The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-26 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Benjamin Wood and William Keerney, inhabitants of
the salubrious regions of St. Giles's, were brought up by
two constables of the E division, charged with the follow-
ing robbery :—Mr. Lewis Garret, landlord of the King's
Head public-house, Crown-street, Soho, stated on Monday
night he packed up a hamper, containing 13 bottles of rum,
brandy, whiskey, and some cordials, with a quantity of
other articles and some wearing apparel, a gold brooch,
and a 501. bill, which was not accepted, for the purpose of
forwarding them to the country by coach. On the follow-
ing day the constables came to his house, bringing a por-
tion of the property, value 6k, which had been stolen from
his shop.
Constable Thorntom, 55 E, proved that about 12 o'clock
on the night in question he saw the prisoner Wood in
Church-lane, St. Giles's, and observing something bulky in
his pocket he conveyed him to the station-house, when a
bottle of gin, two bottles of peppermint, a number of
lemons and oranges, with other articles produced, were
found upon him. The other prisoner was apprehended at
the same time by constable Hobby, on his separating from
his companion, with bottles of brandy, wine, gin, whiskey,
and other property produced, and on being taken to the
station-house he said that the hamper was lying in the
passage of 16, Maynard-street. The constable imme-
diately proceeded there, and found some other articles
with the hamper, which were identified by the prosecutor
as bis property.
The prisoner Wood accounted for his possession of the
property by saying that he bought it from a smuggler for
4s. ; and Keerney obtained what was found upon him as a
reward for carrying home the basket for his companion.—
They were both fully committed for trial.

THE FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES

I FUNDS.
India Stock
Ditto Bonds 62
Illitto Old Annuitie• 00%
;Ditto New Annuities
lEx. Bills, 1,0001 2%d 67 pm.
Ditto 5001 67 pm.
Ditto 5001 67 pm.
Bank Stock for Act.
India Stock for ,
Consols for Opg 94
4 FUNDS
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per cent..
Ditto, New Ditto
Prussian, 5 per cent
Russian Bonds, 5 per cent
Ditto, Metallic
Spanish, 5 per cent 16%
Ditto, Consolidated
Frenth, 5 per cent —f. —c.
Exchange —f —c
French, ;per cent —f.
Dutch, 25l per cent.
Ditto, 5 per cent.
;HARES.—(THIS DAY.)
76
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THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHANGE.

There are sevaral arrivals of all descriptions of Grain re-
ported to-day. The attendance of buyers has been limited,
and being holiday week not much business is doing. Wheat
remains firm at the prices of Monday. Barley well maintains
last quotations. Beans and Pease are unaltered. More
money is again demanded for Oats, and the sales made have
rather exceded former terms. The flour trade this week re-
mains as last reported.

ARRIVALS.
Wheat. I Barley.
1,400 qrs. 2,q00 qrs.

English
Irish
Fore"gn 877,0

Oats.
'260 qrs. I,f 00 ea ckt.
4,54 0
brls.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
The market both for Meat, Poultry, and Game was de-
serted, and no business whatever doing.
. BILLINGSGATE MARKET.
Supplies to a fair extent, but trade dull. Turbot 7s. to
30s ; Soles 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters Is. to 4s. ; Cod •
2s. 6d and 3s. to 10s., 155., and 20s. each, and dear. Had-
docks 6d. and Is. each; Whitings 3d. to 6d. each.
COLONIAL MARKET.
Nothing whatever doing, nor will there be any thing until
next week.

COMMEMORATION OF THE GENE-

RAL ASSEMBLY OF 1638.

Thursday being the second centenary of the rising of the
monorable Assembly of the Church of Scotland, held at
Glasgow in 1638, a procession to the High Church, in me-
mory of the event, took place in this city (Glasgow), in the
presence of a great assemblage of the inhabitants.
The gentlemen composing the procession having assembled
in Hutcheson's hospital and St. David's Church, they moved
along by Montrose-street, George-street, and High-street, to
the Cathedral, where a most eloquent sermon was preached
by the Rev. Dr. Muir, of St. Stephen's, Edinburgh, the pre-
sent Moderator of the General Assembly. The Dr. chose
for his text the 16th verse of the 68th Psalm, " Why leap ye,
ye high hills ? This is the hill which God desireth to
dwell in ; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever." In the
course of his discourse the Reverend Doctor showed that
after the first Reformation an incipient Popery had been
gradually creeping in, and that the doctrines and simple
ordinances of the Protestant Church were in danger of
being completely swamped and bedimmed thereby—that
their forefathers had observed all this, and had borne with
it, until to do so longer would have been criminal. He
defended the characters of the early reformers, who,
although their zeal might have blown with somewhat
of a vehement heat, had taken no rest to themselves
nor sleep to their eyelids until they had procured for
us the blessings of Protestantism, the blessings of parish
schools, and many other blessings which at present wa
enjoyed. He lamented in beautiful language over ekie
manner in which witty poets and infidel writers had ',air-.
pooned these great men—the Hamiltons, the Wisharts
the Knoxes, the Hendersons, and concluded I‘,y showing
that his hearers were strictly in the way '.",f duty when
they assembled to commemorate a day on which so much
had been done for the Church of Scotland. The Rey-
Dr. Brown, of St. John's, preached an excellent sermon
in the Barony Church at the same time. In the evening
public worship was performed by the Rev. Mr. Fairbairs,
of Bridgeton, in the Tron Church ; the Rev. Mr. Whyte,
in Chalmers Chureh ; the Rev. Mr. Willis in Renfield-
street Original Secession Church ; the Rev. Mr. Duncan,
of Milton, in Campbell-street Original Secession Church-
At five o'clock in the evening 500 gentlemen sat doer,'
to dinner in the Trades' Hall. The company embraced
large proportion of the most influential and respectable
gentlemen of the city and neighbourhood, a great man)"
clergymen, and numerous strangers from all parts of the
country. The supply of tickets fell short of the demand
by many hundreds ; but as no larger room could be pro-
cured it was impossible to accommodate more, and as it was
above 200 gentlemen were under the necessity of dining
in side-rooms, who were received into the large ball after
dinner. When the whole company had assembled, 11-ie
room presented a scene of a peculiarly animating. desrAiP-
tion. Henry Dunlop, Esq. of Craigton, Lord Prowst of
the city, presided. A great number of clergymen a:A others
subsequently addressed the meeting to the same effect 05
the Rev. Doctor in his sermon.—Abridged from the Scot-
tish Guardian.

THE NORTIIEEN YACHT STEAMER.—It InaY
now, we think, be fairly anumed that there is no longer
any room for doubt as to the fate of this unfortunate vessel.
The length of time during which she has been missing
(since the 10th of Occober, a period of ten weeks), without
any intelligence regarding her having been received, appears
at length (but too convincingly, indeed) to preclude the
idea by which the hopes of those more immediately ante;
rested in her fate were for a time buoyed up, that she had
been driven into a foreign port ; and, under these circun)."
stances, we think it would be only a culpable trifling with
the feelings of those parties were it any longer to be de lied
that the only alternative conclusion which can reasonaUy be
resorted to is the sad certainty that the ill•fated rer,sel has
gone to the bottom, and that all on board perished, Where
the disastrous event took place will perhaps for ever remain
a matter of speculation ; but, judging from all the facts
that have transpired, the most probable cor,secture appears
to be that she foundered in Berwick Bay, and that It is
to the violence of the tremeudous sol:,alls from S.W., with
which we were visited on Thursd4, the 10th of October,
that the melancholy catastropb", is to be ascribed. Shortly
after leaving North Sundeeiand, where, it will be recol-
lected, she landed a pasP,enger, she would probably encoun-
ter the storm in all it':, fury, which was so great that (we
are credibly infortnr,d) on one occasion in the course of that
day the wind blew so strong as to lift one of the fishing'
boats, which were arranged along the beach rAt Holy
Island, fairly up in the air, together with a small coble,
which, being comparatively light, was whirled about by the
force of the wind like a straw, as our informant described it.
and, on falling to the ground, was dashed to pieces. Tiler°
is reason to believe that a gale of so violent a character;
would have been fatal to a vessel much better qualified t
withstand its fury than the Northern Yacht is repmsentea
to have been.—Berwick Warder.

A foot traveller in Scotland enterect a villge
change-house (as a public-house is termed in f:tiat country)
and called for a mutchkin (a half-pint of whifly.) He had
just tasted it when the servant asked h:Lin if she shoal
" the
bring any water. Water ! na, na, lassie," was ,0
answer ; ony ane wha is no satisfied, wi' the water that
in't already mann be hard to please;'
Lately, while Mr. Upton, of Ingmire Hall, was opt
with his pack they raised a hare., which after a fine run
half an hour, on Bramhaw farm, took shelter in the gar"en
a.
of Mr. James 'Whitehead, tenant, but was instantly Wine-a
upon by the dogs. Whilst in the act of killing poor Pa
second hare sprang up, but before
she could Inaake their
escape from her natural enemies, she was also
Dula' tbe
victim. Mr. Upton was standing by at the tin e, andLthe
dogs were being flogged from the spot, when a third qreth
started up in the garden, which she instantly cleared, 'll_,
the whole pack in pursuit, and after a severe run th7e
quarters of an hour, amid a heavy hailstone shower 9-1.
shared the same fate as did the former two. What relict
ders the circumstance remarkable is, that three hares should
be in the same limited place at one
__carlisle
garden being no more than thirty yards square.
time, Mr.
Patriot. Whitehead

CURIOUS QUESTION OF IDENTITY.--At the
Kingston Petty Session yesterday, a young mau„:;.*s
charged with poaching, in company with another Pew
The only evidence as to the identity of the accused. was
that of a groom, who at first swore positively that': as.
the man ; but afterwards said he was almost Or:
trail haedinen°,
jell!
The defendant's solicitor brought forward several sure.
tne:vse sg•
who swore that defendant was not the man :
others, the person with whom it was alleged be
company. The solicitor offered to produce the reel
weol
quent, on a, promise being given that no proceed
be taken against him. This, however, was refused'
Magistrates unanimously found the defendant guilty, ah
fined him 40s. The solicitor endeavoured to induce theils
Bench to re-consider their decision, assuring them' on t.
honour as a gentleman, that the defendant was innocent-
Failing, Failing, however, in this, a notice of appeal was jingle.'
ingSP.nd thea
diately given.
The London mail did not arrive at this town on
Thursday until upwards of thre,e hours after time, from the
bursting of one of the steam tubes of the engine when th
mail was on thi3 railway. We are happy to state
accident was not attended with any serious consequences
tbc; passengers on the train.—Devo t ann. Telegrtiph•
parish
" BOXING DAY. "_Some "--cirne of the largest part
contractors—that is, contractors for the removal of dusts
&c.—in the metropolis have signified their intention to do;
charge any of the men in their service who shall be proved_
to have gone round soliciting donations under the name of
" Christmas boxes," •,1 - considerin that they paid 06'
• consiuering
cient wages without subjecting the public to be ettbe.
that theto
ftaxed for the benefit of the nearest gin-shop, or bullied-
or non-compliance with the modest demands of these itiner•
act mendicants.

A
,L, r, EFT-TIANDED COMPLIMENT.--The Glasgow"
~ortrier says of Sir James Graham—" from all we hear,.
the oration of the Right Hon. Baronet was in every way a'
finished specimen of art,"
Within these few days herrings, which have heft"
aptly termed " the poor man's friend," have appeared
great abundance in the Frith of Forth, particularly off
Qucensferry, where the fishermen are now catching thelo
in boat-loads. In all the visits of herrings to our Friths
they have been only found on or near the ner'.h. shores
but on this occasion, we understand, they i',ave. taken $
fancy to the southern side, and are at prevent caught. withia
tweuty yards of the harbour of SAO tiueensf Any-