The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

LIMERICK, AUG. 23.—SId. Barney O'Donnell, Quebec.
111:1.4 AUG. 25.—Wind W.\. W., light.—Aird. Syt
house, Bennett, St. Joins, New Brunswick; Persian, '
Nova Scotia; Triune, Everett, Pugwash ; Vansittart, ~,
strdson, Quexc.

YAnmourn, A t.G. 24.—The Jane, Pinthr, of Wisl
has been towed into the harbour leaky, and must disc
to repair.

GitAvEsEND, A LTG. 24 —The Bell:and Anna, Ford, sao
Bal,h!ey, 21st instant, having been in contact with tie 04'
of Wlittly; crew savtql.
StriELDs, UG. 23.—The Felix, Leadbroke, from
worth to London, was abandoned in a sinking stated
instant, oil Flam borough Head—crew saved. A br4
about 18 keels, painted with a broad blue streak, was`
to go down oil Demlington, 21st instant—crew suppol""
be drowned.

NARKE tNEIVS -(THIS DAY.

EL.A.IE IV!

SMITHrIF.T.D.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 5/ ;
ditto., 5/ 4s to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto., 51 103 to 5/ I:
Clover Hay, 4/ 15s to 6/ 6s ; Oat Straw, 11 163 to 111'
Wheat Straw. 11 18s to 2/ is per load. Trade stead)'
about last week's quotations.
CumatimAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/18s to 4/ 18s
ful ditto, 5/ to 5/ lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 123 to 51'
1
Clore Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/ 43; Oat Straw, 1116 s toll 18s ;
Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply,.
steady demand.
WIIITECIIAPET..—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 16s to 4116
useful ditto, 41 183 to 5/ 8s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 1014
5/163; Clover Hay, 4/15s to 61 103; Oat Straw, 1/ 16s to
Wheat Straw, 1/ 18s to 21 per load. Supply good, and
ratlii7r

New Meadow nay 31 to 41 12s 6d, and New
4/ to 5/ 5s per load.

COLONIAL.

SUGAR. —The market for British Plantation is 10,5
alteration, nearly 1,000 casks having found buyers, inebli
of those sold by auction. The public sales have cone
chiefly 145 casks Barbadoes, 303 casks 63 barrels St. u'i4
all of which sold at 48s to 53s for good middling grek
to fine yellow Barbadoes, and 45s 6d to 50s for 4,
brown to fine greyish yellow St. Lucia, being for the Barb
and the grocery sorts of Lucia rather cheaper; bta;(
strong refining qualities of the latter brought fully 069
vious value. The quantit7 of British Plantation landed
week at the East and est India Docks was 263 bbd,
tierces 100 barrels. There were taken for home consul',
..11
1,823 hhds 134 tierces 370 barrels. The stock in the
places is 12,058 hhds 1.233 tierces 2,200 barrels.
COFFEE.-893 bags Ceylon and 3,810 bags Porto Thvii
auction, the former was nearly all taken in at 46s to 54 le
chiefly at 48s for ord quality. The latter partly solar
went off very irregularly at 47s 6d to 62s for tine Ord to',
colory quality.
Para.—The quantity landed last week at the East
West India Docks was 204 puns 23 hhds, and, tbdfi
taken for home consumption 246 puns 62 hhds, and 1,
99 puns 387 hhds. The stock in the same place is 10,1'
puns 1,249 hhds.
IllcE.—Of 4,201 bags Bengal at auction, only abouta
were disposed of at 12s to 13s 6d for mid white, which Is
4s below the prices of last week; the remainder was !ft/
wards withdrawn, although there seemed more inclinar
purchase at the reduction noticed.
SPICES.-600 br Malabar Per,— sold at

,ags .4.alabar Pepper only partly
for good heavy shot kind, which is the former value.
TALLOW.—P.T.C. is 40s 6d to 41a for ord, and 415 Du
cwt for new. Town is 44s per cwt.
TEA.—There is a fair demand for consumption. IS,
public sales of Tea are announced for to-morrow.

COAL IYZARICET.
Prices per ton at the;close of the market :—Adair $
14s; Buddle's West Hartley, 16s 9d; Chester Main, 151001
Hasting's Hartley, 16s 6d; Holywell Main, 16s 6d; Nesol
West Hartley, 16s 6d ; New Tanfield, 14s ;
heugh, 14s; Ravensworth's West Hartley, 16s 6d; Ste7o,
llartley, 15s ; Tanfield Moor, 16s; Townley, 155; t,404
Hartley, 17s 3d ; Wylam, 15s ; Walls End Bewic,Vi
Co., lis 6d; Eden Main, 17s; Walls End Belmont,,litioS
Walls End Braddvll's Helton, 18s 3d ; Walls End PeAOl
18s 3d; Walls End Lambton, 18s; Walls End.Perefr,9l
16s 9d; Walls End Russell's Hetton, 17s 9d; Wa_;:9l
Stewart's 18s 3d ; Walls End Shotton, 17s 9d ;
Kelloe, 17s 9d; Walls End Adelaide Tees, 18s;
Wallsoo
Evenwood,l6s 6d ; Walls End South Durham, 173 6d;e000
End Tees, 18s ; Walls End West Tees, 16s 6d ; Ll4ll
225; and Sidney's Hartley, 17s. Ships arrived, 89.

PONTOP AND SOUTH SHIES

RAIL WAY. —(THIS DAY.)
The general half-yearly meeting of the proprietol
Railway Company was held this day at the Company
Guildhall-buildings.
motif
M. R. B. Re,-

the chair.

.ennie, in the absence of Mr. Stephi

The report having been read by the Secretary, $030)111?
that the working of the line had been very satisfactory, se,4 ..ittii
owing to several reductions, the Directors were enabled w. 64,1
that the net profit for the half-year was 10,4171. 12,10
which sum, with interest, was chargeable upon the den,"
Company, amounting to 4,7571. 101., leaving, with a ~e
balance of 4651. 183. 3d., the sum of 6,1'36/. Os. 91 fr
cable to a dividend; and the Directors, therefore,
commended that a dividend of 304. a share for tbeli
year be agreed to by the meeting. The (1013thobil
coals shipped had been 398,000 tons, being contigirsr,'
more than the quantity in the corresponding last ',tilt'',
The charge upon the Company had also been reduct7„,6r
liquidation of debt to the amount of 18,0001., bearieffriis
cent. interest ; and the Directors had also been ePit:ei
Pei
reduce the interest upon the mortgage debt of the Com
red ,
these inemis, the annual debt of the Company would be 'Of
by 1,1001., which would be, in fact, so much added tt.olr
income. Since the last meeting of the Company, tbe "ef)10(
tion which had existed so long (for upwards of a cenie:outill
limiting the monthly quantities shipped by each colliery,,..oo
known as the vend, had ceased, and the immediate cone
of breaking up the regulation had been a ecn",4,70,_,
reduction in the shipping price of coal. The re.dantsitt
course, had been severely felt by the owners of collrerte!,,
the Pontop and South Shields Railway.
The colliery owners, therefore, strongly urged 017
Company the reduction of the tolls upon the line: Ol
The Directors, therefore, had had an interview vitf
olird
colliery ouners, but had not decided upon the cour
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pursued. 14
The report was then received and adept.d by the zneT",
A desultory discussion then ensued as to the wife,
offered to the coal-owners, but nothing definite was sr,itt"
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the
adjourned.

•
DISS, BECCLES, AND YARMO.,'
RAIL WAY.—(TIIIS DAY.) ”stlY
A general meeting of this Company was held this
London Tavern, Alr. C. Beewicke in the chair.
CO_o6
The SECRETARY having read the advertitement 700114
the meeting, laid before the Proprietors the report coe'r,joev
on the withdrawal of the Bill from Parliament. The woe
having previously agreed to return one pound to the ril:
holders in the event of non-success, a meeting in Febr.. °l-of.t;d
released them from that engagement. An investigetis
traffic tables having been made, it has been Ive'D'ecre7,
able, from the great advantages anticipated 10:blteo"
from the full support of the Yarmouth
to make arrangements for a new Company, c',
of sh'o
Waverly Valley Company, giving a preference est.to
to the shareholders of this Company, to the sa°37,e,
as their present interest. They will, tbere'l",
entitled to the same number of shares in eel
as in the old Company. The Directors, therefor ,to 11,o
enabled to return the sum of 11. 2s. 6d. per share pifio
present scrip holders, which far exceeds what the of tb
of the original deposit would have allowed, had
agreement been entered into. rote
The report was then adopted unanimously, and 80064
thanks having been accorded to the Chairman, the
separated. a

thtqfli
INCENDIARY FIRE AT FoLKINGHAM.=-"'"tbolt -of
o'clock on Sunday morning the inhabitants of Folking cry
to
the county of Lincoln, were suddenly alarmed by asbea,
" Fire," and great numbers rose from their beds and r,,-„ 01';
th, extensive stack-yard and premises at the back of t'ooo,
hound Inn, occupied by Alr. Casswell, where theki,sten,.ll%
large granary filled with oats enveloped in flames, ti'f-oly
inevitable destruction to the surrounding stacks of ",,,e pdati,h,
in hay. Water from a neighbouring well supplied in,a,'}jes'ol
the excellent engine provided for the town by Sir &tea
cote ; and to this circumstance, combined with the Ilet.
the stacks, owing to the heavy rain which had bee
be
Pad
without intermission fur two hours, may be attribut„--dlOlO
nervation of property amounting in value to several its °pt
pounds. The fire for a considerable period raged nod, boa
abated fury, reflecting an immense light for miles ar?l,
happily it was confined to the building and the materfafrotoe dri
it. How this miochief occurred is not known, but sootto
circumstance of the building being locked up it is serYsopio'Ot
conji ctured to have been the act of an incendiary. itb Ott
fell upon some Irish labourers in the neighbourhood, ".1 We'
some unpleasantness had taken place a day or to sit
th
there, however, was not proof sufficient to warrant , kedsie,
prehension. The alarm was given by Thomas Burroetrivist.,
of the New Inn tap, which is contiguous to the star
This is the second fire that has taken place upon o rly
b
the
t
same spot within a few months.
LORD SEAFORD.—Prubate of the will of .--e 000
eli
lion. Charles Rose Baron Seaford, of Seaford, in th:eret„e,
of Sussex, but late of Woodend, in the same county, 'ati
on the 20th instant to the executors, the Rigi"Jertallof
Frederick William Hervey, commonly called Ear'wer be
and the Right Hon. Charles Viscount Canning, a P°o WlO
reserved to the Right Hun. Charles Augustus Bar° to Prlo
de Walden and Seaford, the son, and an executor.,
hereafter. He directs that his wife, Anne Loruliciptale,
Baroness Seaford, Aril be paid in advance from thher ittneof
under the marriage settlement, and bequeaths for ie 6 0
diate use a legacy of 500/. ; also leaves her the entr resicleo,
household furniture, and that she may continue to pe
Woodend ; the plate at her decease he leaves to hts.e.yboi'all
He directs that the old Montpelier estate in Jamaica" tbotti-d
released from all claims prior to those of his wife, an
eti; sto
sums due therefrom to the Crown shall be dischargeerti,,,
leaves the absolute interest in all his West India Pro'd e
his eldest son. All other his estates, real, copyhel;V:gberel
de
hold, at. Seaford, Woodend, Audley-square, eiliosesr"ota
gives, devises, and bequeaths to his son, Lort: dis orbeo
Walden and Seaford. The personal estate in Engiaasepteiniolf
under 20,000/. The will is dated the 7th of _
1843, signed " Seaford." His Lordship died the •
last, in his 74th year. r
EXPLOSION AT BISIIOPNYEARMOUTII IRONIy
.t Saejaf a
On Thursday, the 21st instant, an inquest was held
land, before Mr. Maynard, Coroner, on view of the
youth named William Irving, who had met with bin 111e7fe
der the following circumstances :—lt appeared t7estetiejito
Richardson and Co., the proprietors of the othev,,,,iebt'horil'
works, have lately purchased a quantity of cannonr_sof
sl
&c., no longer fit for naval sei vice, from the 1371. Pr to
nance, for the purpose of melting them down to Meroaseillettiof
the practice (and strict orders were given by the foo b
red
the workmen that this should always be done), beiarge
' these shells into the furnace, to break them ith,hese °LP
mere ; but on Wednesday morning, contrary to
,''.„-see
directions, a large shell had been put into the le* oil it 0,
and without being carefully examined. Unfortuaa„;iistloee:
td' part of a charge of powder, and almost ionise
~,tj°
plode. The furnace was blown to atoms, "'truck vsile;
named youth, who was only 15 years of age' stisentPieia-
materials and killed on the spot. Two of the Ico
tne r (h. re,
Joseph Shaw and Edward Pollard, who were we ey'verl
from the place, were also seriously injured. 1h1.„)., iv lar
moved to Bishopwearmouth Infirmary, and now i".t. the
oil'
precarious state. Had any other persons been ne• TheJjer
nace, they must have been *killed by the explosion• ftee'
after hearing the above facts, returned a verdict of
101);
tal death." n eia
11 ERRING FISITEPY.—WICK, A uG• 2"*.rage 'dot
ing has been very gcod during last week; the % /
week was about 34 crabs. Thursday and Fri„a pot fis
were rather squally, and a number of the boats dies. test°
sea. The average for the season will be about68 ortengiotile,
eight days cured are selling at les. 6d. Yesterdalnlesey AO,
wire very few herrings. Though a few boats had,rhnio
the average would not be more than crane. h-rfletlis,
he boats are just returning when the mail clos---•'derso,•
is very regular, and will average from five to sin
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