The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-14 00:00:00

POST-OFFICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF 711 E SUN.

SlR,—There was an ancient god called Proteus, who, as
suited his purpose, assumed the form of a tiger, or a
lion, or disappeared in a flame of fire, or a whirlwind,
or a rushing stream. Your Contemporary the Chro-
nicle is the living image of this consistent sea deity,
in all except his knowledge of the present and the
future. When Sir Andrew Agnew proposed to
put down Sunday trading, and cricket, and single stick, and
billiards, and card playing at Clubs on the Sabbath, your
Contemporary played the whirlwind. This morning be i 5
the rushing stream, weeping floods at the wickedness of the
age in " desecrating the Sabbath," and " converting this
earth into a valley of tears" by the delivery of post.
letters on Sunday. This " Niobe, all tears," for no men
deserving the name, or who had the slighest practical
knowledge, would give way to such cant, can see nothing
but destruction to this Christian country, by adopting the
convenient, humane, and Christian practice so long in use
among the most religious people in the world—the
inhabitants of the great commercial towns of Liverpool
and Glasgow, and the Sabbath-observing people of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Business, as compared with
the population, is carried on to a greater extent in some
of these places than in London ; but does the delivery of
letters for an hour at the Post-office on Sunday desecrate
that holy day—is Scotland converted into a valley of
tears—is the Sabbath so well observed in any country,
and did the most sincere Agnewite ever advance the doctrine
that this was not a work of necessity and mercy ? It is
disgraceful to find men that ought to be leaders in rational
improvement, pandering to ignorance and bigotry, and throw'
ing obstacles in the way of the Government when it suits
their purpose to put on the mask of hypocrisy. You hall
stood forward manfully in support of the change ; you have
not hung back like the Chronicle till a demonstration
was made in the City, and then in crocodile tears wept
over the wickedness of Lord Lichfield and Colonel MaberlY,
and the Whig Government; and I trust that your honestl
and perseverance in this and other reforms, not at first
popular, will meet with their best reward—success.
Dec. 14. ANTI-PROTEUS.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS

AY.

CORN E2iCHANGF,.
The arrivals this es eek are small of. 'Wheat and Oats, But/
good of Barley
and a coastw
rise, 'with h tolerable quantity of °I
frreland, fapply of Flour. In consequence
the reported interdict of the exportation of Wheat from thl
kingdom of Naples, this trade has been firm here to-day, btla
not much business has been transacted. Barley, Beans, O
Pease remain as last stated. Oats are firm in value, with s
~
fair demand. Flour is unaltered from the report of Monday
ARRIVALS.
Wheat. I Barley.
I ,8:)0 Ira. 8,850 qrs

English
Irish .

Oat.. Flour. ~
1,1.30 qrs. 6, ll';) 001"
15;330 „---
--.
--- brig.

Foreign

160
SMITHFIELD.
Beasts were in large supply to-day, and trade being brig
there was an advance of 2d. to 4d. per stone. Christmas Be,l
is. per stone. Mutton in good supply atid demand at f0w1.,,
rates. No alteration in Pork or Veal. Beef 3s. 4d.
4s. sd. and ss. ; Mutton 35. 10d. to 4s. 10d. and ss. ;
4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. ; Pork 4s, Bd. to ss. 4d. Beasts I,a"
Sheep 3,900 ; Pigs 376 ; Calves 145.
BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
The supplies to-day were not so good, and prices of O.
kinds were higher. Turbot ss. and 7s. to 21s. 255. and3O9'
each. Soles 9d. and 3s. per pair. Lobsters ls. to 4s. qicf;
Cod 2s. 6d. and 3s. to 10s. and 12s. each. Whiting auv
6d. each. Haddock sd, and 10d. each.

HOP MARKET.
The supply at this Market is rather increased. Tradiceir
tinues to be confined to the fine descriptions. Prices unalife
SPIRIT MARKET.
There is not much doing in any department, and pries re;
main without any alteration. Proof Leewards, 3s. 3d. :Toe"
Jamaica, 41. Bd. ; common Brandy, 4s. ; Geneva, 2s. i 25.
2d. ; British Corn Spirits continue at 10s. 2d. per gallg.
PUBLIC SALE OF COTTON—THIS DAY
At the London Commercial Sale-rooms, Mincing.so
there was a public sale of 2,000 bales of Surat Cotton todsi'
A small portion sold steadily, at about previous rates.
COLONIAL MARKET.
To-day we had public sales of 4,000 bags of Mauititle'
nearly the whole of which sold mostly at about former Pict
and where altered, they are lower. B, P. Sugar sellswit:
less spirit, at about previous prices. Coffee, 47 casks Jaiaie:
and 272 bags St. Domingo, sold steadily at about prviod:
rates. In fact, there was nothing to-day to alter the maker't
The imports are light. During the week there has bee, to
a moderate business done, still prices are firm.

- - -
NATIONAL RENT--A numerous meeting 01 the,
working classes, resident in the districts of Kennington, in
Brixton, was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, BO'
ton-road, for the purpose of taking into consideration ;be
resolutions agreed to at the Birmingham meeting, TO.Priing
the" -.co-Ilex-ov.. Item, placed t the
disposal of the General Convention, appointed to mat
London, to watch the progress of the " National Peitil
aid the People's Charter," in the House of Conrsnons ;Oa'
&so to appoint a Committee to carry the resolutions ilte
effect in the above districts. At seven
o'clock the clot
was taken, and resolutions for carrying into effect the dr:i
jects of the meeting, were proposed and adopted. Sever`,
persons having addressed the meeting, a Committee
1,,
appointed to manage the collection of the rent ; and thae
having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting separate
GEESE V. GRAIN.--Since the opening °f tent
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, we have had frequ
ar
complaints of the excessive dearness it has caused in °if
poultry market, consequent on the demand for the rP,Pely
of the Newcastle market, where poultry is comp'arati. er
scarce. Many a thrifty housewife has had Titer tetePen
ruffled by the dearness of geese ; and had our old wellioa
known as little of political economy as the
"moral: ibispeaceable " inhabitants of Whitehaven, we should ere of
have witnessed an mettle in our goose market ; and lees
a goodly load of these feathered bipeds would hall' to
arrested in lransilu. To those who have felt inelirbeiog
grumble on the subject, and who have complained ei
thiS
stinted of their usual Sunday dinner of giblet pie akteoch
season of the year, it may be some consolation t°
they
that though they have been deprived of their goose,
s„ect
have had in return an extra supply of grain. We suorto,
it will astonish most of our readers, as it certaiell that
nished ourselves when we first ascertained the fset'eoe'
since the commencement of last month--that is i° set
to
thing less than six weeks—there have been broug"eivo
Carlisle from Newcastle, by the railway, nearly try:cis°
thousand bushels of grain. We cannot give the Poor
proportions, but we shall not be found far from the 7,00
in making the following statement :—Wheat, about
fug'
bushels ; Barley, between 3,000 and 4,000 bushel! jaels'
about 500, Flour about 200, and Malt about 500 e""nosfr
Looking to the advantages which this large inWertto tbe
have conferred upon Carlisle, we may well afford skew,;
people of Newcastle a few scores of geese and ehiertie:teg
and be content to pay a little advance upon these ape so
for our own use. And thus it is that railways ron, as,,"
many benefits upon the public, by equalizing Pr'et'on'tlisP placing all parts of the country upon a
Journal.
„
An inquest was held on Tuesday in Bermonds7o's4
the body of a man of colour named Holmes, cook °,l3iag is
of the Maria Louisa, a Plymouth schooner, now lot tkie
Fountain Dock. It appeared from the evidence use'
I
vessel being much infested by rats, the mate had vesse
charcoal fires to be lighted in various parts of 036 iotche°
for the purpose of destroying these vermin, Tpe eying
were closed, and every crevice stopped out, and 'red ten
the vessel for the night, the mate strictigy eninlant to go
Holmes, aad an apprentice who was with hie', lerwar
below on any account. The apprentice soon 5., found
left the vessel, and in the mornia'g Holmes, 7,1 a It -
lying undressed on the forecastle deck quite ae-mate, ",.;
supposed that, neglecting the Precaution of thered by
had gone below to sleep, and in attry
'had been overpevie.
fumes of the charcoal. Tie witnesses concurred, nrudence"
buting the occurrence Solely to the man's own linr
and a verdict was mturned accordingly. rzri
STATISTICS OF DUKERY.—The ti wine'
_F Goo
accurate list of the ages of the present Dukes °L
Britain, Ireland, and Scotian,'
MontrAc, born 1775, age,
FROM SEVENI
GrP.l4Oll, born in 1760
Norfolk
Marlborough
Cleveland
Ledford
FROM SIXTI
Gordon
Cumberland ........ 1770
Manchester.. .. 1771
Sussex .................. 1773
Cambridge ............. 1774
Somerset ................. . 1775
Leeds ..................... 1755
Devonshire....,,,,. FROM FIFT`
Richmond and Lenox.. 1791
UNDER
St. Albans lBOl
„..one
Buccicugh
these thirtj erg'
On computing the averages of the ages of
.. ve
gentlemen, we find it to be snore than sixty-the
'the.
Either the Dukes are remarkably long-lived, or
ado
surers calculate their averages on terms remarkably
tageous to themselves.—Lancashire Herald. ,
_rebyr
Espartero issued on tl,.e 27th ult. a b 4 Qtl
Lando, Wilc ear'
on pretence that Boinas are worn by the enemies of frob;
Isalaa, all persons, e,'svil or military, are prohibitedt
visited with a fine of 80 rials ; if the offender I
montba ;nig .t
wearing them, A first disobedience to his de ,r)ece insa jetuteo
pay, he is to suffer a,n imprisonment of two
to On"
penalty is to be doubted for a second offence, and
to two 'eta of the presidios for a third.

I 84
...........................
'Y TO SIXTY.
Dorset ................... _177,0,71
Hamilton and Brandon ?1,16s
Argyle ...............••• 1768
Portland ............... .•• 176?
Wellington ............ .•6
TO FIFTY.
Buckingham .......... 1.7:7766
Athol .... . ................
1-1/6
Rutland ............. • ••• ,783,
Newcastle ..............
Northumberland........ 1,616.
Sutherland ............

TO FORTY.
Leinster ....... .......... 10,791
Beaufort ..... .............
FORTY. 10°
Roxburriti .............•'