The Sun.
London, England, 1838-12-28 00:00:00

MANCHESTER.-(THIS DAY.)

During the last week, a desideratum long wanted by
m my has been supplied to the inhabitants of Chorlton-on-
Medlock, a township within the Borough of Manchester,
containing upwards of 40,000 residents, by the opening of
a News-room and Library, on a large scale, (called the
Chorlton Lyceum). It is remarkable that, amid such a
population, not a single News-room had an existence till
that in question was opened. It is intended mainly for the
operative mechanics; but the premises are so fitted up,
and the suites of rooms so extensive, as to afford good ac-
commodation for the higher classes. The premises were
specially built for the residence of the late Samuel Mars-
land, Esq. The Trustees of the Lyceum have engaged
them at a rent of one hundred and fifty pounds per annum.
The subscribers already exceed 800 ; and the annual
subscription is limited to Bs. per annum. By the close of the
year the library will contain above one thousand volumes.
The rooms have been fitted up by the donations of the
rich and middle classes. It is also intended to afford at
least eight lectures, with an occasional concert. This is
the second News-room which has been established during
the last six weeks, having in view the same objects. It
is also intended, as soon as arrangements can be completed,
to open three or four similar establishments in other parts
of the borough. Tea and coffee are supplied to the sub-
scribers.

ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY IN MANCHESTER.—A few
days since a preliminary meeting, consisting of a few scien-
tific gentlemen, was held, for the purpose of establishing
an Astronomical Society in Manchester, with a splendid
observatory. James Heywood, Esq., the brother of Sir
Benjami❑ Heywood, has, we believe, the merit of first sug-
gesting the desirableness of such an institution. There is
no doubt, from what has already transpired, that the pro-
position will be liberally responded to.

ANCHESTER CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 26.
The show of Stock was unusually small, but as that
s in general the case the first market after Christmas, it
caused no effect, as the buyers did not want their usual.
quantity. All was cleared off, however, and Beef sold at
4id, sinking the offal 61d per lb., and Mutton 54d, sinking
the offal 74d. Beasts, 955 ; Sheep, 2,555 ; Calves, 35
Total, 3,545.

GREAT POPULAR DEMONSTRA-

TION IN NEWCASTLE.

FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
Newcastle, Dec. 26, 1838.
At an early hour the town gave signs of unusual life and
bustle, and long before the appointed hour of meeting vast
crowds assembled on the Sand-hill and adjoining street. At
twelve o'clock the procession, joined by the south, east, and
west, moved from the Sand-hill, joined by a large number of
bands, and an array of banners, which for beauty and effect
never was equalled in Newcastle. Among the rest was con-
spicuous the large green flag of the Hibernian Society, re-
markable by the absence of Daniel' O'Connell's name, which
was expunged by the gallant Hibernians, from a conviction
that the traitor has long since deserted the cause of the
Labouring people. The Feling Working Man's Associa-
tion displayed a beautiful silk tri-coloured flag. Among
the mottos were the followirr, :—" Let every man enjoy
what he has honestly tealized."—" Liberty, or I shall
make my arrows." ";Drunk with blood, and my
sword shall devour flesh."—" May the brave Soldier
• never be the tool of oppression. He that has no sword,
let him sell his garment and by one. War in each breast
and freedom in each brow. Universal civil rights, and
religious liberty. " What mean ye that ye beat my.
people, and grind the faces of the poor, saith the Lord God
of Hosts. Beat your swords into plough-shares, and your
spears into pruning-hooks"—" To your tents, 0 Israel!"--
" Who robbed Canada, burnt the Churches, and con-
, sumed the bodies of her dead ? The base and brutal
Whig,." On the top of a spear was a loaf of bread
marked Price Sixpence, and the inscription—" This
is what the landlords have brought us to ;" and on the
other side, it is better to die with the sword than perish
with hunger. The procession was the most splendid, and
by far the most numerous, that ever graced Newcastle.
Its distinguishing characteristic was the denseness of its
ranks in all the wide streets of Newcastle; we counted not
less than thirty abreast whilst it moved from the foot of
Modev-street to the market head of Northumberland-
street, a distance of more than a mile, whilst all those
that were too late for the procession made their way to-
wards the Forth, and covered the road and waters
in the neighbourhood of the hustings. As the
entrance into the Forth field is by a narrow gate,
by which no more than three or four can pass abreast,
tile procession was dammed up at the entrance, a great
nriny went and took refreshments., knowing they could not
get near the hustings, iudeed, the outside of the crowd kept
coutinually moving off as they could not hear a word, whilst
the place was occupied by a constant making way for
others when they found they were beyond the reach of the
voce. From what we observed, we are of opinion that the
crowd in front of the hustings was regulated by the pitch of
the voice more than any other circumstance. There could
not IL: less than seventy or eighty thousand stalwart Radi-
cals, although six or eight meetings were held on the
same day in the County of Durham, making preparations
for demonstration on New Year's Day. •
l!,' „laLife • 11:tits:Ea,
was called to the Chair.

The Meeting was addressed by Messrs. Cockburn ;

2d Regiment of Dragoons—. Lieutenant M. G. Adams to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Miller, who retires; Cornet J. Camp-
bell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Adams, Dec. 28.
12th Regiment of Light Dragoons— Cornet W. Miller to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Calley, who retires; Gentleman
Cadet D. A. Monro, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet,
by purchase, vice Miller, Dec. 28.
15th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Lieutenant H. W. S. Lown.
des to be Captain, by purchase, vice Sparling, who retires ;
Cornet A. S. Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lowndes;
J. G. Townsend, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Murray,
promoted, Dec. 28.
12th Regiment of Foot.—Lieut. S. Reed, from the 54th Regi-
ment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice W. Woods, who retires upon
half-pay of the 54th Regiment of Foot, Dec. 28.
14th Foot—T. E. Holmes, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Wale, appointed to the 33d Regiment of Foot, Dec. 28.
16th Foot--Captain A. D. Colley, from the 26th Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Mylius, who exchanges, July 2.
19th Foot—Major T. Hamilton to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by pur-
chase, vice Raper, who retires ; Capt. S. J. Hodgson, to be Major,
by purchase, vice Hamilton; Lieut. J. D. Simpson, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Hodgson ; Ensign, J. Cochrane to b e
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Simpson ; Ensign R. J. S. Man-
sergh, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Ensign, vice
Cochrane, Dec. 28.
20th Foot—Lieut. L. M. Kerr, from the 96th Regiment of
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Chambre, who exchanges, Dec. 28.
26th Foot—Captain G. Mylius, from the 16th Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Colley, who exchanges, July 2 ; Captain
W. White, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice M.
Al'lnnes, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Dec. 28.
33d Foot—Lieutenant G. A. Vernon to be Captain, by pur-
chase, vice Sathwell, who retires ; Ensign E. A. Milman to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Vernon ; Ensign R. G. Wale, from
the 14th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Millman, Dec. 28.
39th Foot—Lieutenant M. G. Nixon to be Captain, by purchase,
vice Spencer, who retires; Ensign F. H. Cox to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Nixon; R. H. Currie, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Cox, Dec. 28.
46th Foot—Ensign A. Maxwell to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Campbell, promoted in the 9.5 th Regiment of Foot ; Gentle-
men Cadet W. Fitzgerald, from the Royal Military College, to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Maxwell, Dec. 21.
47th Foot—John F. de Courcy, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Elliott, who retires, Dec. 28.

58th Foot— Serjeant J. IVFLerie, from the Scots Fusilier Guards,
to be Adjutant, with the rank of Ensign, vice Grant, who resigns
the Adjutancy only, Dec. 28.
59th Foot--Lieutenant C. J. C. Mills, from the half-pay Un-
attached, to be Lieutenant, vice J. G. Rogers, who exchanges, re-
ceiving the difference, Dec. 28.

61st Foot—Captain J. Campbell, from the 95th Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Dalgetty, who exchanges, Dec. 28.
66th Foot—Major T. H. Johnston to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by
purchase, vice Baird, who retires ; Captain T. L. Goldie to be
Major, by purchase, vice Johnston ; Lieutenant J. Parker to be
Captain, by purchase, vice Goldie, Dec. 28 ; Ensign and Adjutant
Hon. E. A. F. H. Lambart to have the rank of Lieutenant, Dec.
27 ; Ensign F. C. Trench to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Parker ; B. Langton, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Trench, Dec. 21.
67th Foot—T. H. Wheeler, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon,
vice Duncan, whose appointment has not taken place, Dec. 28.
70th Foot—Lieutenant R. H. Dyke, from the 54th Regiment
of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice J. L. Wilton, who retires upon
half-pay of the 54th Regiment of Foot, Dec. 28.
75th Foot—W. Hardinee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase,
vice Guise, who retires, Dec. 28.
84th Foot—Captain C. Franklyn to be Major, by purchase, vice
Bernard, who retires; Lieutenant S. J. Goslin to be Captain, by
purchase, vice Franklin ; Ensign G. Reynolds to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Egan, who retires • Ensign G. F. Harrison to
be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Franklyn ; J. W. Monck, Gent.
to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Reynolds, Dec. 28.
88th Foot-14. P. L'Estranee, Gent. to be Ensign by purchase,
vice Dickson, who retires, Dec. 28.
89th Foot—Lieut. C. G. King to be Captain, without purchase,
vice Pearson, deceased ; Ensign W. H. Thornton to be Lieutenant,
vice King, Nov. 1 ; Quartermaster-Serjeant J. Newbury to be
Ensign, vice Thornton, Dec. 28.

94th Foot—Ensign W. H. Kirby to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Mills, promoted; S. Lyster, Gent., to be Ensign, by:pur-
chase, vice Kirby, Dec. 28.
95th Foot—Capt. J. W. Dalgety, from the 61st Regiment of
Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Dec. 28.
96th Foot—Ensign W. S. Nicholson to be Lieutenant, without
purchase, vice Tarleton, deceased, Dec. 19 ; Lieut J. Chambre,
from the 20th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Lord M.
Kerr, who exchanges ; Serjeant-Major J. Pursloe to be Ensign,
vice Nicholson Dec. 28.
2d West India Regiment—O. C. O'Brien, Gent., to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Mansergh, appointed to the 19th Regiment of Foot,
Dec. 28.

UNATTACHED.
Lieut. S. Mills, from the 04th Regiment of Foot, to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, Dec. 28.
Lieut. W. Briggs, from the 50th Regiment of Foot, to be Cap-
tain, without purchase, Dec. 23.
3IEMORANDUM.—For Ensign R. S. Cole to be Lieutenant, in
the 6th Foot, vice White, promoted, as stated in the Gazette of
the 25th December, 1838, read Ensign R. S. Cole to be Lieute-
nant, in the 6th Foot, vice Barry, who retires, Dec. 25.
Captain Donald M'Lachlan, upon half-nay Unattached, has been
permitted to retire from the army, with th• sale of his commission,
he being about to settle in New South Wales, Dec. 28.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

JOSEPH JOHNSON, saddler, Cockermouth.
WILLIAM MARSH, hosier, Wolverhampton.
BANKRUPTS.

GEORGE GLADWYM, grocer, Billericay, Essex, to surren-
der Jan. 15, at twelve, and Feb. 8, 'at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Whitmore, Basinghall-street, official assignee; Rixon
and Son, Jewry-street,
ELIZABETH BURCHATT, lodging-house-keeper, Ed-
wardes-square, Kensington, Middlesex, Jan. 4 and Feb. 8, a
eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, Aldermanbury, official
assignee ; Hanley, Lothbury.
JOHN HUDDLESTON, builder, Nottingham, Jan. 10 and
Feb. 8, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham.
Wolston, Furnival's-inn, Holborn. London; Smith, Nottingham.
WILLIAM BENJAMIN REEVE, victualler, Brighton, Jan.
5, and Feb. 8, at one, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Faithful],
Brighton ; Faithfull, King's-road, Bedford-row, London.
JAMES THRELFALL and WILLIAM OLI VER, tailors,
Manchester, Jar.. 16, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Commissioners'
Rooms, Manchester. Still, Lincoln's-inn, London ; Rowley and
Taylor, Manchester.
JOHN CRESWELL, sen., coal-merchant, Canterbury, Jan. 3,
and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Kirk, Sy-
mood's-inn, Chancery-lane, London ; Wilkinson, Canterbury.
CHARLES TERRY, quill merchant, Shoe-lane, London, Jan.
17 and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson,
Basinghall-street, official assignee ; Ashurst and Gainsford, Cheap-
side.

PHILIP ROGER ATCHERLEY, mercer, Whitchnrch, Salop,
Jan. 14 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at Shire-hall, Shrewsbury. Vin-
cent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; Harper and Jones, Whit-
church, Salop.

COAL MARKET.--(THIS DAY.)

Ships arrived since':
Per Ton. a. a.
Pensham
Gareslibld l9 0
Prudhoe Main 2O 6
Willington
ylaun '22 3
W-1118 End Bewickc and Co , 0 C
Wads End Heaton 23 ;
Walls End Hilda
Walls End Killingworth ...... 22
W:1:13 End Newnnach t:l 9
Walls End Percy Bensham 22
W,lis End Riddell's
Todd's Bensham lB 6
Walk End I\4iker "3 0
Lambton's Primrose

last market-day. :12.

Per .1 in: a, d
Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 25 0
Walls End Hetton 0
Walk End Lambt,ri
Walls End Bussel's Hetton 25 0
Walls Eit,lStewar's z,s
Walls End Hartlepool 25 3
Walk End Ad,laide 24 0
Walls End Barrett
Walls End Flintaff Tees 23 0
Walls End South Durham— 23 6
Walls End Tees ...... .. 24 3
Walls End West Helton
Blythe l7
Hart ley
Howard's Netherton Main l9 6

COURSE OF EXCH.'
Amsterdam C.F. 12 4
Ditto, at sight
flottcr,lani 2U. :2 434
Antwerp...
1-1-arnburg. ...... ........ il. B l3 1036
Alton,
Paris, ;3 days' sight. 25 se
Dittc 3 Ms. 25 70
Marseilles
Bourdeaux
Frankfurt on Maine, Ex. 31 1514
Peters:mug:l, rub1e......3 Us 1(1%
Berlin
Vienna, effective 11......2 M lO 7
Critste ditto lO 9
fil,airirl m 14
Cadiz....
11111,va .... ..... ............

LIVGE.-( THIS DAY.)
;4ihraltar of

Leghorn...

...
Genoa 25 80
Milan 3;
Venice 43
Naples
... 40
Palermo per oz. 118
Lisbon s3ii
Oporto s3lk
Rio Janeiro
i 5

Bahia 26
Buenos Ayres
New York, 21 days' sight
Philadelphia 46
OF BULLION, VER OZ.
P,rtugal Gold, coin '0 0 0
fortagc Gold, in bars 317 111%
N 7.W iiO7.lblOOL.S
New UniLau ........... 0 4 14%
Silver, bars, standard 0 5 ca,,

Bani,!otia

SeTWe

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.

(From the London New Prire Current of thig evening.)
SUGAR.—In the British Plantation market business has
been suspended since this day week, but will commence on
Tuesday next. The Gazette Average Price is now 35s 10d,
against 41s 41d in 1837, and 35s 5:1-41 in 1836.
REFINED.—The few trifling parcels taken have been at
former rates. For Double Gushed there is still no price.
Treacle, Bastards, and Piece are unaltered in value.
MAURITIUS.—The opet:ations have been confined to a few
small second hand parcels taken by the grocers at previous
rates.

EAST INDIA.-In Bengal for Auction on Tuesday 4 700
bags are declared. Manilla is wanted at late prices. Siam
is held firmly.
FOREIGN—YeIIow Havannah, 100 boxes of good strong
quality sold at 28s Gd ; for white there is no demand, and in
Brazil nothing has been done.
COFFEE.—In British Plantation there has been no actual
business doing ; East India is held firmly ; and Ceylon has
been sought after by the Grocers-2,600 bave been disposed
of by private contract at 96s to 98s for good and fine ordinary.
In Mocha prices there is no change. Full prices are required
for Brazil and St. Domingo.
MOLASSES.--ID West India we have few transactions to re-
port ; full prices, however, must be paid.
COCOA.-Business of moment in Foreign is prevented by
the short supply. West India as last quoted.
TEA.-The Prompt was due today, and it was a heavy one.
Ti:., ..ca:(•;•1•.• • • • - •
Bidcii or Green '1 ea, buyers vcaitiots tor the public sales,
which take at the Commercial Sale Rooms on Monday week,

SPIRITS.—Rum, to purchase, full prices m ust be paid for
Jimaica and Lecwards. Brandy at presi,ous quotations.
Geneva as last quoted. British Corn Spirits.wihthout alteration.