The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-03 00:00:00

PRICES OF

Per lb. d. to d.
Crop Hides, 30 to 401 b. each 12 131
-----40 50
50 60 l4 17
Bull Hides
Butts, Vitriol . ..... 18 21
- English l5 23
- Foreign .........« l3 18
Foreign Hides lO 12
Dressing Hides

Shaved l4 17
Best Saddlers Hides l5 17 ,
Horse Hides, English
• If rounded 2d.ti

PRICE OF OIL
Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 481. Os.—Refined, 491. lOs.—Linseed Oil, 371. Os
Linseed Oil Calce at the Mill, (1000),141. Os —Rape Cake, per ton, 6. Os

PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per 11t1b.
Town Tallow 4Bs. 6d. Yellow Soap
Yellow Russia
White ---s. Od. Curd —e .Od.
Soap Ditto —s. Od. Graves IGs. Od.
Melting Stuff 38.3. Od. Good Dregs
Ditto Rough 2ss. Od. i

PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b.
Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow ?goiters) 2s. INd.

PRICE OF CANDLES.
The price of good Store Candles in the Retail Shops is u follews :
Candles, per dozen, 7s. Od. ; inferior, P. Oe.—Moulds, ss. Ed.
Sixpence per dozen discount I, cash.

COAL MAR
S.
d.
Affair's 2l 9
Burden 23 6

Per Ton.

KUL—Jan. 2
Per Ton. s. rt.
Walls End Hotrur Z 9
Walls End Kill. noworth
Walls End Newrtarch 23 0
Walls End Pearet h... l9 11
Walls End Walker: ^ 23 3
Walls End Belmont
Walls End Haswell ....•25 6
Walls End Hetton ...—...... =5 6
Walls End Lambton .......
Walls End Stewart's , ... 25 3
Walls End Gordon .. '24 6
Walls End Tees „. 25 0
Walls End St. Helen's Tees... .21 6
Cowpen
R last market day. 0.

[lute's Tan field Moor 2l 6
Felling Main 2l 0
Holywell 23 0
Kenton West 23 0
ran field 23 3
'rownley 2l 6
West Hartley 22 6
Willington 23 0
Wylam 24 3
Walls End Bewicke and Co 24 0
Walls End Clark and Co 22 0
Walls End Gosforth

Walls End Hilda 23 9
Ships arrived since

The following is a striking, and we believe, original
anecdote of Burns :—" I well remember with what de;ight
I listened to an interesting conversation which, while yet a
schoolboy, I enjoyed an opportunity of hearing in my fa-
ther's manse, between the poet Burns and another poet, nT4v
near relation, the amiable Blacklock. The subject was the
fidelity of the dog. Burns took up the question with all
the ardour and kindly feeling with which the conversation
of that extraordinary man was so remarkably imbued. It
was a subject well suited to call forth his powers ; and,
when handled by such a man, not less suited to interest the
youthful fancy. The anecdotes by which it was illustrated
have long escaped my memory ; but there was one senti-
ment expressed by Burns with his own characteristic enthu-
siasm, which, as it threw a new light into my mind, I shall
never forget. Man,' said he, is the God of the dog. He
knows no other ; he can understand no other ; and see how
lie worships him ! With what reverence he crouches at
his feet, with what love he fawns upon him, with what de-
pendence he looks up to him, and with what cheerful ala-
crity he obeys him. His whole soul is wrapped up in his
god ; all the powers and faculties of his nature are devoted
to his service and these powers and faculties are ennobled
by the intercourse. Divines tell us that it ought just to be
so with the Christian ; but the dogs put the Christian to
shame.' "—Rev. Henry DUrleall'S Philosophy of the Seasons.
An old man of the name of Barker, residing at
Heaton Mersey, had the misfortune a few years ago to
lose his right arm. Being, however, fond of a walk, and
nothing loth to quaff the sparkling .nectar, he went on
Sunday, accompanied by his dog, to Handforth, and spent
a " merry Christmas" day with a relative; but on return-
ing home the same evening, " a little atier dusk," in de-
scending the steps, north of Cheadle Bridg.e, which leads
from the Highway to the footpath on the river-side, he
made a false step, and down he rolled into the dark and
chilling stream. Vain and ineffectual were his efforts to
extricate himself ; and benumbed with cold and exhausted
with struggling, he was resigning himself to a watery
grave, when his faithful dog, as though alive to all the
danger of his master, plunged into the water, laid hold
of the sleeve that held the remnant of the old man's arm,
and dragged him ashore. With much difficulty he reached
home, when his clothes, hung with icicles, were cut from
him ; and after a night's good nursing he resumed his em-
ployment the following morning.—Stockport Advertiser.
Although the ice on the Serpentine was not strong
enough to admit of skating on Sunday, we were glad to ob-
serve that every possible precaution was adopted by the
Royal Humane Society at all the Parks, and in Kensington-
gardens, for the preservation of life. There were a few skaters
within the inclosure of St. James's-park, and they were ra-
ther numerous in the Regent's and Kensington Gardens.
Several accidents occurred at the two latter places, but the
individuals were all saved by the activity of the men em-
ployed by this Society. The ropes, which have been hitherto
laid on the ice, were, on Sunday, snspended over it, and
several of the members of the Institution visited the Serpen-
tine to inspect them.

On Wednesday Richard Kirk, of Whitgift, died,
and reports being , circulated that he had been poisoned,
the body was opened. In the bowels were found a consi-
derable quantity of white arsenic, which the medical man
declared caused his death. An investigation was immedi-
ately held, and circumstances throwing suspicion on the
wife of the deceased having come to light, she was taken
into custody. At the inquest on the following day the evi-
dence against her was deemed by the jury so conclusive,
that a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against
her.—Yorkshire Gazette.
A MAIDEN SESSlON.—Yesterday being appointed
for the general quarter session of the peace for the precinct
and liberties of the Tower of London, Messrs. Walsh, Fox,
and Offor attended at the Court-house, Wellclose-square.
After the usual proclamation, the grand and petty juries
were sworn, but there being no business of any kind to be
brought under their consideration, they were discharged,
and the Court adjourned.
It appears to be now an established fact that snow
Offers no impediment to railway travelling. During the
past week the trains on the Greenwich railway continued
to run without interruption, while the coaches and omni.
buses were almost abandoned and much delayed, though
furnished with extra horses, by the heaviness of the roads.
The number of persons gnalified and liable to serve
on Juries is greater in Lancashire than any other part of
England, with the exception of Middlesex, in which the num-
ber is '28,584. In Lancashire it is 17,690 ;in Yorkshire,
14,615 ; and in Cheshire, 3,660.
Yesterday morning, between nine and ten o'clock, a
respectable married woman, named •Kempsham, residing in
Speldhurst-street, Burton-crescent, was proceeding along
Guildford-street, Brunswick-square, with her infant in her
arms, when she fell down, in consequence of treading on a
slide, with such violence that she sustained a compound
fracture of both bones of the right leg. The child escaped
unhurt. Mrs. Kenapsham was removed to the North Lo
don Hospital,

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PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock... 20914 20914 10 lndia 5t0ek.......„..„ ..... ..
..... --
3 per Cent. Red. , ...... ........59% IA Ditto Bonds
S per Cent. Cons ................. , South Sea Stock ---
3% per Cent.................. ......... i'9 i Okl Annuities ........« ---
Ditto Red.: .. ..... ..........97( 8 7% , New Ditto --
New 334 per Cer t...... ........... —l3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 —
New s_per Cent... • .......... -- 1 Exch. Bills, £l,OOO 26 28 pm.
Bank LottgAnnuities-toexpire iDitto .. ... ...........500 26 28 pm.
Jan. 5, 15160.... .... 15 14 15-16 Ditto Small ..i. 26 29 pm.
Oct. 10, 1559 : Ditto Commercial...-. ..... pm.
Jan. 5. Pro — ; Ditto Advertised...—. —pm
Jan. 5, :889............. — Bank Stock for Account.... .. --
April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account...-.
Jan. 5, 1870....: — Consols for Account.... ..... 903 34%
Cranium - ..... pm.
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.

Austrian Bonds ............. — I Peruvian Bonds ...................
Belgian Bonds... ......... ,-- Ditto Account ...............
Ditto Account Portuguese 80nd5............ .....
Brazilian Bonds ..... Ditto Account 68%
Ditto Account ......... ........ 861 Ditto New Bonds .... ....
Buenos Ayres Bonds ............ Ditto Account .........45 4% 5 4
Ditto Account ............... Ditto, 3 per cent . 2B
Chillian Bonds .................. Prussian Bonds
..
Ditto Account ........ ..... .. 1 Russian Bonds, 1822 ...... ...... 109%
Columbian Bonds ............... —I Ditto Account ....... ..
Ditto Account ....-.......... —1 Ditto Metallic ..... ....... .....
Columbian Bonds, 1824 2B 71 Spanish Bonds —
Ditto Account .........28% 7% 7 i Ditto Account —
Danish Bonds ............. ..... —1 Ditto Bonds, 1834...21M. 2% 31, 3
Ditto Account .............. Ditto Account .21IA 2,-, 3% 3
Greek Bonds.. ...... -...........— French, 5 per cent.......... —f. —c.
Ditto Bonds, 18. - 4 per cent. ...... ... —f. —c.
Ditto Account ...... ....... -- 2 per cent 79f. 501
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent ... —' ----- Exchange ZE 50c.
Ditto Accouvt
Ditto, 6 per cent. ........... , Ditto Account 541,4%
Ditto Account ............... 27% i Ditto, 5 per cent 102% ,/,,
Neapohtan • Ditto Account —

PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Columbian Mining Company (issued at Si.m.) 55 7%
Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 5 9 836
Great VVestern Railway Company.. .......... 3O 46% 7 50 48
Brighton Railway Company 5 84ii
London and Green.vich Railway Company..- 2O 21%14
London Grand Junction Railway - ..... - 2 1,4
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company ....
North Midland Ra'ilway Company ' 10 161,6 17
South Eastern and I)over Railway Company 2 2%
South Brighton, Lewes, and Newhaven Railway 2 34
South Western Railway Company 1 0%