The Sun.
London, England, 1839-12-27 00:00:00

Wheat. Barley. j Gats,

lica..s.

P'. se

s. to ..

s. s. s. to s. s. to s.
38 50;29 36 43 56
32 49 30 36 46 50
36 51 20 26
45 48 130 34
27 34 21 28
40 16 26 34
32 50 21 32,
35 47 123 34
40 50 130 34
42 58 26 30
23 54 30 34
37 43128 32
36 54 27 38 1 50 58

Per Quarter. s. to s,
Bath
131a.idtoru 64 80
Bridport --1 68
c:iaiii 60 82
Gloucester! 72 73
Exe er ' 70 SO
Guildford
Newbuty j5B SO
Reaoing 58 84
%alisoury 72 84
Shcrborne 72 78
SheptonAlallet 68 80
Uxbridge
Wzrtniester „I 55 S 5
Winchester 164 76 —I
Yeovil '64 72 40 48 • 30 32 i 46 50
LEE.JS CORN MARKET.—Dec. 24.
Wheat, Norfolk and 601 b.
York. and Lincoln. 60th.
Bitt.ley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
Grinding
ti,ons

- -
27 40

38 46

3
Darr, Potatoe
t or. --d. to d .
Shelliog Eng. 13M3.8lotlo53dozeprerstiooande.

GUILDFORD MARKET,
Wi,eat, Old (Per Load) 191. to ::01. les.—New, 161. to 211. 50.
Barley (Per Qr.)
I
Oats 29 '!4 Rye 4O 44
Grey Pease, 425. to 4-15.

DEVIZES CORN MARKET. '
d• s• d
Pee Szck. s. d. s. d. Per Quarter. s• 36 (
Fir.AWDea- 4O 0 to 42 0 Oats O5 CI to
0
Second 34 0 57 6 Beans (per sack)... 20 0 235,
Third
..... 0
Barley 29 0 48 t Bread (per ga11.)... 1 U

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE IN IRELAND.--
We have made inquiries in order to ascertain what
effects the reduction of postage has had on the corre-
spondence of the country, and find the most gratifying
results may be expected from the measure. In the
week just ended, nearly 30,000 more letters passed
through the Dublin Post-office than in the corresponding
week in the month of November, and on some days of
the by-gone week the number of letters was doubled.' The
total increase, from the sth inst., is 65,000, being aboo,t
thirty thousand per week. This increase can be viewed
only as the beginning of that augmentation to which
the correspondence of the country must ultimately
swell. It may fairly be presumed that not one
in five hundred—nay, in one thousand, of those per-
sons whom a cheap postage will ultimately
induce to become letter-writers, has, as )et,
availed himself of the change. The present increase
in the letters has been chiefly among men of busi-
ness. Looking at the measure of reduction even in a
fiscal point of view, as mere revenue, the fears and fore-
bodings of a ruined Post-office Exchequer are quickly
dissipating. The Orange and Tory press will be dis-
appointed in their expectations. Viewing the reduction
of postage as a great national effort to facilitate busi-
ness—to disseminate thought—to promote educa-
tion-4o advance the social intercourse of life,
it will be hailed as one of the wisest measures
ever yet introduced for the benefit of a great
commercial community, and the Ministry of Lord
Melbourne will be associated with cheap postage
as one of the soundost acts of legislation adopted in
modern times. For a considerable deficiency in the
outset the public have been fully prepared ; but the
British people demanded the reduction, and they will
cheerfully make up whatever amount of loss the
revenue may sustain. We have reason to believe,
that even in the first workinc, of the measure,
the falling off will be much less than had
been calculated upon. The fourpenny rate has been
adopted as a preparatory step to the general penny
postage, and, as an intermediate step, will be produc-
tive of very useful results, preliminary to the introduc-
duction of so great a change. The
understand, will be brought into full operation at the
earliest possible period, and inquiries are now in
.--
pro•
gress in order to complete the necessary details
Dublin Evening Post of Saturday. penny rate, we
Yesterday, on sinking a shaft for the large cul-
vert now in progress, in a field in the Blockhouse, called
Nash's, the workmen at a depth of 23 feet from the
surface, discovered a singular antique pavement or foot-
way com2osed of pebbles embedded in rough cast.
Whether this work is of Roman or of Saxon origin has
not yet been determined, but it offers an interesting
subject for antiquarian research. Worcestershire
Chronicle.
We have good authority for stating, and we
make the statement with a good deal of pleasure, that
Lord Ward has never directed, nor authorised, the re-
quisition to be preferred to his highly-respectable te-
nantry, which in a letter signed " Spectator," published
in our last number, is so temperately, yet justly and
forcibly deprecated.— IVorcestershire Chronicle.
MANCHESTER ANTI-CORN-LAW DINNER.---
The preparations for this dinner are progressing. The
pavilion is to be fifty yards in length by thirty-five
yards in width, with an average height of twenty-one
feet,—the extreme height along the centre being uP"
wards of thirty feet. It will consist of three aisles, the
centre having a roof of pointed arches. The chair is to be
placed in the centre of one of the sides ; and
over the
opposite side of both ends, galleries are to be con-
structed to accommodate about 600 guests ; so that it is
expected the pavilion will seat about 4,000 persons. Vlle
have seen an entirely new invention applied to the
pro-
duction of the numerous flags and banners required for
the decoration of the pavilion,—an invention which, we
understand, is patented by Messrs. J. and C. Yates, of
Charlotte-street, and the process of which is carried on at
their works in Derbyshire. It is a process of printing in
silver upon glazed calico. The draperies of the pa-
vilion are to be of pink and white, and upon these can
be printed, by means of blocks, the royal arms, or any
other device for standards, banners, flags, &c. ; and we
understand that, in honour of the occasion, the whole
of these trophies and decorations which may be re-
quired, are to be contributed by Messrs. Yates, gra-
tuitously, notwithstanding the cost to themselves of
cutting the blocks, printing, and the quantity of cloth
requisite for this purpose. Since Saturday, letters have
been received from three other Members of Parliament,
accepting the invitation to be present,—Joshua Schole-
field, Esq. (Birmingham), H. A. Aglionby, Esq-
(Cockermouth), and Henry Marsland, Esq. (Stockport.)
The number of tickets disposed of is upwards of 2,400.
—Manchester Guardian.
PRINCE METTERNICH'S DOCTOR.—The En'
peror of Russia, the King of Prussia, and the Sultan,
Abdul-Medjid, have sent decorations to Dr. Saeger,
Prince Metternich's physician, on his Highness's
ecovery.
A meeting of the Meath Independent Club is
called for Monday, the 30th instant, in the town of
Navan, for the purpose of selecting a fit and proper
person to put in nomination to represent the county in
Parliament, in the room of Morgan O'Connell, Esq.,
who has accepted the appointment of Registrar of Deeds.
—Morning Register.
The traffic in snow in Naples brought from the
mountain in the summer is very considerable, but it is
a monopoly in the hands of the Government, the sane
as snuff in the hands of the Government of France.

LADY'S FLAT GOLD WATCHES, Gold
dills, Ten Guineas each. Highly-finished HORIZONTAL
GOLD WATCHES, with engraved or engine-turned Gold
dials, jewelled in four holes, and either engine-turned or en-
graved cases are offered, price Ten Guineas each. These ele-
gant little Watches will be found to perforii very correctly,
-
and a printed warranty is given with fixed terms, on which titer
will always receive any attention required.
T. COX SAVORY:
Watchmaker, Jeweller,
tC),orLnehailcile:n(.Sevon Doors frosts
Grace
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st
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eh . 4r7ee,

PLATE.—T. COX SAVORY, Silversmith, &0.,
47, Cornhill (Seven Doors from Gracechnrch-street), London.
The best wrought Fiddle-Pattern Spoons aid Forks, at
7s. 2d. per ounce. The following are the weights recom-
mended, but the articles may be had lighter or heavier at the
same price per ounce :
Fiidleyattern Cafes do.
41. 1• d• £s. d.
12 Table Spoons 3O at 7 2 ... 10 15 0 ... 11 7 0
12 t Dessert ditto 2O a 7 2 .•• 7 3 4
... 7 13 4
0 ... 11 7 0
19
Dessert Table F
dittoor ks
..........
2200
aatt 7
2
...
107 15
x 4
... 7
13 4
12
2 Gravy Spoons ... ...... lO at 7 2 ... 811 2 ... 4 3
1 Soup Ladle ............ lo_ at 7 2 ... 811 8 ... 3 12. 8
4 Sauce ditto lO at 7 g
...
g 10 $ ... 4 0 8
4 Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 1 0 0 ... 1 4 0
1 Fish Slice
a-slcatitran 210 0 ... 211 8
12 Tea Spoons ............ ..• 10 at 7 $
... 16 I ... 4s 0
1 Pair Sug Tongs (strong) 0 16 0 ... 0 17 0
new stern much admired for its simple
eleg.anc,. The Fiddle Pattern is with the handle the shape of
a fiddle, quite plain; it hasin request for
beenean baepiszeonvteidn,toantlihe e •
untry.
more than thirty years.
ThNe.BCI.
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BIR7HS.
In Wimpole-street, the lady of Captain W. F. Martin, of a
daughter.
On the 24th inst., at Streatham, the wife of s.
Jasper Blant,
EN, of a daughter.
On the 25th inst., at Croscombe Rectory, Somerset, the
lady o f the Rev. W. P. Purvis, of a daughter.

IkiARI% lED. 'leis
On the 13th inst., at Wakefield, Yorkshire, John Fraki .
Neale, Esq., of Albany, South Africa, to Isabella
youngest daughter of Charles Coles, Esq., of Clapham,
torn
On the 19th i t ins t., at the Catholic Chapel, Sometp•sq
oi.
and afterwards at St. Pancras Church, John Thomas, Richard
Highgate, to Catherine,' the only daughter of the late
Townshend, Esq.
Surrey

At Vieuxfort, St. Lucia, October le, Emma,
131 ED.
Charles Bennett, Esq., M. D.,stipendiarY magistrate, and
eldest daughter of Robert Ward, ,of Brighton. t
Bober I
On the 15th of November, at Old narbour, Jamaica'
fourth son of William Young, Esq., of Highbury Grange. t
On the 1 lt.h inst., at Petite Marche. Guernsey, Le Larchan
the wife of
Francis Hutchesson, eldest son of Dr. Hutchesson, aged 19' ii„
On the 20th inst., Mr. Thomas Jeakes, of Little Rose
street, Bloomsbury.
On the 20th inst., at Paris, Major James Brown Horner, el
Charlton, Kent, formerly of the 84th Regiment, aged 67 ; an,
within a few hours his beloved wife, Helen C. Horner, aged 64.
On the 22d inst., in Devonshire-street, Portland-pf ace'
Jennetta Jackson, relict of the late Josias Jackson, Esq., ° the
Hand of St. Vince
On the 23(1 inst., nt.
Mr. James Wadmore, of Southgate, Mid-
dlesex, aged 94.
On the '2,sth inst., in Park street, Windsor, Sarah, Wid°
of the Rev. Henry St. John Bullet unton,
late Rector of D
Bucks. '
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London: Printed and Publishes. by MURDO YOUNG,
the cl
No. 112, Strand, at Tip Sy, °face, No. 112, Strand, in
county of Middlesex.—Friday, December 27, 1839'
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