The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY SHARE3IAIIOO
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LIVERPOOL, DEc. 15. p
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birken.o,l7l,oo
shire, and Cheshire, 27t p.—Cambridge and Pnc°Gisfor
Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares, '73/1 Sew
52 0,/
Dumfries, 10s. dis.--Grand Junction, 233—Ditt°,A
ter Shares, 32 p.—Ditto, 401. Shares (L.3.l•Pai sod'
Goole and Doncaster, ls. dis.—Huddersfield Lifeeo
way, 4% p.—Liverpool and Leeds Direct, IS d'51,0"-pdl
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, 14 GO+,
York, 78 p.—Manchester, Midland, and Grea'y K Ael°
6d. p.—Midland, 139—Ditto, 40/. Share, 12,a P 7,0
Union (A), 208—North Staffordshire, 48s. 3. Prp!'"iAi
and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (senPf„,7bsre",l
Eastern and Dover, Consolidated Thirds, nal'
—Welsh Midland, 12a. 6d. dis.—West Riding ',,-ron)
—Dutchßlumish,l% p.—Paris and Lyons (Gba:dig-
nrl
a J:1"
MANCHESTER, IfEc. /5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Canl
coin, 314—Chester and Birkenhead, 45—Dudley', ir°.t 131'
A We, ,
and Shrewsbury, VA—Fleetwood, Preston, an,. - 40. 0,
Junction, 225. c.—Goole, Doncaster Sheffield, &C.. ,sbe ,nd
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, B—Huddersfield InVonjos;o,
Junction, 16—Leicester and Birmingham, 185. 3
Birmingham, Thirds, 40% c.—Manchester and P,104.-Po.
Quarters, 10 %—Manchester and Leeds, Fifth4.1.,;895',,,0
cheater and Southampton, 234—North Staffordottitcre
—North Union ( A), 206 -North Western, 575.-",,;,,gaci„l
and Mansfield, 214—Oldham District, 87s.—Pre,,2`7„.besut
Extension, I—Trent Valley Continuation and Doi
c.—West Riding Union, 6.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.—TheLEEDS salesDEC ares—Sheffield and
cheater, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 534—Leeds andittel).tA
Extensions, 48—Leeds and Dewsbury, 2034 C.
Shares, 3N p.—Leeds and Thirsk, 6%—North 1311'WoK,
Carlisle Branch, 114—Oxford, Worcester, and
harnpton, 12%—Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole,
—Cambridge and Lincoln, 3%—Direct Northern, 11700,.k
verpool. Ormskirk, and Preston, 334—West It id ill;
53 —Chelmsford Q.nd Bury, 10s. dia.—Grand Union, gyp
cbs.—Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction' ort"
Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 105. dir:(l/
Western, 214 Wakefield and Bradford, 125, vu.
Wakefield and Harrogate, sa. p.
YORK, DEC. 15. ftb
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—York and S°-11'
land Extension, 24%—Newcastle and Berwick, 101 ...
British, New lisle Branch, 2—London and Ir°rAlatlov'
Leicester and Bedford, IN—Manchester, Buxton, '-
and Midland, 3%-North Staffordshire, 43/4.
SHEFFIELD, DEC. 15. 4eld
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are--Iluddert< '-
Sheffield, 17%—North British, 21112-oXfOrdy Whn.
Cheltenham, 2—South Midland, 414.

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MARY HOWITT'S NEW NovEL.--The netr-nwitt,l,
entitled " The Citizen of Prague," edited by Mitr.,'"t
3 vols., is published this day by Mr. Colburn, of Gre7,o.
borough-street, and may now be bad at all the WO orel
Colburn has also just published the following ne_,ll.loCd
of fiction : —2. The Qieen of Denmark, an Histoll'' ijale
edited by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols.-3. Dunster Castle, a thorr,
the Great Rebellion, by J. T. Hewlett, M.A. atirob's
Peter Priggins," &c., 3 viols.--4. Pomfret; or, foi,
Opinion and Private Judgment, by H. F. Chorle*,,•ol4
vols.--5. The Attractive Man by Mrs. Trollope, 'dot
The Master Passion, by 'l'. C. Grattan, Esq., anile
"Highways and Byways," &c., 3 vols.-7. Love, "A secif.,
Venice, by Horace Smith, Esq , 3 vols. ; and 13%,.t,ce,
Edition of " The White Slave and. the Russian 1"'""
the author of "Revelations of Russia," 3 vols. ("op401:4
THE LATE MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD
ELRLNGTON, C.B.—The will of this distinuished on'i, Jolf
preyed on Saturday last, the Gth instant by his fri,ell'his a:
Collier, Esq., of Plymouth, whom he had appointe",,,),
executor. It was made as far back as the year 18,,uiesorin,r,
this enterprising officer was embarking for India, and theror
behind him his wife and children, to whom he sot'
bequeathed the whole of his property, real and rr °-
wheresoever the same might be— ti to ke
re wife to to ~,te3
interest therein, anti at her decease the snluegod;;
divided equally between his two daughters, Lotol,"--(1
therine, absolutely. The personal estate in Etigr:_,e, o.„'"
sworn under 18,000/. He died at an advance' " from
the 2d of Aug,ust, four days only after his returlie
Malta, in the Oriental. He was Colonel, and for sleoeta
commanding the 47th Regiment of Foot : a 31a;orjuaear;
in her Majesty's army, and Companion of the Illost:',1
able Military Order of the Bath. This brave on2c; le!!
most con,picuously distinguished himself Ihrotiguhi fey,
and incessant career of arduous campaigns, in t-'Ol
commencement of which his courage nearly cost
tye
life. Whilst ensign, in 1793, he was shot throng eat 4
body on the onset before Dunkirk; and again, threcitilea!
afterwards, in 179 G, at the Island of St. Vincent tibiglif
captain) he received a shot' wound through the
-
this only strengthened his intrepid spirit. He WB5, le:,
engaged, and was in active service throughout thew:lo`
the Burmese war; it may in truth be said, few offitee"' flw
seen harder service, or been more actively enga,g7oo,,i
commissions were dated—Ensign, December 4, 17"" APV.,
tenant, April 19, 1794; Captain, June 1, 1795; Major''
JaJj
25, 1808; Lieutenant-Colonel, June 4, 1812; Colonel'
22, 1830; Major-General, November 23, 1841. tblit
NAVAL COURTS-MARTIAL.—We are haPrlnv ,t t.•he
the Admiralty are strongly setting their faces ag""Stir,
prevalent fever for Naval Courts-martial upon Foreifroileo
tions. We learn that one ship in which the disease Pre
has been ordered home.—Dublin Evening Mail.

BIRTHS. d
On the 9th ult., at Loudoun H ouse, St. John's-wv°-'grs'
Ogle, of a daughter.
On the 10th inst., at Dashwood Cottage, Graves
lady of J. F. Haffner, Esq., of a son.
On the 11th inst., the lay of John Gurney, Esq ofi—
ham, near Norwich, of a son.
On the 11th inst., at Ifni d, Sussex, the -wife of the v.c
Edward Allfree, Rector of Southease, of a daughter. „001
On the 12th inst., at the Rye, Peckham, Mrs.
Savory, of a daughter.
of
On the 12th inst., Mrs. Madge, of Highbury-grange'
daughter.
On the 12th inst., in Hyde-park-square, the lady of Liel4
Robert Pearson, Esq., of a daughter.
Chariej
On the 12th inst., at Woolley-green, Hants, 3-1.5'
Simeon, of a son.
On the 12th inst., at Stockwell, the wife of J. ' -pt 4'wrier'
Esq., of a daughter.
On the 12th inst., at Liverpool, the lady GreiP
of Captain -
staff officer, of a daughter, still-born. 13.
On the 12th inst., at. Iver, Bucks, the wife of Jobe
Walker, Esq., surgeon, of a son. , 01
On the 12th inst., in Green-street, Park-lane, the la"
D. R. Jones, Esq., of a son.
On the 13th inst., Mrs. Henry Hersee, jun., of Virgici‘
terrace, Dover-road, of a daughter.

MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. Nicholas Church, Old Shoreham'
l:-Ine
the Rev. John Yarker, S.C.L., to Charlotte, daughter of the
late Rev. W. Wheeler, D D.
On the 13th inst , at St. Pancras Church, the Rev. w' „0
Johnstone, to Anna Maria, only daughter of the late Siim'
Davies, Esq , of Ashford, MiOdlesex.

DIED.
On the 28th of November, at Rome, Elizabeth, second
„..
daughter of the late Sir J. Birch, Bart., of the Hazles, bm"
cashire.

On the .sth inst., Emma, the second daughter of Henry
Tower, Esq., of Elemore Hall, Durham.
On the sth inst., at Coblentz, on the Rhine, Caroline vas,
youngest daughter of Sir Alexander Ramsay, Bart.
On the 1! th inst., Mr. Joseph Withers, otEdgeware-road',
On the 11th inst., Mr. Joseph Lauriere, St. James's-goal.
On the 12th inst., in Argyle street, Sarah, the wife of Pell-
tenant-General
inst., Sir ohn Machan,
On the 12th J
Anna Maria, eldest daughter of E•
Gallon, Esq., of Brixton.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,,°,
No. 112, Stralld, Printer, at The Sun Office, O.
li.`;►
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the CoulltY
Middlesex, biesd.ty, December 16, 1845.

way, at the point where that railway formed ail
the Derby and Nottingham Railway; and thus;`
these and other railways in progress, form a con° fc4
'railway communication between the central towns° ,
Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leicester, Peterbelke
Boston on the east and Shrewsbury, Chester and
I P°.
North Wales, and Ireland on the west."
ho of°
The remainder of the report was an cc--
Chairman's speech. COlj
To questions asked by several members,
MAN replied that about 5,4001. had been
into the banker's hands on behalf of the C0011,115Y
other ponies were now waiting the result of ttlo 1
mittce's determination to pay in or not ; 10!
guarantee for the moneys already paid in w°,oi;/)
guinea returned and a portion of scrip sec°. Ile
the Committee of Management were secured inthireil
same way with general shareholders, and chat o!,
no intention of amalgamating with another C°°,
The report was then received and adopted. it
The meeting then, aftbr a somewhat dot' end
versation, determined that the Grand Junction °,.e p,
lands Union should not be prosecuted in w
session of Parliament.
Thanks having been' given to the Chillf
meeting broke up.

- HAVRE RAILWAY CO--- Id(
Is
At the last general meeting of the shareh" yitr
this Company, it having been shown that the ber3trill
penses incurred for the purchase of the land e jet*
for the con truction of the line would necessitate b 4
an extraordinary meeting was held yesterttilh'iee°l4.
the Views of the board of directors on the
decide what stets it would be advisable to atieftvi, sor
Latlitte, the president, filled the chair, audit J,
ported by Count d'Alton Shee, M. Dailly, °"l., ss
hope, Mr. Reid, Mr. E. Blount, &c. M s°°-
meeting had been formally constituted, Of?
M. Thibaudeau, the counsel of the ComP,ll) ter!
lacour, he secretary, being in delicate /104100 11./
report, explaiting the causes which rendered ar seceo
emery. As they were enumerated fully h1.°,,,11 fre ewir
of the proceedings of the last general meetlni''llte
eider it unnecessary to repeat them at preseat',.
port concluded by stating that the board of 1,0010,,
proposed to effect a loan of 10,000,000fe greet'
I,ooof. each, bearing a yearly interest of fife fir
the whole to be paid off in 78 years by yearl out.
giving 1,2501. to each bond that should emeetocej
the above-mentioned 10,000,000 f., the sum of 81,,n0r
would be required at present, and the other 2,""e'cor
at an after period, should the requirements of: °red tr
pany demand it, which, however, was eoneide
ceedingly unlikely.
,OaretlSpy
After the reading of the report, soma - ne ,
ensued relative ,to the terms of the kWh ° perce°
shareholders expressing an opinion that five
was too high a rate of intertst. t eire. tt
M. THIBAUDEAU replied, that under resend ;
stances easier terms could not be well obtaine t e'rrl
companies had nut deemed even more stringer',
Lions unfavourable, and the leneth of the t°
the Havre Company bad obtained enabledl9?l,
such a charge much better than other contl.....Palliojae2der
In answer to a question from another saw* of
CHAIRMAN explained that the p resent holders in
would have the preference in obtaining a Pirei °l3O
loan; that the proportion would be about one In 0
that a letter would be written to each sn=re-h
,ca
few days demanding what portion he 511°1:0
have, and with an intimation that an answer
he °U.'
sent in by the 31st of December.
The question of the loan was then put t°
to;
and adopted unanimously.
Some changes in the statutes were then sml g);dfri‘
after which the meeting separated. —Gale.
senger of Friday.