prisoner is a travelling razor-grinder and tinker.
He is a fresh-coloured, strong muscular man, and stands
about six feet high, possessing; a most brutal and savage
temper. The prisoner and his wife have had six chil-
dren, all of whom are dead, with the exception of a boy
of about twelve years of age, and a little girl about three.