The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-20 00:00:00

HUDDERSFIELD, Nov. 18.

STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Leeds and Thirsk,
135,6—London and York, 41/2—Manchester, Sheffield, and
Midland, 511 —Great Eastern and Western, VA—Hudders-
field, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 7%—North Western,
31. 16s.—South Midlands, 5.
SHEFFIELD, Nov. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Sheffield and Man-
chester, 12514—Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3, 53%—Grand
Union (Nottingham to Lynn), 134—Leeds and Bradford,
New Shares, 3714—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 31. lls. 6d.
—Wakefield and Harrogate, 21. 3s. 6d.
YORK, Nov. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Midland, New, 22
York and North Midland Extension, 261,4—Newcastle and
Berwick, 1338—North British, New Carlisle Branch, 31.3 s 6d.
—London and York, 43/4—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham
and Leicester, I%—Grand Union, 1/. 16s.—Leicester and
Bedford,l%.
BRISTOL, Nov. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter,
New, B—Bristol and South Wales Junction, 3—Great
Western, Quarter Shares, 17—Midland, New, 23—South
Devon, 30—Dutch Rhenish, 8.
EXETER, Nov. 18.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Crediton,
s—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, % p.—North Devon,
14— Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth (Head's), 34 p.—
Central Cornwall and Devon, 14 p.—Taw Vale Extension,
1-4 p. —South Wales, 434.
GLASGOW, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bath-
gate, 65s.—Airdrie and Coatbridge, 71,4—Ayr and Dumfries
Junction, 50s.—British and Irish Union, 75s.—Caledonian,
41—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction, 59s.—Dundee
•and Forfar Junction, Is. 6d. p.—East Indian Railway, 50s.—
`Edinburgh and Peebles, 50s.—Glasgow and Belfast Union,
.50s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 975. 6d.—Glas-
gow, Partick and Dumbarton, 50s. 6d.—Great North of
Scotland, 675. 6d.—Lanark and Lothians, 71s. 6d.—Lesma-
hagow, 775. 6d.—Paisley, Barrhead, and Hurlet, 925. 6d.—
Perth and Inverness, 50s.—Scottish Central, 16—Scottish
Central and Caledonian Junction, 42s.—South and Midland
Junction, 342.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 555.
DUBLIN, Nov. 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bandon and Bantry,
11/s—Cork and Youghal, 134—Dublin and Belfast Junction,
71h—Great Southern and Western, 203/4—lrish North Mid-
land, I%—Killarney Junctions, 2%—Limerick, Enniskillen,
and Killaloe Junction, 4—Waterford and Limerick, 7%.—
Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, I%—Wexford, Water-
ford, and Valentia, 1%.

MR. SHRAPNEL AND THE DUKE

OF WELLINGTON.
We published on Monday a letter from the Duke of Wel-
lington to the late Colonel Shrapnel, highly eulogising the
merits of the celebrated shell which bears his name, and for
the invention of which his Grace thought him entitled to
" very ample reward," and professed his readiness " to assist
by every means in his power to procure a reward for Lieute-
nant-Colonel Shrapnel." We now subjoin a letter of some-
what opposite character, addressed to the representative of
Colonel Shrapnel, who during his own lifetime had been in-
duced, by the Duke's representations of the advantage to the
public service which would arise from the enemy not being
made aware of the peculiar effect of the shells, to forbear
from pressing his claim :

" Strathfieldsaye, April 2, 1842.
" Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his com-
pliments to Mr. Shrapnel.

" Colonel Shrapnel was a servant of the public, who ren-
dered services to the public under former Boards of Ordnance.
Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington cannot constitute
himself, or permit others to constitute him, as the solicitor-
general for favours for the families of all who have rendered
service to the public; they must apply to those who are in
office.

" Sir George Murray, the Master-General of the Ordnance,
must be as well Wormed as the Duke of Wellington of the
merits of Colonel Shrapnel. He is the person to be applied
to, and not the Duke of Wellington, who is not in office.
" He positively declines to apply for Mr. Needha►n Scrope
Shrapnel in any manner, or to any authority."—Times.

THE ST. KATHARINE'S WHARF.

The alterations and extension of the -wharf on the west-
side of the entrance to St. Katharine's Docks, and between it
and the irongate wharves adjoining the East Tower-stairs,
known as the St. Katharine's Steam Packet Wharf, which
had become absolutely necessary in consequence of the great
increase and extent of traffic now carried on there, not only
with respect to vessels trading to and from the north-
eastern coasts of England and Scotland, but also the
Dutch, Belgian, and French ports, are now completed.
The facilities, therefore, now afforded there for the land-
ing and housing, for the short period only that
house-room is required for such articles, in conse-
quence of their necessarily quick delivery, of foreign
cattle and provisions of various descriptions, and also the im-
mense importations of fruit, which, if the great increase du-
ring the past season may be taken as a criterion, will next
year be of a still more extensive nature, besides the large
quantities of cattle, meat, and edibles of every kind brought
by the steamers from the Scotch ports, are beyond compari-
son sunerior to any place on the banks of the river devoted to
similar purposes. Over this extensive warehouse or shed,
or whatever it may be termed, which is on the ground floor,
and opening from the river quay, has been constructed a
room of very large dimensions, exceeding one hundred feet
in length and proportionally wide, lighted with gas, and
having a counter along the entire length of the place for
the examination and delivery of the baggage and passengers
arriving by the foreign packets, and where, on an emer-
gency, or the arrival of two or three, or even more vessels, at
the same time, four or even six landing waiters of the re-
venue, with their proper complement of subordinates, can
be conveniently employed, and thus afford unequalled dis-
patch to the public in a matter of so much interest and
importance to them. This is a vast improvement on the
former place, in which one officer only could be accommo-
dated, frequently to the great delay and consequent incon-
venience of the public. The baggage, on being landed, will
be hoisted through a trap into this new floor, in the pre.
se,:e of the officers, and in the most complete and satisfac-
tory m:nner. Great facility and safety are also afforded for
the landint,' of private carriages, and other baggage of bulk
and value t:::,longing to families returning home from
abroad. In erb:"ling this place the comforts of the
en lost sight of, for, instead of
public have not U a mere cage, subject to the cold
being obliged to sit in :Is an hour or more their turn
and draughts, waiting perha'
least of it, was particularly
to be called—which, to say the
after a long sea voyage,
disagreeable, especially to the ladies,
,trop place and egress
and where the ingress to the examin,:
staircase has been
also was at the same door—a separate
erected at the east end of the wharf; leading :o a nice com-
fortable apartment with a fire, and the walls hang with
prints of various kinds, and information respecting foreip
and English places of accommodation for the amusement
and use of the passengers, while they are awaiting their
turn to be dispatched to their destination, and other corn-
fetts also of great consideration to both sexes have been duly
considered and provided. A door opens from this apartment
into the oft,eial compartment, and when the baggage of the
parties is ~..,;aLnined and delivered to them, they are con.•
ducted from the opposite end to another door, leading through
the original examination place isut of the building, thus
avoiding all crowding or confusion. It may be remarked,
here into the street the lug=
also, that through an opeijng
gage can, if required,
hoisted without damage into
be again
be waiting for its reception.
any conveyance which may
Altogether, the improvements and Iterations at this wharf
cannot fail to prove most satisfactory ,;_o the public generally

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BRITISH MUSEUM.—At the last ordinary meeting
of the Institute of British Architects a letter NV OS read from
Mr. Edward Hawkins, of this establishment, stating thou
the Council had appropriated a room solely for the' r 1
.leloin_
of British antiquities, and inviting the co-operation ,* a reception
of British antiquities, and inviting the co_operaton ofarch
teas tinder whose notice these chiefly came. It was stated
that this' attempt, which had previously been made, anduec,ie.livads
always failed in beiricr introduced for want of
t. ,
which would now be aftlwded in the extensive collec ion of h
Lord Prudhoe, through ti;:e instrumentality of the Britis
Archaeological Institute.
Hoax.—Yesterday morning the following
trick was resorted to by a man ilarned John Foster, a baker,
residing in the Gray's Inn-road :—His wife ha
his drunken
d been com-
pelled to separate from him in cons,lquence of
habits, and having heard that she had _lately acquired some
money and furniture by the death of an uncle, he tried every
expedient to prevail upon her to return to him, but without
effect. Yesterday morning, as a last resource to procure an
interview, he caused a message to be conveyed to her, in-
forming her that- he was dead; and, with the assistance of
some friends, he laid himself out as if dead, covering himself
over with a sheet.' The supposed widow was not long before
she arrived, and upon removing the sheet to have a last look
at the departed, she found herself clasped iu the arms of a
living husband. Mutual explanations ensued, and there is
every prospect of a happy reconciliation,!
FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, he-
4`-ree and fom o'clock, a most frightfur and fatal acci-
twecl"-- lat the Unicorn-yard, Borough, to a youth,
dent happeneu .. ..,
-hnut twelve years old, the son of a
named James Tame, N.,.
'fr. Matthew Balla, the omnibus
coachman, in the employ of n-.tunate boy wins on the top
proprietor of Brixton. The unlnk. ,
d while he was getting
~,,
of an omnibus standing in the yard, 4 tawuned him be-
down the horses suddenly started off, atis.
tween the gateway and the wheels.
e pp° litt.le fellow was
ascertained
wth left should er, several
inimediately taken to Guy's Hospita , hle.re it was
hrit had awderseushtraoikneedni,aadnrdeadthfuellvonugnsdwolenTr,e
ex e
which proved fatal. He ex
mission. An inquest was heplidrelda e t nsively ilacerated,
hour
st night on e
diet of
about an h
institution, and:the jury returned a vend at that
bite; his ad-
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