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THE LONDON JOOtNALS. FIXTItACT3 FROM TILE DAILY 3101111TNG PAPERS December 24, 1822. [TITG TISI ESti Papers which we have received from' Lisbon of the 7th, and from Madrid of the 14th inst., pos sess considerable interest. The Ordinary Cortes of Portugal assembled on the Ist. , The King made an effort to attend in, person, but an indis position by which he had been for some days oppressed, became so severe as to compel his 'Ma jesty to absent himself, and to commit the perusal of his speech to a Minister. The speech con tains no distinct allusion whatever to the state of foreign affairs. The answer of the President is equally vague on this point. The omission, however, is compensated by an article professing to be official, and probably authentic,. in a Madrid Paper, which states that an alliance, offensive and defensive, has been actually settled between Spain and Portugal, under which Por tugal is to dispatch immediately a corps of 5,000 picked troops to the assistance of the Spaniards —this force to be increased as occasion may re quire—the old question relating to Olivenza to be adjourned to a more tranquil season : the dis puce about Monte Video will doubtless take care of itself. The negotiation of the above treaty is an event the importance of which must be felt at more than one side of the Pyreunees. The Por tuguese are said to be excellent troops. It ap pears to be confirmed that the Queen of Portugal has declined to swear to the new constitution, in consequence of which her husband has directed her to retire to the Quinta de Rarnalhao, one of her country residences, there to continue until she shall have recovered her health ;I when, ac cording to law, as a refractory subject, she must quit the kingdom. [MORNING HERALD.] Mails arrived in the course of yesterday from various parts of the Continent. There were pri vate accounts also with some of the Journals from Paris, of so late a date as the 21st. The latter, unsatisfactory and suspicious as they usually are, must still be the chief objects of cu. riosity and interest. Judging by the Journals and private letters, the question of ►war was still involved in obscurity. The French Funds, how ever, had a slight rise, and this, coupled with the return of the Duke of Wellington, seems to have been regarded yesterday as a symptom of peace. We hear, however, that the Duke soon returns, and that he has come over for the pur pose of personal conference with the Minis ters. It would appear from the Paris Pa pers, that his departure from that city was abrupt and unexpected. We regret to find it stated that his health appears somewhat altered for the worse when he came away.— The French Journals still continue to dispute over the Spanish revolution; but they only dis pate—there is no fact stated—and not an ar ticle put forth which possesses, or even assumes any thing like authority. They throw not a glimpse of light upon the question of peace or war—but, wh'at is not without its value, they throw some light .upon each other. The Elate,: which is the chief organ of the war party, charges the Journal des Nbats ►with taking up the pacific side of the question, ►with a view to influence the funds—and the latter. Journal retorts by charg ing its adversary with a direct interest in the fall of - the funds, ►which its articles are calcu lated to produce. ritEss.] The Duke of `Veiling- ton having arrived in London, and M. Chateanbriand in Paris, we ought to feel some confidence in the pacific assu rances which a cool examination of the state of continental affairs, as well as every calculation upon prudence or regard to self-preservation in the French Government, must have uniformly suggested. We have reason to believe that the Duke of Wellington had to fight his first battle against the Congress, when, of course, he made use of the natural arifument, that France was the only party entitled to feel alarm ; and that the wiles of his antagonists, who dexterously caught at thisadvantage, and brought France into the field, obliged the gallant Duke to retreat to Paris and fight his second battle there. It is be lieved that his Grace has completely triumphed, to his own honour, to the credit of the Adminis tration of which he is one, and to the great benefit of the cause of freedom and humanity in every country of Europe. [Nlollti ING CH 11 0 SICLE.] The Duke - of Wellington has arrived from the Continent. We had prepared our readers for his return, the chief negociations on the subject of peace or war having been favourably concluded with the French Government, which rendered his presence no longer necesaryr in Paris. Pre vious to his departure from thence, he sent Lord Fitzroy Somerset to 'Madrid, with the result of the negociations, his Grace being prevented by ill health from going there in person, as was origi nally intended. Lord F. SoMerset is the friend of General-Alava, who has great influence in the Cortes at the present moment, and every circum- stance that has hitherto transpired, leads us to • hope and believe that a good understanding will soon be established between France and Spain. It augurs well that the subject of their differ ences' has, itr a great measure, been left to British mediation ; and that the French have divested themselves of that haughty and arrogant tone they a" little time back assumed. Lt is also con soling to reflect, that what they now demand of Spain is not , insulting or degrading to the na tional character, consequently it can become a subject of discussion with the Cortes, and of ne gociation with the Executive. England now stands in the character of a mediatress and um pire, and we trust her good offices will be crowned with complete success. [ti I'll%lES.] As we anticipated, yesterday was a Peace day on the Stock Exchange, and the funds, in conse quence, looked a little upwards. Consols fo! Account left off at 808, and even that desperate article Spanish Scrip was quoted (though, we believe, little was sold) at only 10 per cent. discount. The Paris Papers and letters, how ever, afford no particular ground for any variation in public opinion, on the great ques tion of Peace and War. M. De Villele, the French Prime Minister, has, in a very marked and public manner, disclaimed the late pacific articles in the Journal des Dl•bals ; but upon this point little stress we think is to be laid. It neither belongs to his high station to encourage expectations of a war, which possibly may not take place, nor to discourage the Spanish Royalists by any apparent timidity on the part of France in supporting her true interests. [MORNING POST.] The Moniteur maintains its usual silence, and the Journal des INbals continues its semi official declarations in favour of peace. Besides the very explicit article which we gave yester day in its integrity, this Journal contains another positive contradiction of the fabrications which lately appeared in the Ultra Papers, and formed the subject of those Expresses which produced a sudden depression in our money market last week. It treats them with the derision and contempt which thyy merited, and adds besides some just and hnpo - rtant considerations respecting the pro bable conduct of Portugal and the facilities which that country would afford the Constitutionalists to rally and carry on a perpetual war, in the supposition that the French armies occupied Madrid, and absolute despotism had been re stored. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTII•G-ROO3l, DEC. 23.-STATE OF THE ODDS. RIDDLESIVORTII. Five to two agst Emily colt. BY. 12 to 1 agst Fantina c. 18 to 1 agst bro. to Carbonaro 20 to 1 agst Sir W..Milner'sc 7 to I agst Emily c. 8 to I agst c. out of Folly 1 to 1 agst Webb I to 1 agst Talisman DFI 7 to l agst f. out of Zaida 9 to 1 agst Sister to Sailor CLARET 9 to 1 agst Oliviera f. 9 to 1 agst sister to Sultan. STAKES. sto 2 agst Moses I 9to 2 agst Posthuma 7to 2 agst Swap I 6to 1 agst Wanton. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. I 18 to 1 agst Mandane 20 to I agstMr.Annstronesc. .0 to 1 agst Sherwood 1 to 1 agst Miss Fanny HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF HOUNDS IN , THE PRESENT WEEK. His Majesty's Stag-hounds, on Friday, at Bedfont. The Duke of Grafton's Hounds, on Thursday, at Bradden ; and on Saturday, at Nash Common. The Northumberland Fox-Hounds, on Thursday, at flag don ; and on Saturday, at Meldon Village. The East Sussex Fox-Hounds, on Thursday, at Piddinghoe; and on Saturday, at Danny. The York and Ainsty Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Sessay Wood. Sir M. M. Sykes's Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Flaxton and on Saturday, at the Castle Howard Inn. The Earl of Harewood's Fox-hounds, on Thursday, al Kidder Lane ; and on Saturday, at Sickling Hall. The Roxby and Cleveland Fox-hounds, on Friday, at Skel. ton Park. The Sinnington Fox-hounds, on Thursday, at Lockton and on Saturday, Helmsley. The York City Harriers, on Thursday, near Rufforth. The Boroughbridge Harriers, on Friday, at Grafton. PEVEST raiiism.—On Wednesday, the 11th inst., William M'Mullan, a youth under 16 years of age, undertook, at Rich mond, Yorkshire, to walk 40 miles in 8 successive hours on the Back Flags; ground only 1-Bth of a mile in length :he started at 8 o'clock in the morning, and, with ease, finished his task 20 minutes before 4in the afternoon. The last 3 miles he walked barefoot. After which, B. M'Mullan took up 100 pegs with his mouth in 32 minutes, never touching them with his hands, each peg being 1 yard apart, and put them into a basket ; the distance being nearly 6 miles. On Tuesday last, the above Wm. APMullan undertook, at Darlington; to walk 30 miles in 6 hours, which he performed within time, before a numerous assemblage, who subscribed liberally to this youth. GREAT FEAT.-LA man named Townsend, on Monday last, for the sake of what he could get of the lookers-on, walked the space of twenty-one miles backward, in five hours and a half ! from the middle of Devizes Green to the bridge on the London road.—(Hamphire Telegraph, Dec. 29.) Edward Pearce, Keeper of Iron's Hill Walk, in the New Forest, killed on Tuesday a woodcock weighing 14 ounces and a half.—(lbid.) BOXERS. Stockman, the Nonpareil of light weights, will enter the ring with Small, who so gallantly defeated H. Green, some time since. The battle to take place within three weeks, for twenty sovereigns. Small will be the heaviest by half a stone, but Stockman is by far the best fighter, and a game one. Betting is 5 to 4 on Stockman. CY. Davis AND Ti RNTER.-Fifty pounds a side have been deposited in the hands of the Stakeholder, towards the comple tion of the above match ; and Turner it is said, thinks that a little training is absolutely necessary, and will, in the course of a few days, start for the country. GREENOCK, DEC. 17.-It is reported in town, at, in consequence of the resignation of Lord BLANTYRE, the appointment of Lord Lieutenant of this County has been tendered to, and accept. ed by, our worthy Lord of the Manor, Sir M. S STEWART, Bart. 111 health, we regret to hear, is the cause of Lord I3LANTYRE'S retirement. The King has granted authority to Geo. Wm. Hutchinson, Esq. of Stockton, to take and use the name and arms of Sutton only, in compliance with the will of the late Geo. Sutton, Esq. of Stockton. The MOrpeth Theatre closed (after a successful season) on Friday the 13th inst. with COLMAN'S new musical play of the Law qf Java, and the farce of A Rowland,for an Oliver, for the benefit of Mr. WRIGHT, when every part of the house was filled almost to suffocation. The liberality of the Manager in engaging Mr. H. JOHNSTON, formerly of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, to perform for six nights in a provincial town, to gether with his bringing forward every novelty the limits of the Theatre would allow, deservedly merit the patronage and support which has been so flatteringly bestowed. It is also due to the company to state, that their conduct while in Morpeth, was that of strict propriety. The:driving of the first cluster of standard piles, for the in tended Chain Pier at Brighton, is now comploated, and the workmen are preparing their apparatus, for driving a similar group ; there are to be three of these places in the whole. On Tuesday morning, the female servant of Miss LACY, in South-street, Chichester, was alarmed by the smell of fire, which she ascertained to proceed from the bed room of her mistress, where it appeared, that a lighted candle had fallen from out of the socket of the candlestick, and set fire to the bed furniture. Miss Lacy was asleep, and of course un conscious of her danger. With difficulty she was aroused and extricated from her perilous situation unhurt. The bed furni ture was entirely consumed. •It is a very - singular fact, that a hare, which was opened a few days ago at the house of Mr. ROBERT WooLLEN, baker, near 4hellield barracks, was found to have two hearts. They were joined together by a thin membrane. — (Doncaster Ga:ette.) CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS. In " Whimsies ; or New Cast of Characters" (1631), the anonymous author in his description of a good and hospitable housekeeper, has left the following picture of Christmas festivities : " Suppose Christmas now approaching, the evergreen ivie trimming the portals and partcloses of so frequented a build ing; the usuall carolls to observe antiquitie, cheerefully sounding, and that which is the complement of his inferior comforts, his neighbours, whom he tenders as members of his own familye, joyne him in his consort of mirth and melody." Vie customs formerly observed at this season of the year were numerous, and were several of them kept up with a considerable degree of ro mantic parade and splendour. Some of these are retained at the present day, and some are disused. We shall give an account of the prin cipal, which may be comprised under the heads —Christmas Carols ; Celebration of Christmas Eve ; Decking of Houses, &c. with Evergreens ; Christmas Sports ; the Yule Dough ; Plum Pud dings, and other cheer, and Christmas Boxes. CHRISTMAS CAROLS.—Bishop Taylor observes, that the " Gloria in Ecclesio," the well-known hymn sung by the angels to the Shepherds, at our Lord's nativity, was the ancient Christmas Carol. The word is said to be derived from canlare, to sing, and rola, an interjection of joy. Several specimens are preserved of the early , Christmas Carols, but they are chiefly interest ing from their age. Mr. Douce has translated one which has some poetical merit, most of the others in point, are little better than the compo sitions sung about the streets in modern times. CHRISTMAS EYE.—Next to the preparatory an nouncement of the joyous season, by the sort of song just described, followed the celebration of Christmas Eve ; thus pleasingly described by a modern poet : " Thy welcome eve, lov'd Christmas, now arriv`d, The parish bells their tuneful peal resound, And mirth and gladness every breast pervade : The ponderous ashen faggot, from the yard, The jolly farmer to his crowded hall Conveys with speed ; where on the rising flames (Already fed with store of massy brands) It blazes soon" Christmas day, in the primitive church, was always observed as the Sabbath day, and was, like that, proceeded by an eve, or vigil. Hence our present custom of keeping Christmas eve. On the night of this eve, our ancestors were wont to light up candles of an uncommon size, called Christmas candles, and lay a large log of wood upon the fire, called a yule clog, or Christmas block, to illuminate the house, and as it were, turn night into day. So Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1677, speaking of the beginning of Decem ber, says— " Now blocks to cl:ave,—this time requires, 'Gainst Christmas, for—to make good fires." The ancient method of spending the Christmas day, is thus curiously described in the scarce tract, entitled " Round about our Coal Fire at Christmas," &c. An English gentleman at the opening of Christmas day on the morning had all his tenants and neighbours enter his hall by day-break. The strong beer was broached, and the black jacks went plentifully about, with toast, sugar, nutmeg, and good Cheshire cheese. The Ilackin (a great sausage) must be boiled by day-break, or else two young men must t a k e th e maiden (i. e. the cook) by the arms, and run her round the market-place, till she is ashamed of her laziness." At dinner, and during the holydays, the tables were all spread from the first to the last; the sirloin of beef, the minced pies, the plum porridge, were severally brought upon the board, every one ate heartily and was welcome, which gave rise to the proverb, " 'Tis merry in the hall, when beards wag all." The YULE DOUGH, or Dow, a part of these festivities, was a kind of infant or little image of paste, which our bakers used formerly to bake at this season, and present to their customers, in the same manner as the chandlers give Christmas candles. This figure, it appears, was intended to represent the child JEsus, and a something like it is said to be still customary in Yorkshire, where what is called " the vessel-cup singers" (generally poor old women,) about three weeks before Christmas, go from house to house with a waxen or woollen doll, fantastically dressed, and sometires adorned with an orange or a fine rosy tingi,d apple, with which in their hands they sing or chaunt an old local carol. This vessel cup is most probably the remains of the " wassail bowl," which anciently formed another part of the festivities of this season of the year. The PLUM-PUDDING, that great article of modern feasting,— " A mixture strange of currants, suet, meat, Where various tastes combine, the greasy and the sweet," is not mentioned amongst the other cheer enume rated in the preceding quotation, though it was certainly as old as 1676. Poor Robin, in that year, speaking of Christmas as a time when good eating did so abound, that it seemed as if " all the world were made of minced pies, Plum Pud dings, and furmety."* EVERGREENS.-The decking of houses,churches, &c., with evergreens, was a very ancient custom, and to the delight of those who do not like en tirely to forget old times, is still in a great mea sure retained. This appears, like several other Christmas observances, to have been copied by the Christians from their Pagan ancestors. For merly this practice, at this time, was universal. Stowe, in his Survey, tells us, " that against the feast of Christmas, every man's house, as also their parish churches, were decked with }mime, ivy, bayes, and whatsoever the season of the year afforded green. And the conduits and standards in the streets were likewise garnished." The laurel—d conspicuous object in modern collec tions of these plants, was used by the Romans as the emblem of peace, joy, and victory. In the Christian sense, it may be applied to the victory gained over the powers of darkness by the corn ing of CHRIST. The misletoe was a plant held sacred by the Druids, and suspended from the ceiling of the apartment where the pleasures of the evening are to take place, still gives rise to a number of.frolicksome gambols in the country. SPORTS AND GAMES.—OUT ancestors, among other amusements at this period, had what they called " disguisings," consisting of mummings, the " Lord of Misrule, the Fool Plough, and Sword Dance, &e. Of these, the triummin,gs were . . sometimes very splendid. This custom consisted in the changing of clothes between men and wo- men, who, when dressed in each other's habits, %vent from one neighbour's house to another, par taking of Chrismas cheer, and making merry with Furmety, from fumentum,' wheat. It is made of c ree d wheat, or wheat, which aft e r being beaten for some time with a wooden mallet, is then boiled and eaten with milk, sugar, nutmeg, &c. them in their disguise; but, on particular occa sions, varied; and was formed into a sort of cha racteristic procession of drama. Stowe has pre served an account of a remarkable mummery made in 1377 by the citizens of London, " for the disport of the young Prince Richard, son to Edward the Black Prince," who then resided at the Palace at Kensington. The dresses, &c., in this, were particularly grand. And the like, he informs us, took place in compliment to King Henry the Fourth, in the second year of his reign, whilst residing at Eltham Palace; " when twelve Aldermen of London and their sonnes, rode a mumming, and had great thanks." Before this, in the year 1348, there was also a splendid ceremonial of this kind, when, according to Andrews, in his History of Great Britain, " eight tunics of buckram, forty-two visors, and a great variety of other whimsical articles of dress, were provided for the disguisings at court, at the feast of Christmas." The revel-master, called the Lord of Misrule, was a sort of officer appointed on occasion of some of the great Christmas festivities, to keep order during the celebration of the different sports and pastimes which took place. The Univer sities, and in London, the principal Inns of Court, were the most expensive in the prepara tions and pageantry attending this kind of mock solemnity, which the reader, if he has patience to read about such sort of foolery, will find prolixly detailed in Dugdale's " Origines Juri diciales." The custom, however, was not con -1 fined to these places ; for Stowe tells us there was, at the feast of Christmas in the King's house, wheresoever he lodged, a Lord of Misrule, or master of merry disports, " and the like had ye in the house of every nobleman of honour and good worship, were he spiritual or temporal." The Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs had their se veral Lords of Misrule, ever contending, with out quarrel or offence, who should make she rarest pastime to delight the beholders. These Lords, beginning their rule at Allhallowtide Eve, and continuing the same till the morrow after the Purification, commonly called Candlemas-day, in which space there were generally fine and subtil disguisings, masks, and mummeries ; with play ing at cards for counters, nayles, and pointes, in every house. " More," he adds, "to the shame of 'modern times, 4 for pastime than gain.' "- I'he name only of the Lord of Misrule is now remembered. The Lords of Misrule were first preached against at Cambridge, by the Puritans, in the reign of James 1., as an appointment un becoming the gravity of the University ; and in Scotland these personages, there called in deri sion the " Abbot of Unreason," were thought worthy to be suppressed by the Legislature as early as 1555. The foot and plough dance was a custom used about this time in the north of England, and still in part kept up. It consisted of a sort of pageant in which were a number of sword dancers drag ging a plough ; and one, sometimes two, in strange attire. What was called " the Bessig," in the grotesque habit of an old woman, and the "fool," almost covered with skin, a hairy cap on, and the tail of some animal hanging from his back, acted as a sort of clown; and one of them went about rattling a box amongst the spectators of the dance, in which he received their little donations. Christmas boxes which were formerly a matter of bounty, have in late times been almost de manded as a matter of right. This tax on trades men; in particular, says the author of the Connois seur, gave him a pretence to lengthen out his bill, and the master and mistress to lower their wages on account of the vails. Gay, in his Tristia,mentions the Christmas-box— " 'Some boys are rich by birth beyond all wants, Belov'd by uncles and kind good old aunts ; When time comes round a Christmas box they bear, And one day makes them rich for all the year." Parliament, in 1652, by order, enjoined " That no observation shall be had of the five and twentieth' day of December, commonly called Christmas day, nor any solemnity used or exer cised in churches in respect thereof." We live now in more liberal times. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. -- -About a quarter before four o'clock yesterday afternoon, an elegrntly dressed female was observed walking in a de jected state in the Birdcage-walk, St. James's Park ; she looked at several of the trees with apparent earnestness, and seemed quite insen sible of the object of the mob who followed her, till she arrived opposite Story's Gate, when she took a handkerchief and made it fast to a tree, but finding the bough to which she at tached it was not her height, she untied it again, and tied it to another much higher. She very leisurely tied it round her neck in the pre sence of a large crowd of men and boys, who all the time watched her motions, and springing for ward, twisted it ronnd in such a manner that she was entirely raised from the ground, and would have been strangled had she not been immedi ately cut down. She then abused those around her in the most gross language, saying she was by birth a Lady. She was recognised to be a woman well known in St. James's. She had been supported by a Noble Peer in splendid equipages only a few years ago, and through some fault afterwards abandoned ; since which she has been seen about the streets, frequently in despondency. A constable took her to the workhouse, until she can be got into some proper asylum. SHOCKING MURDER AND ROBBERY.--A dread ful murder was perpetrated in the village of Lianbeder, in North Wales, on Monday night. Jane Williams, an aged widow, many years a re spectable shopkeeper in the above village, and who was generally thought to have amassed a little wealth, was found murdered behind her confuter on Monday morning. A little grand daughter said she heard her gradmother, in the night, cry " Murder !" two or three times, but was too much frightened to stir.— Three persons are supposed to have been con cerned—they had dragged their unfortunate victim from her bed ; the shop drawers, &c. were broken open, and several articles stolen, as well as what money she might have had in them. 'We have not heard of any clue being yet afforded by which to trace the wretches. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The price of the 4I b. Loaf is stated at 70, by the full-pried bakers. There are others of the trade who sell at 50., 6h 61d, and 7d. • IMPORTATIONS OF GRAIN LAST WEEK. English. Irish. Foreign' Wheat - 9,036 3 ---- Barley - __—. 5,345 Oats Rye l5 - -... Weans Peas . 2,186 • Tares Rapeseed Nlustard Seeds Flour . Drank . Linseed. 12 189 9,974 48 IRS 125 1,605 1,640 SEEDS, Dare. 23. _ Red Clover (Foreign) 22s 36s—fine, 34s 48s 52s per cwt. Ditto English R. 26s 35s 38s—fine new, 38s 50s 58Ik White ditto 3ss 47s—fine, 58s 66s Trefoil .... per cwt.... 10s 14s—fine 15s 18s 19s per cwt. Ribgrass ... 2Bs 36s—fine, 42s 45s Carraway Seeds s4s to 58s 60s Coriander do Spring Tares ... Cinque Foin 3os to 36s—fine —s per qt; Rye-Grass ... l6s to 25s—new, 28s 30s per qr. Canary per qr —s 35s to 40s Odper qt. White Mustard Seed 7s to 10s0d Brown ditto 9s to 15s Od Winter Tares 24s to SOs Od per qr. Rape Seed .. 221 to 231 10s 241 per Last. Turnip Seeds. —s Od 6s to 7s 6d pr. bush. Linseed NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS, Dee. i 3. By the Carcasc. Beef es Od to Ss 4d f Veal e s 4d t o 4s Sd Mutton .......2s od to 2s 8d 1 Pork 25 Od to 3s 4d Lamb. os od to os Od. _ ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, Dec. 21. N. Hay sl Os Od to 41 Os Od Clover, 31 8s to 41 49 Oct Old Hay 01 Os od to 01 os od I Straw 11 lOs Od to 21 3s 6 4 SMITHFIELD. Old Hay 3l Os od to 41 Os Od--Average, 31 los od. Straw Clover 3l 7s 6d to 41 7s 6 0--Average, 31 15s Od WHITECHAPEL. Hay 3l 6s Od to 41 Os 0(1-Average, 31 16s od New ditto... 01 os Od to 01 Os od-Average, 01 Os oti Straw II los od to 11 18s Od--Average, 11 169 Oct Clover 3l Ss Od to 4! lOs Od-Average, 41 5s od PRICE OF HOPS, per Cwt., Dec. 21. Pockets. I Bags. Kent .. 2) lOs a3lss a 41 15s Kent .. el 2s a2l IBs a4l 101 Sussex .. si 4s ail 19. s a3i Os Sussex 21 Os a2l 4 s a 2l ID 1 Essex .. 21 lOs a3l4s a 31 15s Essex.. 21 25 a2l 16 s a 3l 31 Farnham, fine, 61 Os to 81 Os—S econ d, 31 lOs to 61 Os Old Duty laid at 203,7241 I4s Sid 10-20th. RAW HIDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per st. Ordinary .... 9s 2d to 2$ a 3s od to 3s ie. Market Calf .. each.. 9s od Middlings 2s 6d to 2s 8d Eng. Horse Os Od to Os 04 SHEEP SKINS. Polled Downs PRICE OF LEATHER. Butts, 50 to 56Ibs each per lb 22d to 23d Ditto, 56 to 66Ibs each Dressing Hides 18d to 19d Coach Hides Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting 180 to oia Ditto .... 45 to 501bs Calf Skins..ZX to 401bs Ditto 50 to 70Ibs 26d to 2901 Ditto 7O to 80Ibs 24d to 26d Small Seals (Greenland) 18d to 19j'J Large ditto rid to 194 Tanned Horse Hides l7Ol to isd Spanish Horse Hides ISd t d 94d PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 1 1216.—Dec. 20. Town Tallow 43s Od —s Od I Yellow Soap 765 Yellow Russia 42 s Od — s Od Mottled 94s White ditto .. 39s Od —s Od Curd BBl Soap ditto.... 37s od —s Od I Graves 71 0 d Melting Stuff 30s Oil —s od Good Dregs 7so4 Ditto Rough.. 20s Od —s Od PRICE OF CANDLES, FRO: Price of Candles, per dozes 6d per dozen allows M TALLOW CHANDLER'S HALL. 11, 8s 6d--Moulds, ios Od• ed for ready money. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per Stone of Slb.—Dec. 20. ['rive of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Mehers), is 4d COUNTRY MARKET. GUILDFORD MARKET, Dec.2l. Wheat per I. 71 Os to 91 15s Barley, new, ll6sto 11 12 New Wheat.. 1010 s to 131 Os means, per qr. 116 s to 1110 Oats, per qr... 01 18s to 11 4s Pease, per qr. 1110 s to 1113$ New ditto.... 01 Os to 01 Os Rye, per qr. 01 Os to 01 OS COAL MARKET, Dec. 93. Ships at Market. Ships sold. Price. 7 Newcastle 9 Sunderland RARA A vxs.—A very fine bird, of the diver genus ( Colo!" bus Glacialis), known at Hudson's Bay, as the Athinue Moqu, or Great Northern Diver, was shot about three weeks since in Langston Harbour, and is now in the possession of illr. Dudley, of this town, in high preservation.—( Hampshire Telegraph.) BIRTHS. At Greenhill Cottage, Sidcot, Somerset, on the lith instant, the Lady of Captain John Wilson, R.N. of a daughter. At his Marine Villa, Felpham, the Lady of the Rev. F- G auntlett, 'of a son. At Bishopwearmouth, on Sunday last, in Villiers-street, Durham, Mrs. Fothergill, of a daughter. MARRIED. On Friday last, at St. Thomas's Church, Portsmouth, 11 11 ' Liam Firebrace, Esq., Captain in the 58th Regiment of Foot, to Anne, second daughter of John Wavell, Esq. Alderman of this Borough, and an eminent Surgeon. On the 21st instant, at St. Pancras New Church, Georgq Ritherdon, Esq., to Miss Fanny Kohn. On the 20th instant, at Camberwell Church, Farmer BailY r , Esq., of Hall-pl ace , K ent , son o f Th omas Baily, Esq., °' East Dulwich, to Amelia, daughter of the late John Perkins' Esq., M.D. On Thursday, the 19th instant, at Claines, near Worcester , the Rev. Henry James Hastings, of Manley, Worc es t e rshire, to Theodosia Eleanor, s e con d daughter of the late John Par' sons, Esq., of the Middle Temple. On Saturday last, at St. John's Church, Devizes, Wiltshire , Mr. Rowland, solicitor, Ramsbury, to Rachel, second daughter of Stephen Neate, Esq., of the former place. At Bath, on the 14th instant, Michael Kennedy, Es(11 youngest son of .Lieut.-Colonel Kennedy, of the Hon. India Company's Service, to Elizabeth, only daughter of the late Joseph Williamson, Esq. of Scarborough. DIED. On the 19th instant, in the prime of life, at Gatcombe Rees tory, Hugh Mrorsley, Esq., youngest son of the Rev. DoctO \Vorsley. On the 23d instant, Mr. Wm. Wallis, of Whitechapel-ro l ' aged 79. On the 20th instant, at his house, Sunbury, Middlesex, K. Hedges, aged 73, much respected and regretted. .„,„ On the 19th iustant, at his house in Sh a nd w i c k-pl ace Dist"; burgh, William Jobs on , E sq ., o f Lochore, late merchant.' London. On Saturday morning, the 21st instant, aged 25; Char lth son of Mr. John Wyett, of Kennington -terrace. .On the 20th inst a nt, J o h n Ord, Esq., of Hatton-W 107, aged 31. 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