The Sun. — London, England, 1845-12-26 00:00:00

• T ...- I . r • • • .be obtained upon further redu ce d t erms, s till f ew b uyers are to be met with. Java is dull of s a l e , an d pr i ces are on t h e r i b trblf 35 bttton decline. FRUIT.-Although there are sellers of Currants at the mo- SUN OFFICE, Seven o' clock. rate rates of 47s to 48s for new Zante and Cephalonia, 47s asp to 49s for Patras, and 46s par cwt for old, still the pur r chases made have been limited. The mar k e t h as a d u ll a p- THE LONDON UAZETTF. pearance for all descriptions o f R a i s i ns, an d th ere are se ll ers upon low terms-the value of Valen c i a i s 30 s t o 40 s p e r cwt, (THIS EVENING.) according to quality. New Red Smyrna 35s to 375, old 30s an. to 325, new Black 30s. F OREIGN - OFFICE, DEc. 26, 1845. COCIIINEAL.-Holders are less inclined to realize, and have It is hereby n o tif ie d , t h at t h e R i ght Honourable the refrained from offering any at publi c sa le ; privately a fair ness has been tranracted, hut not at better . _ Earl of Aberdeen , h er M a j esty ' s P r i ncipal Secretary of busi Si IRITS.-There has been little desire shown to ices purchase State for Foreign Affaires, has received dispatches from Mr. Turner, her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Monte any description of Jamaica Rum, but holders keep firm. Lee- Video, dated th e 24th o f S eptem b er l ast, and from ward Island cannot be obtained lower, but there are fe w Mr. buyers to be met with. The market has a quiet appearance for Ouseley, her Majesty's Minister Yenipotentiary accredi- Calcutta, but holders are not inclined to reduce further prices. ted to the Argentine Republic, dated the 31st of October, For Brandy the market has a firm appearance, the demand last, announcing that a blockade of the ports and coast of is good for all kinds, and former rates are well supported. the province of Buenos Ayres was established, on the Geneva for exportation has been sold at 2s ld to 2s 2d for 24th of the said month o f S e pt em b er, b y t h e vesse l s of common quality. the British and French s qua d rons; t h at t h e term o f Inietoo.-Last India has been purchased with cau ti on b y t fifteen days had been granted f ur th e d eparture o f neutra l the home trade, and there are very fe w s hi pp i ng or d ers O f vessels from the port of B uenos A yres ; an d t h at t h e any description: these parties that are inclined t o rea li ze have been compelled to submit to a decline on the rates of Commanders of the blockading forces had been authorised the last auctions of 3d to 6d. per lb for Bengal ; Madras and farther to extend that term to the 31st of the said month Kurpah, from the short supply, are however nearly bringing ie. - of October. the prices of that period, but the demand i s s till i m it e d . BY THE QU'EEN.-A PROCLAMATION. TURPENTINE.-Rough has been in good demand at 13s, • Victoria R. and at which a large parcel has been disposed of. Spirits Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Tucs- have been purchased with more freedom, and stiffer rates are day, the thirtieth d ay cf December, instant ; we, with given. Tar is not muc h wante d , b ut former rates are asked, i o quantity the advice of our Privy C ounc il , d o h ere by p u bli s h an d the here not being large. declare, that the said P ar li amen t s h a ll b a f ur th er pro in Linseed There has been an extensive business transacted nseed Oil on the spot, a nd f ur th er a d vance d rates are segued. on the said Tuesday, the thirtieth day of De- gven ; for delivery next year a good deal has been done at comber instant, to Thursday, the twenty-second thy ofd . 2s 6d to 26s ; the supply is still falling off, and likely so to January next ; an 1 we have given order to our Chan- keep, as prices are unremunerating to the crushers. The cellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great quantity consumed is large for the period of the year. Rape Britain, to prepare a Commission for proroguing the Seed Gil is held with firmness, and is wanted. Palm has same accordingly; and we do hereby further, with the been only in limited request, but holders were unwilling to advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that reduce their prices. Cocoa Nut has been in fair request. the said Parliament shall, on the said Thursday the twenty- Holders of Olive Oil manifest firmness. The trade have been second day of January next, assemble and be holden inclined to ope.iate, and several parcels have been disposed of. In Southern Oil the operations have been upon a more ex for the dispatch of divers urgent and important affairs; tenped scafe, but not at better prices. Holders of Cod ac and the Lords Spiritual and Ternr oral, and the Knights, cepting 261 to 261 103 occasioned several parcels to be dis- Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for posed of. Seal Oil is still little wanted ; prices are much shires and burgh; of the House of Commons, are hereby under toe last year at this time. The market for Sperm required and commanded to give their attendance ac- has a dull s appearance. cordingly at Westminster, on the said Thnrsday the Tannow.-Prices have not ruled so low for Russian on twenty-second day o' January next, the spot since Friday last, there has, however, been a good • Given at Our Court, ;at 'Windsor, this twenty-third demand from the town and country trade. For delivery in day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand January prices are firm at 425, and for Febuary and March eight hundred and forty-five, and in the ninth year of at 42s 3d to 42s 6d per cwt. Home made Tallow is is better • Our reign. -God s ave th e Q ueen, supply, and 42s to 42s 6d per cwt are the rat es t a k en , ne t t cash - but a good demand has been e xp er i ence d . O t h er d e- At the Court at Wind sor , th e 23d d ay o f D ecem b er, 1843, present, th e Qn een ' s M ost E xce l lent Majesty in scriptions have been sold to a fair extent at p rev i ous ra t es. Council. Whereas in pursuance of an - Act, passed in the session of Parliament holden in the eighth and ninth BANK OF ENGLAND. years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled ".An Act fer granting duti es o f " C ustoms, " a certa i n Order in (From this Night's Gazette.) Council was made and published, on the Bth day of An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and nth of Victoria, August, 1845, declarin g w h at are t h e f ore i gn cap. 32, for the Week exiling on Saturday, the 20th day of powers with which w hi c h suc h treat i es as in December, 1845. DEPARTMENT. - the sail recited Act are mentioned, are exist- X. S. ing : anti whereas a treaty is now existing between Notes lunged 26,819,390 Government debt 11,015,100 her Majesty and the republic of Peru, but the Other securities... 2,984,900 said republic was omitted in the enumeration of Gold coin and bul tbe foreign powers contained in the said Order of li on ... 11,240,465 the eight day' of August. And whereas it is expedient Silver bu11i0n..... 1,578,925 that such omission should now be supplied. No w, ---- therefore, her Majesty, by and with the ad v i ce o f h er £26,819,390 826,819,390 Privy Council. and in pursuance and exerc i se o f t h e M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashie r . • of December, 1845. powers vested in her by the said recited A c t o f t h e e i g h th Dated the 24th day RADIRING DEPARTMENT. and ninth years of her Majesty's reign, doth hereby X. X. i des else, that a treaty is now subsisting between her 1 eroprietors'capital,l44s3,ooo Govemmentsecu- Alajo , t) and the said republic of Peru. And the Right Rest Hun. the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea- Public deposits (in- Dead Weight , sury are to give the necessary directions herein accord- eluding E xc h e - A nnu i ty ) 13,201,863 ingly. C. C. GREVILLE. quer, Savings- Other securities... 16,329,285 1 At the Court at Windsor, the 23d day of December, banks, Commis- Notes 1845, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in sioners ofNational Gold and silver I , Council. Her Majesty h av i ng b een p l ease d to appo i nt Debt, and divi- c o i n 55 8 ,953 the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladston e t o b e one o f dend accounts) 9,408,044 1 her Majesty's Other deposits 8715667 ' ' princip a l S ecretar i es o f S tate, he was this Seven day andother t day, by her Majesty's command, sworn one of her Ma- bills jesty's princip a l S ecretar i es o f S tate accordingly. ---- 1 OFFICE OF ORDNANCE.-DEc. 26. £36,855,441 £36,858,441 t GI NTLEMEN CADETS TO BE SECOND LIEUTENANTS. M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. t : -ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY.-IV. E. M. Reilly, Dated the 24th day of December, 1845. 1 vice Robinson, promoted ; W. B. Saunders, vice Bid- I dulph, eroinoted ; C. H. Smith, vice Vernon, promoted ; a 11. T. Fazhugh, vice Raynes, promoted ;W. 11. Moody, COURSE OF EXCHANGE- (THIS DAY.) 1 vice Milani!), promoted ; W. N. Hardy, vice Ken- Arneterdam h CF. 12 9 Gibraltar.. ... . ''''' ** 3 - 0 80 r Dme, at mg t 2 U. 12 5 Leghorn ..• c neey, promoted ; John Lawrence Bolton, vice Lick. Rotterdaml2 9i Genoa ''' . promoted; IJsmes RundleLugge vice Gilbert, deceased ; Antwerp ••• •• •• - t G. 11. J. A. Fraser, vice Badd e l e y , promote d ; T . Lam- bort, vice Norie, promoted, D ec. 18 . Hambuigh M.B. 1314 i Venice .... . • ..... ..... Corps of Royal Engineers-C. B. P. N. H. Nugent Altona, Parie,3 days' - Naples . sight 25 75 Palermo, per 0 7 vice Ward, promoted ;E. Belfield, vice Jesse, promoted ; Ditto, 3 months 26 Lisbon Ilonoureble G. Wrotteeley, rice Bourchier, promoted ; Marseilles Saint Andrew St. John, vice Grain, promoted ; Bourdeaux 26 1 Rio Janeiro E. C. A. Gordon, vice Grant, promoted ;W. Porter, Frankfort on Maine.. 1221 Bahia .......... - 0 .1.•.• vice Br.wne, promoted ;J. J. Wil son, v i ce S omerset, Petersburgh, 3 Us.. - Buenos A so es E: promoted ;G. F. Daw e on, vi ce M on t agu, promote d ; Berlin - N ew Y or k , 2ld yss i g h t - 1 Vie ff e. flo. G. St. J. Crofton, vice Mairis, promoted ; H. Phillputts, T r =l tto e 10 9 PRICES OF BULLION I - ER OZ. vice King, promoted •, Dec. 18. et Madrid 36 Foreign Gold, bars...i3 17 9 BANKRUPTS. Cadiz Charles Willi ani Touloain, livery stable keeper, South Bilbao - N ortu ew Doubloons-- 0 0 o al Gold Coin 317 5 -' Island place, Clapham-road, to surrender Jan. 8 and Barcelona - New Dollars O4 9 1) Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, Seville - Silver in Bars-- 04 11 ti. official assignee ; Buchanan, Basingball- street. e Frederick Dixon, currier, Long-Isne, Bermondsey, th Jan. 5 and Feb. 13, at lealf past one, at the Court of LATEST PRICES OF SHARES pt Bankruptcy. Follett, Basinghall street, offiassignee; cial IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. to Fr, Cheapside. PANIES' STOCK. be Francis Robinson, cowkeeper, Princes street, Chelsea, _ see __ From ete Official List, d( Jan. 2, atone, and Jan. 30, at eleven, at the Court of , EVENTNG Bankruptcy. Belcher, official assignee; Wansey, Moor- 1 " L I 2 ( )7D EVERY II T I U D E AT 'VI D ta.Z37lr2 6 . - P in gate- stet et. Joseph Lankshear, surgeon , S e y mour - row, Li tt l e JOINT-STOGIE. lIILAZIS,I3. tt i I per of Paid. Chelsea, Jan. 7, at half-past e l even, an d F e b . 4 , at h a lf - Dividend Amount Ct I Price past one, at the Court of Bank ru pt c y . Johnson, official Name of Company. . Share. to I assignee, Basingliall- street ; Thompson, B ue kl ers b ury. Annum George Augustus Abs a l om, v i rtua ll er, P ortsea, Jan. , £ s. it. £ . d. wl 6, at one, and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Court of Bank- Australasia ...... •• • . 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 2g% inj c ß e r i i ii t i s . h e N r ' e o i r a th e , f lizta n n 5 4 1 /. p e e r r ruptcy. Edwarde, official assignee, Frederick's place, cent. cent* 100 58 0 8 0 8 2058 0 0 2471 m no Old Jewry ; Corner, Dean street, Tooley-street, South- Colonial... ........... i 51. per P cent. 100 0 0 25 0 15% wail:. Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 25 Curtis Willi amson, w i ne-merc h ant, Great Portland- Lontionoint- . Stock ..• 61. per cent. 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 to a 0 13% in street, Jan. 6, at two, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Metropolitan Provincial of Irelan - e1 . ... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 4514 i Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Fred- Ditto, New...... •• • 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 17% crick's-place, Old J ewry; B r i stow and Tarrant, Bond- 4 al court, Welbrook, and G reenw i c h . N National of Ireland .. Si. per cont. 50 0 0 20 0 19 c , at. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 36 be - Ditto, New... ... •• . 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 9 Ma Bin ard Strm.ter, railroad contractor, Bristol, Jan. 9, Union of Australia.... -- 23 00 25 0 24% Nc at one, aid Feb. 6, at el even, a t t h e B r i sto l Di str i ct U n i on o f L 0n d 0n. .... 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 12 Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Hopkins, my Brit, INSURANCE COMPANIES. to William Wailes, grocer, N ewcast l e-upon- T yne Dividend Amount thi Paid. Price. th ( Jan. 13, at h a lf-p as t one, an d F e b . 10, at two, at the Name of Company. per of do upon-Tyn e Di s t r i c t C. wt. A . Share. t. Baker, official - gel £ a. d. £ S. d. assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Chater, Newcastle hol 500 0 0 50 0 0 74 upon-Tyne ; Scaife. Newcastle; Bennett, Bolding, and . Albion alna,ice ** Lirlt. * and For. .... 6 :cc l c% t. 100 .0 0 11 0 0 20 pat Pope, Scott's-} and Cannon -street, London. Ditto Nlarine..... • . 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 b 0 0 6% qui Philip Phillips, steel pen-maker, Birmingham, Jan. Atlas ................ 13s. 6d. pr sh. 50 0050 e 16 l3, and Feb 6, at eleven, a t th e Bi rm i ngham District British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 005 0 5 714 per cen Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham; Jabett Clericl,Med.&Gcn.Lift 51. pe3rl.cent. 10010 0 0 0 0 10 2 10 0 1 6% tak ' County .......... • .., Birmingham. 9s. and / 61. ss. bs. } 40 0 0 50 0 - be : PRICE OF SUGAR . The average p r i ce o f B rown or Muscovado Sugar, the Eagle • 6s. 50 0 0 50 0 5 % of t /&3 produce of th e B r i t i s h possessions in America, corn- Economic Life. -5 per ct.,} 1000 0 0 250 0 0 aka prated from the returns made in th e wee k en di ng D ec. 23, Eng.& Scot. La- •. •• 5/. pe o r s cent. 50 0 0 20 0 3 unisub 1843, is 3.55. 33(1. per cwt. European Life .... • • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All pa id . 20 Freemasons' .... ••• • • • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 a 0 0 Cdob, - 142% 111 A RKET INTELLIGENCE. Guardiaix•••••••••••• 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 51 NO Imperial Fire .... •• • • 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 240 (From the Louden Acta Price Current of Dec. 26.) Imperial Life ........ 125. 100 0010 0 0 16% c SUGAR.-A better disposition has been manifested by the Indemnity Marine.... 1/. eh. & bs. 100 0 0 613 1 29 home trade to purchase Colonial Sugar since Friday last, but Lair Life •... ... . 1/. is. 100 0 0 le 0 0 se IV. 50 0 0 20 0 e% or r - merchin's have been unable to obtain any general advance General l L:za d l oi a i n t d ire. Life •• " • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% m at in prices, although the market has been but moderately sup- London Ship ..•• • . • • 10s. 25 0012 10 0 15% plied and the stock still less than it was last season at this Marine .. ....• ••• 0 0 111 0 °eel period. The arr i va l s o f B engal have been, again, to a fair Med.ln vlid &Ge• • n. Life -5/. per cent. 100 15 10% 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 wit! extent, but of all oth er descriptions, they are upon a small National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% extent only. National Life.....• .• • 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 Act b 0 • s!e, lintexien.-There has been a g oo d d emand for Refined PalladiumPalladiumLife ...... .. 51. p er cent. 50 0 0 2 0 021 Mid 2s. 1 Sugar from the borne trade since o ur l as t report, and full Protector Life...... :. 3 5 1. /. P pe . c r t. c Bc en b t s .. 20 - 0 I 1 - 0 0 11 2 .3 19 I Bas Sal 1/. ss. 100 o 0 is 0 0 24 . rates have been given ; the low and m iddli ng descriptions Provident Life ........ s. were the most in request. The mar k e t h as b een but mode- Rock Life..........., s l u oT i a l l ,i E re xchange O. b 0 0 010 11 4% T rates}' supplier! with all kinds, the refiners working with 51. per cent. Stock. - 180 intei • • • 6/. 108. - few caution, in consequence of the small profits they are obtaining. Di tto Life • ••• • • 11. 6s. - 18 The value of Dutch crushed Sugar is 33s to iss, and for low Universal Life 31s to 32s per cwt, but there is little to be had. In Belgium -- plan sales have been made to a fair extent at 30s'to 335. Holders LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. raili showed firmness, and supplied the market sparingly with all Dividend Amount ' pea( descriptions. At auction only 413 bags were offered, and Name of Company. par of Paid. Price had which weent as follows : -- good yellow at 525, middling 47s 6d, Annum. Share, _ fine brown 46s 6d, middling 425, washed 46s to 50s 6d, and - they syrupy 46s to 48s p er cw t . £ s. d. £ a. 0 I cons Bank of Scotland - 100 00 ! 171 pe at EAST INina. - White Bengal Sugar h as b een i n excellent Royal flank of Scotland 6/. per cent. - 100 00 , 165 the 1 request at the previous currency, and in yellow the opera- British Linen Company 8/' per cent. - 100 00 ~ 230 ~ tions have been upon a more extended scale, at former Commercial Bank ...• 6/. per cent. - 100 0 0 1166 me , prices; brown, however, has been purchased with caution, National Bank ..... - 10 0 0 15% by a although there are sellers privately upon rather lower rates. Union think of Scotland 71(1. pr cent. -- 50 0 0 98% ing Brunei Madras,: is dull of sale, but i s not offOred at any fur- western 8ank....... •••• • • • • 61. per cent. - 50 0 0 se% tiler decline in prices. Mid! N orth of Scotland Ba.nk 61. per cent. - 5 0 0 7;,, Clydesdale Bank.... • • 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 14% as p Poi; EIGN. -AitllVlgh all - descriptions of Brazil Sugar can Eastern Bank - 10 0 0 11% new be °Nei:nett. by private treaty u p on f ur th er reduced terms, Caledonian Bank - 210 0 6 " etill the refiner; working under b on d h ave purchased with Edinh.& Glasgew Bank 61. p e r cent. - 50 0 7% for t caution, and the shipping orders are unusually small. All City . (: , f h Gl7fow i llari c k 5 51 1 . per cent. 815 0 15% land = n e s e . Co 71. .1 1. 1; c ce en n t r . . 20 -0 0 1% acted other descr:ptions of Foreign are dull of sale; Cuba Musco -100 0 0 10 0 0 14% L o r t c t u l s l e I n n si o ir n seem vado and Porto Bien may be purchased at 213 to 24s per cwt. insur. Co. of Scetlnd 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 10% Coco.t.-Of Briti,h Plantation none has been submitted to North Itrittsh Insur 5%1. pr cent. 200 • 0 10 0 0 28% of th public sale, and the amount of business transacted privately Caledonian Fire Insur lO/. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2414 have Edinburgh Life Insur 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 19 34 neces has been limited, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms ; grey may be _purchased at 36s to 40s, and red Etilitt t tii,as;iialtacislway 51. percent. 501 10 0 : S A B I 1 paid. d 8 7:i4 this r at 37s to 4s.s per cwt. For Foreign there are few purchasers, Edin., ne(iii, k r Gra . n . in . P - 20 0020 0 0 21% - inhal: and the tendency of prices is downwards. Glasgw & Ayrshir Rail. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 70 Th _ Seions.-The low rates that prevail for Black Pepper cause Glasgw & Greenck Rail. 21. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 21 of th holders to be less inclined to realise, especially as the stock Glsgw&Garrikirk Rail. Si. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 45 Dundee& Arbroth Rail. 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 36 ested is leis than it was last year and the deliveries much larger. standard LifeAssernce. 51 per cent. 150 0012 10 0 8 chute There has hosvever bean only a limited business transacted privately. Finr.-...-- -- -• • --- ' - MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of Dec. 26.) SUGAR —A better disposition has been manifested by the home trade to purchase Colonial Sugar since Friday last, but merchants have been unable to obtain any general advance in prices, although the market has been but moderately sup plied and the stock still - lees than it was last season at this period. The arrivals of Bengal have been, again, to a fair extent, but of all other descriptions, they are upon a small extent Only. REFINED.—There has been a good demand for Refined Sugar from the home trade since our last report, and full rates 'have been given; the low and middling descriptions were the most in request. The market has been but mode rately supplied with all kinds, the refiners working with caution, in consequence of the small profits they are obtaining. The value of Dutch crushed Sugar is 33s to 355, and for low Sts to 32s per dirt, but there is little to be bad. In Belgium sales have been made to a fair extent at 30slo 335. Holders showed firmness, and supplied the market sparingly with all descriptions. At auction only 413 bags were offered, and which went as follows :—good yellow at 525, middling 47s 6d, fine brown 46s 6d, middling 425, washed 46s to 50s 6d, and syrupy 46s to 48s per cwt. EAST INDlA.—White Bengal Sugar has been in excellent request at the previous currency, and in yellow the opera tions have been upon a more extended scale, at former prices; brown, however, has been purchased with caution, although there are sellers privately upon rather lower rates. Brown Madras is dull otaale, but is not offered at any fur ther decline in price*: Fottemx.—Although all - descriptions of Brazil Sugar can be obtaigett. by private treaty upon further reduced terms, still the - refiners working under bond have purchased with caution, and the shipping olden are unusually small. All other deserptione of Foreign are dull of sale; Cuba Musco vado and Porto Rico may be purchased at 21s to 24s per cwt. Cocoa.—Of Briti,li Plantation none has been submitted to public sale, and the amo un t o f b us i ness transacted privately has been limited, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms ; grey may be purchased at 36s to 40s, and red at 37s to 43s per cwt. For Foreign there are few purchasers, and the tendency of prices is downwards. Seicits.—The low rates that prevail for Black Pepper cause holders to be less inclined to realise, especially as the stock is less than it was last year and the deliveries much larger. There has however been only a limited business transacted privately, Su matra at `Ad to TO, Penang 24d to 24c1, and Ma dla 2to 3id. White is wanted—the parcels sold privately were at 4d to 70 for common to fine quality. Pimento is wanted, and owing to the short supply buyers are compelled to pay stlfer rates. Cl oves have been sold to a fair extent. Tho value of Mace is 2s std to 3s 3d, and superior 3s 4d to 4s, but it is less wanted. Cinnamon is held with firmness, but the demand is not so good as it was. Ginger is not to be obtained upon lower terms, but there has been little desire shown to purchase East or West India. COFFEE.—Holders of East India have confidence, and sup kindlt.• For Ceylon, stiffer - plied the market scantily with h ome trade and shirping Plateli‘n,agteilnysiosntelyd small parcels to des r a a n t d es to operate against business, have been disposed of. Mocha is h e ld for the formeprarcur rency, but the amount of business done privately has been to a small extent only, and lime has been offered at auction. There has been very little business transacted privately i n other East India descriptions, although prices rule very l ow. Java has been purchased with caution, but lower • rates are not taken. DOMES. Dividend Amount Name ef Compaay. per ef I Paid. Price, Annum. Share. 1 ----- A s. d. I A s. d. Commercial East and West India 5%1. pr cent. Stock. —135 k East Country ..... • • L yadon 434/. pr cent. I Stock. .--112 St Katharine • ... • • Southampton ••,• • . • • 41. per cent. ) 50. 0 0 50 0 0 30 CANALS. Names of p: !Dividend ! Names of r; Dividend per Companies. per Companies. LIM. Price. al Annum. • on Asian& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 72 Momnouthsh 100 91. 160 Ashby-d-la-Z 113 41. 70 Affitgomrysh 100 41. 98 Parnsley.... 160' 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 - 95 Ilasingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ...... 100 20/. 365 nrknk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham . 150 12/. 260 Crorfitord..• • 100 181. 150 Peak Forest .78 31. 40 nu ' lle Y•••••• 100 41. Der - Regent's ... • 33 IL 26% by .• E n sinra i i 6 b3 p i 4 8f. 103 Rochdale ...• 85 4/. 54 Erewash -.40 80 Shropshire .• 125 81. - Forth & Clyd ) 100 2.2/ • 300 Somrset Coal 150 71.105. 123 Giarnorgnsh.,l72; 13%1. 2.7:0 GrandJunctn 100 71. w d b & s_bi W du r o ey r . c . , 11 1 42 4 55 0 2811. 440 Grand Union 100 los. l _ vu 2 1 0 5 1 1. 230 str &HrklYf ► OO -G1 S_ lve tr y t ye fr rne d it - o a n u g d Aiv . 79 11. 10 . s. - 100 Granthant • • 150 121.sSSthrtfrIer.14Fd St 12 61. p. c. 11 an 26 11. Bs. - Huddersfield. 57 74 1 20 S Kennt & Avu 39 Is. 6d. 22 Trut & 31r:1 sh. 50 30 L - Lancaster .• • 47 11. 10. 40 fey. Leeds&Livrp 100, 34/. 525 Tharns&Med 19 10 Leicester .. • • 140 10/. 105 Worcstr Leicstr&Nth 83, 4!. 62 Binning. 3 78 4/. 49 Loughberogh' 142' 70/. 850 Wiits&Btke 67 11. 48. 11 TEA.--There has again been no public sale, and privately holders of black - and ,green are less inclined to realise, as arrivals are falling off, th e consump ti on continuing to be good, and prices lower than they were last season at this period. Congou has brought full rates, and a fair busi ness has been transacted privately in all descriptions. Pouchong has sustained the former value, and is wanted. For keep up, the supply being small, and the kind of Tea. For Hyson prices do not 'ade are evidently more disposed to get sf its cheapness. In the value of gunpow las taken place ; a fair business has been Orange Pekoe prices remain the same. 3 of Bengal, being desirous to realise, sub as on previous rates of Gd per cwt ; still some trade have shown little desire to ly only small parcels were disposed of at , w to fine white. Although Madras can Twanka :Vie prices 49. kik of this NS ‘4 IZ on t. the tra .ott at unt el 4 --- . erettit c , ‘ , : .- - ,.....:41 — V ;fora . d 0 t;.t.;.41-'. \ 4.6 4 1 .V:74Q L e o i t i; e2 **it" , ffi e e h ..,..0 ,4 8 '., ,-,•,:' '''' yr., taipr' atel ‘k.l ' - .0 -1 . 4 14 or loi - ri • x ' Z • e..A , ‘ 1" THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEAIBER, 96 1845. 1 the questions asked at their earliest meeting. 7. From the Eastern Counties, the secretary of which wrote that the company was desirous of consulting the interests of the university and the town, and if any difference of opinion prevailed on the subject of a central station, they would be obliged by the earliest information on the subject, as at present their arrangements for the enlargement of the present station were suspended. The ground they would require would be from the corner of the Hills-road-bridge to about one hundred yards down the road, and a piece on the east side of the station about one acre altogether, the present station then would be large enough for a central station. 8. From the Newmarket and Chesterford Company; whom a rather mystical letter said that their line would be the only one between Bury and Cambridge. They would use the present station. 9. From the Ipswich and Bury, which line would also run into the present station. The question of a central station than came to be dis cussed, and an immense quantity of talkir b , took place, the result of which was the adopti on o f the following re solution, proposed by Mr. E. Foster, and seconded by Mr. Cooper, " That under existing circumstances there does not appear any practicable mode of obtaining a ge neral central station, and that the convenience of the public would be greatly consulted by an enlargement of the present Eastern Counties station, and by the corn party affording public access thereto by way of the east road, near the town gaol."_ Name of Company. Dividend I Amount per of CHARGE OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER. The following is the charge of the Lord Bishop of Worcester to the candidates for ordination, Dec. 21: "My dear young Friends,—You have now gone through all the forms required by the law previous to your admission tomorrow into the sacred orders of deacons and priests. You have acquitted yourselves in your examination to the satisfaction of my chap lain, and you have this day declared yourselves mem bers of the Church of England by subscribing to the Thirty-nine Articles, which have been framed as tests of your really holding those doctrines which she pro fesses as her distinctive characteristics, and which she believes may be proved by the sure warrant of Scrip ture. Allow me to express a hope that in performing this duty you have not merely complied with a form directed by the Legislature as necessary previous to your ordination, but that you have well considered the different doctrines involved in these Thirty-nine Article 3, and by the subscription of your names thereto given your bonii fide assent to them. When, however, I require this of you, I do not require that you, young as you are, an d w ith your m i n d s fur nished necessarily with a comparatively small portion of theological learning, should have made up your minds upon the many dark points of divinity involved in some of these articles— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute.' Subjects of such intricacy and difficulty, that even celestial substances are represented by the poet, when they attempted to discuss them, as having `Found no end in wandering mazes lost.' Paid. I Fri, Annum. I Sh;re. .Z East London s, d. 81. 100 0 0 Grand Junction Kent ...... ...• •• • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 Vauxhall .......• .• • • 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 West Middlesex .... • • 4/.165. pr ct. 63 12 9 This having been carried, on the motion of Mr. S3IITH, seconded by Mr. LOVETT, the following words were added to the resolution—" With a passenger station on the east-road, near the town gaol." The M.avon exhibited a plan of his proposed station on Butt-green, and explained the nature of it, but the committee appealed generally to deem the site very ineligible, and no motion was made respecting it. The committee rose at three o'clock. To require perfect unanimity upon such points is to suppose, in the word s o f P a l e y, that the Legislatur e expected the consent of ten thousand men, and that in perpetual succession, not to one controverted pro position, but to many hundred.' In considering, then, the obligation imposed upon you when you sub scribed the Thirty-nine Articles, we take the most liberal view of this question which has been taken by that eminent philosopher to whom I have just re ferred. He states, in his work on Moral Philosophy,' that the two points to be considered by those who wish conscientiously to subscribe the Thirty-nine Articles, are COVENTRY, BANBURY,,AND OXFORD DIRE - 3T JUNCTION RAILWAY. On Tuesday last a public meeting of the shareholders of the above company, specially called by circular, was held at the Lansdowne Hotel, Leamington, to consider the positioh in which the company was placed by a refusal on the part of the promoters of the rival undertaking to carry out certain terms of amalgamation previously determined upon. The meeting was attended by several highly respectable individuals, amongst whom were Sir Esq., J. H. Thorne, J. W. K. Eyton, 14: Fortunatus sq ~ J. M. Dwarris ,Cottle, E Esq., DMre.r Homeed it h, r Esq., &c. &c. After a protracted discussion, in the course of which the Chairman (Sir Fortunatus Dwarris) detailed at length the position of the undertaking, the following resolutions were unanimously pass,d : The meeting having had laid before them the agree ment for an amalgamation with the Oxford, Coventry, and Burton-on-Trent Railway Company, and heard a full statement of the facts contained in the case sub mitted to counsel, with his opinion thereon, which fully justifies the acts and proceedings of the committee, and having also heard the statement of the chairman and members of the committee, is of opinion that the Coventry committee have been guilty of a breach of faith towards this company, and have assumed to them selves an unwarrantable authority in refusing to admit a portion of this committee into their council, pursuant to the terms of the agreement of amalgamation. " Resolved,—That the best thanks of this meeting are due, and that they are hereby presented to the com mittee, for the firm and manly exertions they have made to uphold the character and protect the property and privileges of the several sh a r e h o ld e rs. "That the unjustifiable conduct of the Coventry com mittee having been the means of preventing this com pany from going to Parliament for their own separate Bill, this committee be hereby fully authorised and directed to employ counsel, and adopt all such legal measures as they may deem expedient, by petition or otherwise, to oppose the Coventry Bill through all its stages." ' Quis imposuit et quo animo.' The first of these points is merely a matter of history. There can be no doubt that the Legislature of the 13th of Elizabeth. who passed the Act by which subscription to these Articles was made incum bent upon all futute deacons and priests in the Church of England, is the authority under which this oblige tion is imposed upon you ; but the remaining ques tion, 'the quo animo,' with which such subscription was required by them, is not so easily resolved, and which may very beneficially occupy our attention on the present occasion. Now, the first point which I will endeavour to establish upon this important sub ject is that the animus of that Legislature was specially directed to the exclusion of all who professed the principal doctrines of the Roman Catholic faith. That such must have been the case would primei facie appear from the character of the compilers of these Articles, for who were these but Cranmer and Ridley—illustrious martyrs, who shed their blood in defence of our Protestant Re formed Church ; and can it be believed that with such views of religion they would have compiled arti cles so loose and indefinite as to admit the subscrip tion of those who held Roman Catholic doctrines ? But we have further in this matter the authority of Bishop Burnet, who, speaking of the design with Which the Thirty- nine Articles were compiled, dis tinctly states that it was a view to the exclusion of Roman Catholics. ' The Reformers,' he states, in his introduction to his work on the Thirty-nine Articles, ' had smarted long under the tyranny of Popery, and so they had reason to secure themselves from it and from all those that were leavened with it. Those here in England had seen how many had complied with all the alterations both in King Henry and King Ed ward's reign, who not only declared themselves to have been all the while Papists, but _became bloody persecutors in Queen Mary's days. Therefore it was necessary to keep all such out of the body that they might not secretly undermine and betray it.' In order, however, to set this subject in the clearest point of view, we will go through some of the lealing and most distinctive doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, and afterwards see how directly these are repudiated by the Thirty-nine Articles which you have all this day subscribed. Now, perhaps, there is no one point upon which the Church of Rom:. differs more from the Church of England than in the respect which the former pays to what is called apos tolical tradition. It is the doctrine of that Church, that besides the written word of God, there is a ne cessity for an unwritten word ; that is, the divine and apostolical traditions. Nos asserimus,' says the learned Cardinal Bellarmine, admitted by the Roman Catholics to be one of the highest authorities in their Church—' Nos asserimus in Scripturis non contineri expresse totain doctrinam necessariam, sive de fide, sive d, moribus proinde prwterverbum Dei script urn -requiri etiam verbum Dei non scriptum—id est,divinas et apostolicas traditiones.' Nay, not only do they put tradition upon a par with Scripture, but they even give it precedence, conceiving doctrines handed down by tradition to be derived from our Saviour himself, while those contained in the Scrip tures have no better authority than that of the Evan • gelists and Apostles:- So the decree of the Council of Trent upon this subject declares the doctrines of the Roman Catholic' Church to he contained in libris scriptis, et sine scripto traditionibus, gum ab ipsius Christi ore ab Apostolis acceptw, aut ab ipsis Apos tolis, spiritu sancto dictante, quesi per manus traditae, ad nos usque pervenerunt.' Such, then, is the re ceived doctrine of the Church of Rome, and let us now see what says the Church of England on this subject. You have this day declared your assent to the sixth article, which contains these words—' Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation. So that whatsoever is not read therein nor may be proved thereby is not required of any man that it should be believed, as an article of faith, or to be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.' Is it in the power of language to contra dict this distinguishing doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church more expressly (T more emphati cally? Next to the theory of tradition, perhaps the doctrine of transubstantiation affords the most striking characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church. To any Protestant who attentively considers the figu rative style, still so common in oriental nations, in which the discourses of our Lord were generally delivered, it appears scarcely credible that the ex pressions, 'This is my body which was given for you, and this is my bloo I which was shed for you,' should have been ever taken literally, and be supposed to mean that the bread and wine could be converted into the actual body and blood of our Saviour. It is not, however, my intention to go farther into this subject at present than to state, what is well-known to you all, that such is the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church ; but what says our Church in its twenty eighth article ? Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of bread and wine) in the supper of the Lord canuot be proved by Holy Writ, but is repug nant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a sacrament, and bath given occasion to many superstitions. The body of Christ is given, taken, and eaten in the supper only after a heavenly • and spiritual manner. Who, then, who has sub scribed this article, can hold the Romish doctrine of transubstantiation ? So again, there are few doc trines which more distinctively mark the Roman Catholic Church than that of Purgatory. In the twenty-fourth session of the Council of Trent, it was solemnly decreed, that The Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Spirit, through the sacred writings and the ancient tradition of the fathers, has taught in holy councils, and lastly in thi s oecumenical council, that there is a purgatory, and the souls detained there are assisted by the prayers of the faithful, but more especially by the sacrifice of the mass. In quoting these words it is not my intention to go at any length into the refuta tion of them, or to point out the errors and abuses to which they necessarily led, but simply to prove, what indeed Is quite notorious, that such is the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church; but what again says the 22d article, which you have this day subscribed ? " The Romish doctrine of Purgatory is a fond thing, vainly invented and grounded upon no warranty of Scrip ture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God. So again, it is well known that the Church of Rome ad mits seven sacraments as of divine or apostolical au thority, whereas our 25th article distinctly states that there are only two sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism and the Lord's Supper. It would be easy to pursue this subject further through the Romish doctrines of indulgences, the invocation of saints, the adoration of relics and images, distinctly denied in the 22d article ; the use of the Latin language in the performance of divine service, condemned in the 24th article; the practice of the Church to deny the use of the cup in the administration of the Lord's Supper, blamed in the 30th article ; and the celibacy of the clergy, asserted to be not required by Scripture, in the 32d arti c le ; b u t enoug h h as s u re l y been said to satisfy you that one of the principal objects of those who imposed this test of subscrip tion upon all future deacons and priests in the Church of England, was to prevent those who pro fessPd such Romish doctrines from being admitted as ministers of the Church. If, then, we are to adopt Paley's rule, and resolve anydoubts which we may enter tain with regard to subscription, by considering the animus' of those who imposed this test upon the Church, it is quite clear that that animus' was 8, ecially to exclude all those who professed Romish doctrine, and that those, therefore, who do hold such doctrines are guilty of a maLafides, near akin to perjury, when from motives of interest they sub scribe articles thus utterly repugnant to their re ligious belief. It may, indeed, be doubted whether the Protestant divines who compiled our articles had not in view as large a comprehension as .129_5• Bible of those who had renounced the errors Of Popery—whether the twelfth article was not con structed with a view to conciliate those who dwelt upon the necessity of works, while the seventeenth was intended to include those of a Calvinistic persuasion ; but, however comprehensive they may have been in tended to be as they regarded Protestants, it is quite clear that they are most distinctly exclusive in respect to those of the Roman Catholic communion. This is indeed so obvious from the most cursory consideration of our articles, that I should have hardly th oug ht it necessary to have pointed your attention to it on the present oeca-ion, if it had not been notorious that individuals, who, like you, had signed their names as assenting to the Thirty-nine Articles, had not thought it inconsistent with the obliga tions which they thereby took upon themselves to continue ministering in our churches, though they professed to hold all Romish doctrine. They indeed are new gone. oat from us, but it is to be feared that many yet remain who have subscribed the articles, and yet entertain opinions -directly opposed to their plain and literal sense. To investigate what causes have led to this calamitous result, would carry us into too extensive a field of inquiry ; but I cannot consider it as foreign to the present occasion, when I am about to introduce such a number of young and ardent minds into our holy profession, if I offer to them some considerations, which, under the blessing of God, may prevent those who think they stand like them from falling. In the first place, accustom your minds to dwell sn o re upon t h e spiritual essence of reli gion than upon its external forms. Were I called upon to state the most important general distinction be tween the religion of Rome and that of Protestants, I should say that the former occupied itself almost ex clusively with forms and .ceretnonies, while the latter dwelt on the necessity of the conversion of the heart to God. lam far from wishing to deprecate the im portance of those forms and ceremonies which are directed to be adopted by our Church in the admi nistration of Divine service; they have been wisely instituted as the handmaids of true religion ; but I would caution you against that exclusive at tention to forms which is the characteristic of the Roman Catholic Church, and wl.ich has a ten dency, if we are not on our guard, to convert the scriptural worship, directed by the Gospel, into a minute regard for ritual observances. In the se cond place, be cautious in the adoption of terms which have become the symbols of a party. Thus the term Catholic, as applied to our Church, cannot be ob jected to. The boast of our Reformation was, that we had, by that blessed event, corrected all the manifold abuses of the Church of Rome, and brought our Church back to . what we believe to have been nearly the universal practice of the Primitive Church. In this sense we pray in the Liturgy fcr the good estate of the Catholic Church, in which passage, to avoid am biguity, it were to be wished, perhaps, that the term universal had been preferred ; but when it is recol lected that this is, I believe, the only passage in the Liturgy in which this term is used (for the Creeds can hardly be considered as parts of the Liturgy), is there not an affectation in ap plying it upon every occasion to our Protestant tieformed Church ; and does it not betoken a dis position to overlook as much as possible the distinc tions which have been proved to exist between the two Churches. In like manner we have been taught to di-claim the term Protestant,' derived as it is from the first Reformers, who protested against the errors of the Church of Rome, as if we had no longer cause to protest against such errors. The use or dis use of particular words in treating upon religious subjects may, indeed, be justly considered as trifles; but, alas ! it has been found, by experience, th a t nugae seria ducunt in ma l a .' We may call our selves Catholics and disclaim being Protestants till it ap pears as if both Churches formed but one vineyard, and that consequently it is a matter oflittleimport in which part of it our ministerial labours are employed. It has been my object in the present charge to point out to you that this is not the case, and that, how ever charitably we may view, and ought to vie w , th e errors of our Roman Catholic brethren, however diposed to consider them as a branch of the univer• sal church of Christ, and even to extend their means of usefulness among their own people, we should be cautious how we modify the distinctions between us till they become almost evanescent quantities, and thus dispose our own minds, as well as those of our people, to the seduction of that Son of Perdition who is ever on the watch for unstable souls. By your subscrip tion to the Thirty-nine Articles of your Church this day, you have declared not only that you are faithful members of that Church, but we have seen that you have likewise affixed your names to a solemn dis claimer of the errors of the Roman Catholic Church. I'hat Church, as well as ours, requires its ministers to subscribe certain articles ; and to bring the sub ject svhich we have been discussing clearer into view; I will, in conclusion, copy the twelve articles, which, according to the Bull of Pope Pius IV., are still required to be subscribed by every bene ficed clergyman belonging to the Church of Rome. [Here the Right Reverend Prelate recited the Articles.] Such is the solemn subscription of articles required of all clergymen who are beneficed in the Church of Rome, and I need not poi n t ou t t o you h ow they are opposed to those which you have this day subscribed. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions (or rather, as it should have been tran slated according to A.PKnight), the doctrines which ye have been taught. Now, our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which bath lo v ed us, and given us ever l as ti ng consolation and a good hope through grace, comfort your hearts and esta blish you in -every good word and work." COUNTY OF ANTRIM ELECTION CARRICKFERGUS, DEC. 22.—The election of a re i , presentative or the County of Antrim, in the room of the late Mr Irving, took place in the Ccurt-house, Carrickfergus. At twelve o'clock, Sir Horace Beau champ Seymour entered the hall, accompanied by John White Esq., Sheriff of the County, James Wat son Esq., of Brookhill; R. Dobbs, Esq., of Castle- Dobbs; the very Rev. Dean Stannus, Major Naugh ton, &c. The clerk having read the writ of election, Mr. WAT S ON , of Brookhill, pr o p ose d Sir H. B. Sey mour as a fit and proper person to represent the con stituency of county Antrim in Parliament. Mr. R DOBBS seconded the nomination. No other candidate having been proposed, the sheriff declared Sir Horace duly elected. The Honourable and Gallant MEMBER, in returning thanks said he would endeavour so to discharge the duties of his office that they should have no occasion to repent the confidence they had placed in him. He had been trained up in constitutional principles, and what he had been taught to revere when a boy he wouldcontinue to venerate through life. Circumstances had of late occurred, which had made him distrust in some degree that party on which he had hitherto be stowed his confidence, and he was not prepared to say that he would support them now, as he would have done six months «go. But he was bound to no party; he vi ould act according to the best of his judgment for the good of his constituents. At the close of this short address The Rev Mr. G REEN , v i car of Antrim, put the fol lowing query to the newly returned Member:—" In the event of a Bill being brought into Parliament to re p al the Maynooth Endowment Act, will you give it your support ?" - The answer given by Sir Horace was to the effect that he had voted for the principle of educating the Roman Catholic priesthood, because he thought they would be made thereby more accessible to arguments in favour of Protestantism. He would not, therefore, pledge himself to a repeal of the grant to Maynooth. the principle had not already been acknowledged and acted upon, he might pause before giving it his assent His interrogator expressed himself pleased with the candour of the statement, but, at the same time, ex pressed his dissatisfaction that Sir H Seymour did not see it to be his duty, as a Protestant, to oppose the grant referred to. The proceedings then termi nated. The election occupied only a short time, and there were but few persons present. In the afternoon a number of the electors sat down to a sumptuous repast with their newly elected Member, in the Board-room adjoining the Court house, when a number of loyal and other toasts were proposed and responded to, among the rest the health of the Honourable and Gallant Member, which was received with the most enthusiastic cheering. The festive meeting, after lasting about two hours, broke up at three o'clock. NEW YORK BREAKFASTS. I wont to several boarding-houses before finally making a selection. In answer to inquiries for the terms, they were generally reasonable enough ; the highest two dollars a day, about Bs. 6d. sterling ; and the lowest one dollar. At these last I inquired their hours. Break fast at six o'clock and half-past ; hot beef-steaks, mush and milk, hommaney, rice and molasses, mackerel, sal mon, shad, hot cakes, and rolls of every description, tea and coffee. Dinner at twelve o'clock, and supper at six. The bill of fare, on reading, looks abundant enough ; but really, on inspection, this well-covered table o ffers to an Englishman very little that is even eatable, much less palatable. Though every one must admire the early hours and temperance of the Ameri cans, yet only imagine a Londoner, and an old hand not used to anything much worse than the shady side of Pall-mall, assembling at ‘ six o'clock at the noise of a great bell— washed and shaved, mind, by six o'clock— to took at an immense rump-steak at the head of the table swimming in fat, not half cooked ; then lower down a di.h of enormous salt mackerel, one of which would make two of our English mackerel ; then some Halifax salmon just as taken from the barrel, and as salt as brine ,; then two or threo smaller dishes, some with mush—a food for pigs —and others with hommaney, onlS differing from mush in that this last is white maize ground and boiled in water, whilst mush is yellow corn ground and boiled. As this sort of food is not known in England, thank God, except. in the penitentiaries, I I have been rather parti cu l ar, in describing it. N o cau ti on is required to my countrymen to avoid it, because the RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE LAUNCESTON AND SOUTH DEVON. On Tuesday a meeting of this company was held at the White Hart Inn, Launceston, for the purpose of consi dering the propriety of altering the line from the old route, by way of Milton Abbott, to Lydford, there to join with the North Devon line, and thus unite the Corn wall and the North Devon lines together. Mr. Thomas John Phillips, of Landue, the chairman of the commit tee, presided, and there were present Mr. Thomas Gill, M.P. (chairman of the South Devon), Messrs T. \Vool combe (director of the South Devon), H. Pethick, M.D., Thomas Pearse, S. R. Pattison, John Rundle, of Tavis tock, T. S. Eyre, S. F. Smith, W. IL Dewy, W. Pearse, John Huxhaw, It. F. Frost (mayor of Launceston), C. C. Whiteford, of Plymouth, C. Gurley, John Ching, R. Dingley,Edmond Pearse, of Tavistock, and other gentle men. Mr. C. GURNEY, one of the solicitors of the line, stated that in the first place it was their intention to change the line from this place to Tavistock, to go by way of Bren Tor instead of Milton Abbott. In consequence of the North Devon and Cornwall parties having deter mined to unite in the formation of a central line, and to carry that central line towards Bridcstowe and Oko hampton, and for another line to be carried towards Tavistock from Exeter and the north of Devon, it -was obvious that that would be a competing line with any line by way of Milton Abbott ; and they should not have any of the central traffic, for the Milton line would take none of the central traffic, and a portion of the traffic from Launceston to Plymouth would be as likely to go vid Bren Tor as by Milton. This line being between the Cornwall at Launceston, and the North Devon at Bren Tor, they should take over that line all the traffic that passed from Exeter to the north of Devon one way, and all that passed from the Cornwall to Exeter the other way. It must be obvious that such a line as this would be a very valuable paying one. The other question referred to the nu de in which the money was to be raised. The estimated cost of the line, by Mr. Brunel, was 300,0001. That was a very different sum to that required for the old line. It must be obvious that a line, with very considerably increased traffic, would require a very different construction to that ofa line &such small traffic, or for the local traffic between Launceston and Plymouth. It therefore became necessary to have an estimate made of the expense of this line, and see what capit a l wou ld b e requ i red. Mr. Brunel had furnished that, and considered that 300,0001 would be sufficient. Of this sum, 200,0001. would be contributed by the North Devon Company and by the shareholders, and 100,0001. by the South Devon Com pany. - rhe reason for allowing the North Devon so large an interest in it was, because of the large quantity of their traffic that would pass over it. The old line was to have cost 63,000/. If the shareholders in that line thought proper, each of them could take another share of 251 at par. But if they did not choose to take it, the money which they had paid on their deposits should be returned to them, after de ducting the shareholders' quota of the expenses already incurred in the prosecution of the old Bill. The North Devon and the South Devon Companies would each pay 101. per cent. on all the shares allotted to them on this line, so that there would be 30,0001. paid up in the com mon fund, out of which, if the old shareholders con tinued to hold, the whole of the expenses incurred in the prosecution of the old and new Bills would be defrayed. Those who withdrew would not have the benefit of con tribution from the companies, but would have to pay their proporticn of the old expenses. Mr. Gurney said he had no doubt that ultimately the Bill would be passed, though the sections, owing to one of the parties in Lon don being unable to complete his contract, had not been lodged in time. This, however, was a matter whi c h Lord Fortescue said h a d been looked over in the last session of Parliament in the case of the Monmouth and Hereford line, where there was competition, and he ex pected that it would be looked over also in this, espe cially as it was a matter in which no person would be in the slightest degree injured. Mr. GILL thought it was the more probable that Par liament would pass over this omission from the circum stance that this line would form the connecting line in one great scheme of railway communication between one county and another. He also thought that the Corn wall line, which had been merely sent back by the House of Lords for emendation, would be sure to pass both Houses, and that that would facilitate the passing of the Launceston and Tavistock Bill. Mr. WooLcosins; said there was another point for consideration. The North Devon Company had deter mined to carry on this project, so that if the Launceston Company dropped it, it would be taken up by the North Devon. If the scheme were dropped now, the whole of the money expended in the prosecution of the old Bill would be entirely lost to the shareholders. They would thus go to Parliament with the new Bill not only for the purpose of strengthening themselves, but also of pro tecting themselves from the loss of money already em barked in the undertaking. Mr. WHITEFORD added, that the Directors would not deem it prudent to abandon the old Bill till they saw the position in which the new Bill would- be circumstanced in Parliament.; and, until the old Bill was so abandoned the shareholders' obligations of expenses would not cease. Observations n - ere made by some shareholders as to the time that should be allowed for declaring whether they would withdraw or go on. The com mittee, in reply, said that they would give the longest notice that the forms of the House would admit of. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolutions to the meet ing, se? iatim. They were carried unanimously, and were to the following effect : " That the proposed deviation be adopted. That the capital of 300,0001. required for the line now proposed be raised in 12,000 shares of 251 each, in the following manner. The sum of 200,0001. to be contributed by the North Devon and the general shareholders, the latter not to exceed 100,0001. ; and the remaining 100,0001 to be contributed by the North Devon, if they shall think fit to do so, otherwise that amount to be added to the contribution of the South Devon. That the por tion of the capital to be contributed by the general shareholders be raised by allowing each holder of a 501. share to take one share of 251 at par. That to make up the deposit of 101. per cent, re quired by the standing orders of Parliament, a call of 5 per cent. be 'made on the old capital, on which 5 per cent. has been already paid, and a deposit of 10 per cent. taken on the additional subscriptions. That the accounts be prepared of the expenditure of the company in respect of the Bill up to the time of abandoning the same. Any shareholder not willing to retain an interest in the undertaking may receive back the amount of his deposit, subject to a rateable deduction for the expense incurred." NOTTING HAM, MANSFIELD, AND MIDLAND JUNCTION: On Tuesday last, a meeting was held at the George IV. Inn, Nottingham, for the purpose of appointing ono or more persons to receive notices, and to act in all matters on behalf of the freemen, inhabitants, and the occupiers of Old Toftsteads, in the town of Nottingham, with reference to an application to Parliament for an Act to empower the formation of a railway from the Midland Railway through the towns of Nottingham, Basrord, Lenton, and other places, to Mansfield and Sutton in Ashfield. The business at this meeting was not of much public interest, as the appointments were pro forma, but some few particulars came out that it may be necessary the public should be acquainted with. At the time the plans, sections ' and other document s connec t e d w i t h t hi s railway sho u ld have been lodged with the clerk of the peace, it was found that several sheets of the section had been abstracted from the lithographer's office, and therefore its completion was retarded several hours, and consequently could not be lodged with the clerks of the peace at Chesterfield and Newark until two o'clock on the morning following. Since that period it has been discovered that the sheets so abstracted had been taken by a party connected with another lino of railway pass ing over a portion of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Railway, who has actually deposited the same as part of his line, at the office of the clerk of the peace at Newark, with the initials B. N. S. substituted for the initials of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid land Junction Railway. The gentleman who has thus acted has endeavoured to apologise for his conduct. It seems that, notwithstanding this mishap, the directors of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midland Junction have prosecuted their course, and have served all the necessary notices, and only awaited the meeting held on this occasion, to serve the representative of the freemen inhabitants and occupiers of Old Toft steads. The meeting was attended by the principal members of the Freemen's Rights Committee and several inter ested parties, who unanimously appointed Mr. R. Whit church to act on their behalf. AMBER GATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON, AND EASTERN JUNCTION.—A meeting for a similar object to the one for which the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid land Railway Junction had been held, took place the same day, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham, when Mr. R. Whitchurch, Chairman of the Nottingham Freemen's Rights Committee, was appointed on behalf of the freemen to eact in all matters connected with the above railway in which the freemen may be concerned. FOREIGN LINES. STRASBURO AND BALE.—In N ovem b er l ast t h e num ber of passengers conveyed on the above line was 56,297, and the receipts from that source amounted to 112,088 f. 15c. For the conveyance of luggage 4,0461. 66c. was received, and for merchandise 54,6131. 50c. ; total, 170,7481. 31c. Adding to this the sum of 5,904 f. 64e., the receipts of the Mulhouse and Tharm line, the total returns of the railway amounted in the above-men tioned month to 176,6521. 95c. In the corresponding month of 1844 the receipts amounted to 171,8851. Bc. An ordinance of the King of the French opens for the Minister of Public Works a credit of 2,000,000 francs, for loans and grants to the Paris and Rouen, and Rouen and Havre Railway Companies. Touns AND HOWFLEUR.—M. Malachy Daly, banker, of Paris, has written to several of the Paris papers, com plaining of the statement contained in an English pro spectus, and thence copied into the Journal des Chemins de Fer, that he was banker for the Tours and Honfleur Railway Company. In complaining of the liberty taken with his name; M. Daly says that, not only has no call for funds been made, but the company has not vet been even formed. PARIS AND VERSAILLES.— PROJECTED WESTERN LINE (OF FRANCE).—The shareholders in the Paris and Versailles Railway Company (right bank) held a general meeting recently, for the purpose of receiving from the Board of Directors an account of the steps taken, con formably with the resolutions of the 27th of March last, to obtain the concession of a railway to the west. The assembly was composed of more than the number of shareholders required by the statutes to render the re solutions valid. The number of shares represented being 11,970, the meeting was opened and declared regularly constituted. The various documents relative to the pro ceedings of the directors were then read, and also a re port of the steps they had taken, not only with respect to their agreement with the company of the left bank, but to the negotiations commenced with the Government, and the statement submitted to the commission of the Chamber of Deputies charged with the examination of the prof( t de loi concerning the concession of the Western Railway. The measures taken by the mixed commis sion of the two companies, formed of three members from the left bank and of two from the right hank, were agreed upon unanimously. This unanimity is a good proof of the harmony existing between the two com panies. As to the negotiations commenced with the Government, they had p rocee d e d as far as to the sig.. nature of a conventi on prov i so ire, which assured to the two companies united the direct concession of the Western Railway. The ratification by the Chambers was the sole thing wanting to complete this convention, and there is reason to hope that this ratification will be given in the commencement of the next session, now tl.at the meeting has accorded to the directors the ne cessary powers to treat definitively for the concession of this line. It was but a matter of form, and of powers de clared to be sufficient by the company and declared in sufficient by the Commission of the Chamber, which pre vented some months ago the conclusion of arrangements relative to the Western Railway. The Legislative Com mission expressed an opinion that it was nenessary that the two Versailles companies should be dissolved, and re-constituted one company, in order that the concession of the Western Railway might be made to them legally. The companies, on the contrary, thought that they could offer for the line without changing their present position. The Chamber did not pronounce upon this point, but as this question might be raised again in the next session, the council of the company, in order to guard against difficulties, required the powers necessary to conclude definitively, were it even to dissolve the existin; com CAMBRIDGE RAILWAY COMMITTEES. CAMBRIDGE, WEDNESDAY.-A meeting of the Rail. way Committee took place yesterday at one o'clock, at the Guildhall, the Mayor in the chair. About thirty members were present, among whom were several of the beads of houses, and other members of the university. '('he clerk, H. RANCE, Esq., having read the minutes of the last meeting, he said that in reply to letters he had sent to the secretaries of different railway companies connected with Cambridge, he had received answers:—l. From the Cambridge and Colchester Company, who said that they should require no land within three miles of Cambridge, and that the present station would serve that purpose. 2. From the Bedford and London, who said that their extension line would join the Cambridge ,Losrreete FOR CONSUMPTION, AND DISEASES OF THE line near the Hills' Road, and the Eastern- Counties sta- CHEST, Beamprort.—At the meeting of the directors and tion would be used by them. 3. From, the Direct North- committee of the Hospital for Consumption and Diseases of em who said that their line would neither pass through the Chest, at present located at Chelsea. held yesterday at o erec th ti e onat or ' by Cambridge. 4. From the Lincoln and East- the board-room, Great Marlborough -street, it was stated that ern Counties Junction, who intended to use the present her Majesty the Queen had most graciously condescended to station, and would join the Eastern Counties at Chester- patronise the forthcoming bazaar, to be held in honour of w til r e t ton. 5. From the Midland and Eastern Counties, who c op u e r n s i e ng of w es te rn i wing of the new t d building, o by the - builders il replied that they had not yet made their arrangements, ° (the Messrs. Birds, and could not answer the queries proposed to them. 6 , of rß°ronTitc°-n.ee It Hasmtameersthith) new hospital will be ready for grn reception ofpati ents about the pany and form a new one, in the manner explained in the report of M. Lacrosse. The meeting approved of the reports made, and gave to the directors the fullest powers, especially to dissolve the society, if they found occasion to do so.--Fro m th e J ourna l d es Chemins de Fer. KOENIGSBERG, DEC. 1 I.—By a Cabinet order of the 25th of last m on th , t h e King decrees the formation of a commission for the building of the two bridges over the Vistula and Voeat, for the Dinsburg and Berlin Railway. COLOGNE AND AIINDEN.—.i. letter, dated Cologne (Prussia), 17, states that on the morning before yesterday, notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather, the railway from that city to Minden was inau gurated. On that occasion the Count de Wittgenstein, president of the company by which the railway was con struct,d, pronounced a discourse, in which he thanked the Government for having overture the obstacles oppos ing the establishment of this line, which, branching to the railway in full construction in the kingdom of 1-all over, will put our province in direct communication with the Hanseatic towns, with the ports of the North Sea, and consequently will contribute powerfully to the deve lopment of the commerce of all the Rhenish countries. INCREASE OF IRON WORKS IN FRANCE.—TbC Echo de Valenciennes states that the same effect produced in Belgium upon the forges is felt on the French frontier. The furnaces of the arrondissements of Valenciennes and of Avesnes, which were either languishing or extinct, are renewed, and, moreover, new ones, are being con , structed. To the third furnace in erection at the Denain establishment, a second, built at the forges of Berbaimont, taken by the proprietors of Montalaire, is about to be put in operation, if it is not so already. M. Dumont, of Fel riere, also erects another furnace,"and the same is being done at the establishment of la Providence (Charleroi), while there are - thoughts of doubling them in the north. The railway fever appears to be the cause of this increase. PARIS AND LYONS.—When the inquiry opened in conformity with the law upon the projected plan for the direction to be taken by the Paris and Lyons line at its entrance into Paris, and the establishment of the station upon the Boulevard Contrescarpe, near the Place de la Bastille, numerous complaints, objections, and protests, were placed upon the register relative to the suppression of the Rue Traversiice and to several works of art to he made upon the Rues Moreau, Mazas, &c. In consequence of these complaints to the Commission of Inquiry, com posed of the Prefect of the Seine, Messrs. Perrier, Perret, Moreau, Galio, the Mayor of the Eighth Arrondisse ment, and of Messrs. Jullien and Delarue, the engineers, it has been decided that the terminus, instead of being built upon the Boulevard Contrescarpe, shall be in the Rue Mazas ; that a square shall be opened in that street, in face of the station ; that from this place to that of the Bastille a large and fine street shall be made, if the pro prietors will make a gift of the ground ; and that in con sequence of these arrangements the Rues Moreau and Traversilre shall preserve their present state. In conse quence of these determinations, and by decree of the Prefect of the Seine, another and a final inquiry, which will last until the 26th, has been opened at the Prefec ture of the Seine, where the plan and the deliberations of the commission d'enquete are open for public inspec tion. very sight of it will be enough to make him sick. The remainder of the table was filled up with some warmed up tough old hen, called chicken fixings—all washed down with the most execrable coffee in the whole world. I used t) think that England might defy all creation fur bad coffer', but the Americans beat us holloW• We were some thirty or forty at brtakfast. The, men ate like wolves and, cheap as it was, I reckonr_ it cost them a shilling p er m i nute . Li t tl e c hild ren , who also assemble at these tables, were permitted, by their foolish mothers, to be guzzling raw rump-steak, sivi° l ming in far, at six o ' c l oc k i n t h e morning :—Rubio'' Rambles in the United States. WASTE OF SEA-COASTS. THE REGISTRATION FOR NOR LANCASHIRE. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The following circul ar s h ows t h e a l arm w hich Pre l n si o is f in the monopoli s t cam p respect i ng t h e re presentatio n the northern di v i s i on o f t hi s county w h eneve r an el_ n may occur: 11, Dear Sir,—At a meeting, Blackburn,this day, o p f several i g Beu- - t j, e :e mer favourabk to the maintenance of the Conservati . s eri interest in the northern division of this county, ously menaced by the acti ve exer ti on s of the Anti-00.orf° d law League, a scheme was submitted for improvit! ! , t a h " at rendering more efficient the regis tra tion of vot ' ll interest, throughout the division ; which "f ess expe nse received, but cannot be carried out at a than from 1,5001. to 2,000 L annually'. It was the unanim ous o pi n i o n of t h e meeting that it h would not be right to allallowthe Afew-e-rs for the but division to bear the whole of so' serious an ou tla y ; for the purpose that subscription ou g ht t o b e en tered into, of raising a f u nd f rom w hi c h the expenses may be d° - frayed. I am, therefore, requeste d to d raw your attention n t c 3 ) the matter, a nd t o so li c i t your ass i stance ; f or w hich I u„ convinced no argument i s requ i s i te, b ecause o f t h e °by' ous necessity of a strenuous effort being now made, 111 ; less the supporters of a Conservative line of policit-, prepared, at the nex t e l ect i on , to surrender their le i: mate influence at the will of an unconstitutional or' dation. The subscriptions are requested for two years 01 / 2 by way of experiment • and the maximum IS lieniteti ' to 10/, in order to afford scope for a general manifesta tion of support. I shall feel obliged by your forwarding any sum you may think proper to contribu te, at y our earliest convenienc e , t o Mr. B ac khouse,• solic itor, the• secretary for this district. I am, dear Sir, yours. faithfully , WILLIAM FEILDEN, Chairman. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY.—The Pre m ier h as ra just arrived here by the train from London, on his wad Drayton Manor, to spend Christmas with his family. 1 ,?2, 6 the Right Hon. Baronet being recognised in his carriage j4 _ 116 , 0t number of gentlemen who were assembled cheered him Might enthusiastically,and continued their applause until the log" obert Hon. looked well,ro e a t n g d o t appearedintolii his carriage much pleasedand drove o a t v e t o h fc e eSirar he arty come he received. GLASGOW PIG IRON TRADE, DEC. 23. said to have improved these two days past. Founders sif t : plying their immediate wants have had to pay 7 55 ,,:„ 1 ] e a t Several sales were made at 775. 6d. and 80s. credit; while, the same time, we believe, several thousand tons could been procured at 725. 6d. cash. The appearance of imPr°, l ',. o ment is caused by our present political position r pausing until something definite takes place. This Pag e has, for some time past, been endeavouring to impress on it trade the propriety of an extension of malleable works on e means of consumpt for pig iron. We have just learned t —prices are an extensive firm, engaged solely in the manufacture of P c i g iron, have surveyed groun d near Coatbridge, and on wi ll __ they are to erect a malleable work on an extensive scale. 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Attu r ei ;i Ross and Sons, 119 an d 120, Bishopsgate-street, the celebra t Perruquiers, Perfumers, Hair-cutters, and Hair dyers. Parties attended at their own residences, whatever 1 . 131 distance. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—The fame o f 110110 WRY, , Pills, in the cure of h ea d ac h es , di mness of sight, deranged stozallot and disordered li vers , as lik ew i se i n restoring strengt h and vigour in cases o f d e bili tate d const i tutions, is so great , that even in the East Indies the different castes and natives are taking but little other medicine than these famous Pills. 4 /1 native agent in th e P res id ency o f B om b ay sold lately, r etail, fifty-three dozen boxes in fifteen days. The extraordin o9 cures performed by these Pills, when all other means fad , is truly wonderful. Females will find this a most admirable medicine.—S:l by all druggists, and at Professor Hollosvaf s establishment, 244, Strand, London. DESTRTJCTIVE FIRE. —LIVER POOL, WEDNESDAT. - °: A dreadful fire b r oke ou t a t an ear l y h our this morn i ng a' the extensive iron foundry of Messrs. Smith and Willey, ' ll Smithdown-lane, called the Edgehill an d Wi n d sor Foundry The alarm was first given about three o'clock, and when the engines arrived the whole building was in a blaze, and we re gret to say there was a very great deficiency of water in the first instance. The consequence was, the flames spread ra" pidly, and all efforts t o arres t th eir progress were abortive, until the roof had fallen in and the first floor burned through. The building is completely gutted, and at present only at a front outer walls are standing. About 300 workmen are thrown out of employment by this catastrophe; The damage is estimated at nearly 20,0001. Many valuable patterns were destroyed, and all the machinery. The insurance is said to amount to only 8,000/. in the West Of England office. About 4,0001. of the stock of machinery now destroyed had only been lodged in the building a few weeks ago. Nothing is known at present of the origin of the fire. ELECTION MOVEMENTS IN NORWICH.--A requisi tion is in course of signature in this city to Sir William Foster, Bart„ and S. M Peto, Esq., the railway contractor , to allow themselves to be put in nomination at the next elec tion.— Cantbridge Advertiser. BIRTH.• On the 24th inst., the wife of the Rey. John M Sumner , Rector of Bluiton, of a son. MARRIED. On the 23d ult., at Wattisfield Church, Suffolk, Henri Ellis, Esq., surgeon, to Elizabeth Freeman, second daughter of W. A. Freeman. On the 23d inst., at West Wickham, Kent, James Corry Sherrard, Esq., to Louisa, eldest daughter of C. H. Hall, EN of West Wickham. LIED, On the 23d inst., at Chatham-place, David Foggo, Esq. On the 23d inst.,. at Addington-place, Camberwell, Eliza beth Ann, wife of Mr. John Hopki nson . • On the ISth inst., at Hastings, Jacob Phillips, Esq., of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law. On the 22d inst., at Bath, T. E. Blackwell, Esq. On the 22d inst., William George, the infant son of Mr. Thomas P•ofrey, solicitor, of Walcot-place, East, Lambeth. On the 23d inst., at Brighton, Claude, youngest son of W. Marshall, E: q., On the 2-Ith inst., Hannah, the wife of Mr. George Black burne, of Mark -lane and Islington. ondon : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, ef No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precirutt of the Savoy in the -County of ithidlesex, Friday, December 26, 1545. , The abbey of Whitby, a t it s fi rst erect i on by Lear Hilda in 958, is reported to have been a mile from the . sea; but the distance from the verge of Whitby 0.4 cliff to the nearest part of the abbey, measured in the line of transept, was found in 1816 to be little more than 200 yards. Along the coast line of Yorkshire, from Bridinngton Quay to Spurn Point, the shore has no /In' portant inlet or prejection, and consists of beds of Cl)'a grave), sand, and chalk rubble; and exposed to a strong current from the north, as well as, to the uncontrolled action of the waves, the annual devastation committed here is very extensive. Of the villages of Auburn , Hartburn, and Hyde, in the Bay of Bridlington, on l y • the remembrance remains. Several places on the sbor e , • preserve, in the termination of their names, a tnemorist of mores; or freshwater lakes, once having existed in their neighbourhood —as Skipsea, Kilnsea,.and Withers' sea, the Scandinavian sic) signifying a lake; but the se a has broken into these mores, and absorbed them, though recesses on the shore seem to mark the spots they 01 . d: occupied. The mere a t H ornsea st ill surv i ve s; 1 1 1 ; this place which wa s once severa l m il es inland' has been brought within half a mile of the w aters edge, and the hamlet of Hornsea Beck been utterly de stroyed. The waste of the coast amounts to about four yards a year; and farmers may be met with who bare witnessed the corn- wave where the sea now prevails. The depredations of the ocean . towar d s S purn Point, I t. the entrance of the Humber estuary, hare been still more considerable;, nor is it unlik e ly that the Point will el e long become an island. Ravenspur—with the latter pa" of which word the name Spurn seems to be connected, an 'important place in thi s l oca li ty —h as l ong s i nce b ee n l o st, with a number of other places in the vicinity, belonging to Bristol Priory; and the site of the priory itself has been totally swept away. Pennant remarks—" The site' and even the v e ry names o f severa l p l aces, once t o wns° note peen the Humber, are now only recorded in his, - tory ; and Ravenspur was at one tim e a r i va l to hull' and a port so very considerable in 1332, that Edwar d Baliol and the confederated English barons sailed from hence to invade Scotland; and Henry IV., in 1399, ma de choice of this port t o l an d a t, to e ff ect t h e depos al ° Richard IL ; yet the whole has long since been de voured by the merciless ocean ; extensive sands, dry 11 , 1 ,' low water, are to be seen i n th e i r s t ea d." M r . I.Ye" makes a remarkable statement respecting Sheringbald' on the coast of Norfolk.—"l ascertained, in 1829, '-' 0113 : facts which throw light u p on t h e rate at w hi c h the s e a gains on the land. It was compute d , w h en t h e presen t inn was built, in 1805, that it would require seventr years for the sea to rea c h th e s p o t, t h e mean l os s oflenc. being calculated, from previous observations, to be soln„ e• what less than o ne y ar d annea ll y. Th e di sta nce al . tween the house and th e sea was fiftards ; but s o s lowance was mad e f or th e s l ope o f theground being fr °ra the sea, in consequence of which the waste was n r , turally accelerated e ver y y ear , as the cliff grew losve_ • there being at ev e ry succee di ng per i o d l ess mat ter to 7 0 move when portions of equa l area f e ll d own . Betwl s the years 1824 and 1829, no l ess t h an seven t e en Y 3 ,r eft were swept away, an only a small garden was then th between the building and th e sea . Th ere i s no w d e r, of twenty feet—sufficient to float a frigate—at one P% a in the harbour of th e p or t, w h ere only forty-eight Y e nrs ago, there stood a cliff fifty feet high, with houses u r ge it. If once in half a cen t ur y an equa l amoun t debt were produced at once by the momentary shock ( 3 `.. c h earthquake, history wo u ld b e fill e d w i t h recor ds of.:m th , wonderful revolutions of th e eart h' s sur f ace ; but !' e l o• conversion of high land i n t o d eep sea b e gradual, cites only local attention. The flag•staff of the Free r, tive Service station, on the south side of this lo r „ r ed has, within the last fif teen years, b een t h r i ce re A ' . inland, in consequence o f t h e a d vance o f the se