The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-25 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Charles Wynne Davies, licensed victualler, Browns-
low-street, Holborn, to surrender, Dec. 31, at one, and
Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gra-
ham, officiol assignee, Coleman street ; Linklaters,
Charlotte-row, Mansion-house.

John Pyre:merchant, Broad-street, London, Jan. 7,
at half-past eleven, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Court
of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Bolden,
Craven-street, Strand.
Alaric Alexander Watts, printer, Berners-street,
Middlesex, Jan. 10, and F, b. 7, at el given, at the Com t
of Bankruptcy. Curt al, official assignee, Birchin-lane;
Bo'den, Crayon strzet, Strand.
Richard Verney, druggist, Stow•in-the-Wold, Glou-
cester, Jan. 1, and Feb. 5, at elever, at the Court rf
Bankruptcy. Grocm, official assignee, Abchurch•lano ;
Dupleix, Hacoln's Inn•fields.
Herman iVre:de, piano torte maker, Jan. 5, at half.
past twelve, and Feb. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank.
ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall Chambers,
Easinghall-street; Wickings, Finsbury-terrace, City.
road.

George Edward Inger, druggist, Nottingham, Jar, 11
and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Nottingham District Court.
Bittlesdon, official assignee", Nottingham ; Clarke,
Bloomsbury-square; Patebitt, Nottingham.
JAn Fenton, baker, Avery-row, Bond-street, Jan.
5 and Feb. 9, at half-past twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-cfiam-
hers, Basinghall-street; Pain aLd Hatherly, Gresham-
street.

Henry Locock, dealer in artificial manures, Raddon
Court Thorverton, Devonshire, Jan. 4, at twelve, and
Feb.s. at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel,
utficial assignee, Exeter; Tanner, Crediton ; Stogdon,
Exeter.

BETHLEHEM.

"I bring You tkings of 'great joy."

Athwart the snows 6f antique _Lebanon
Its gorgeous flush suniei threw;
And Moab, famed so marvellously blue,
And high Judea crowned with opal; shone.
O'er Sharon's plain, where blooms the sacred roso,
Where from Ahab of old Elijah fled,
The twilight fell—and where Barrada flows
The rippling gold* a wondrous lustre shed.
Meanwhile the city of David fills,
For Cmsar bath passed decree,
And that virgin pair in, haste have come
From the distant Galilee.

Ope, open wide, 0 Bethlehem,
Your gates and your household homes!
Already " the star" is glimmering,
Already " the looked-for" comes!
But, no! they are closed! to the rich assign'd—
Where, then, shall the weary rest?
A stable—a manger—a cattle shed!
Alas! for that Royal breast!

Alas, for the shelter's lowliness!
Yet hush! through its pauper gloom
There are strains which breathe of Paradise.
There bands of immortals bloom!

And beaming hosts are adoring there,
Witb paltry, and choir, and string;
Great joy to earth, 'tis the Saviour's birth!
Israel, your promis'd King!

There not in pomp, as beseems a God,
But strotch'd on that bed of stone,
With weeping eyes He an infant lies,
Our wants and our griefs His own I

O "Prince of Peace," it was meekly thus,
In mercy and love Ha came—
The " poor" for his human worshippers,
" The crib" for his couch of fame!
E. E. M. K.

London, Deo., 1849.
* Barrada, the Golden River of the ancients,

DIAMOND DUST.
(From Eliza Cook's Jowled.)
To be unkind or rude to others, and yet expect to be
treated by them with courtesy and affection, is as selfish
as it is absurd.

Respect is to the person bel• ved, what the enchasing
is to the gem; it shows the value set upon it.
We often censure the conduct of others, when, under
the same circumstances, we might not have seed half
so well.

Better that a houso be too small for a night, than too
arge for a year.

CHRISTMAS FARE AT THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL,
GRAY'S INN ROAD.—The ccnvalescent patients in this
excellent institution will be regaled to day with roast
beef, plum-pudding, and porter, by order of the weekly
board.

WEYMOUTIf, DEC. 19.-DRAINAGE OF LODMOOR.

—Preliminary steps are being taker fur the purpose of
reclaiming end draining this extensive waste, which is
now wholly under water. Independently of the
advantages which would arise in carrying out such
a measure, in an agricultural point of view, it is con-
sidered it would be of great benefit to Wey-
mouth in improving its sanitiry condition, for,
during the prevalence of northerly winds, in dry
seasons. the miasmatic influences are wafted towards the

town, and must, under the circumstances, have a preju
dicial effect. The proprietors of this property have
instructed Mr. Hamilton Fulton, the eminent engineer,
who has been extensively employed in similar opera-
tions, to report as to the best means of accomplishing
this desirable object, and his opinion is looked for with
interest.

FORGERIES ON THE DARLINGTON BANK.—DAR-
LINGTON, FRIDAY.—A few weeks ago a number of
forged 5/. notes on the bank of Messrs. Backhouse and
Co., of this town, w: re palmed off on tradesmen in Dur-
ham, Stockton, and neighbouring places. A full de-
scription of the parties who trafficked with them was
itsurd immediately after the fraud was detected, bat the
police failed in arresting any of the delinquents. Wil-
liam Murray, who is stated to reside at Kelloc, was ap-

prehended on suspicion of being one of the offenders.
He was taken before the borough magistrates and un-
derwent a lengthental investigation, the result of which
was his committal for trial at the ensuing assizes on the
charge.
Cape of Good Hope papers, a few days later than
those last received, have come to hand. They state that
the colony remained in an excited condition on the
convict question, but that the Government was not
wanting for supplies, parties having been found willing
to send in wheat, cattle, Esc., to make up stores. It was
alleged that some persons connected even with the Anti-
Convict Association had, when it suited pecuniary views,
entered into trading operations with the Government
authorities, although under a pledge not to contract or
otherwise have business with them, and these allegations
had brought about a recriminatory correspondence in
the newspapers.
SHOCKING OCCURRENCE.—Yesterday (Monday)
morning the family of the Rev. T. H. Davies, incum-
bent of Trinity Church, Nottingham, but residing at
Sherwood, about two miles from that town, were horror-
stricken to find, upon arising from their beds, that their
two maid-servants, who the previous evening bad retired
to rest apparently in good health, had been discovered
in their beds in a state of insensibility. The room in
which they lay was filled with smoke, and in one
corner eras portable fire-grate, containing some
coke.deads a
Mr. Joseph Thompson, surgeon, was
sent for, and was quickly in attendance, but
one of the women, Ellen Pierce, aged about 30 years,
died shortly ,after his arrival. The other woman, who
is named English, and is also about 30 years eld, has
born partially restored, and hopes are entertained of her
ultimate recovery. It is supposed that the coals had
been lighted for the purpose of warming the room, the
night being severely celd. There was a fire-place in
the room, the chimney to which, however, had been
stopped up by the women, in their ignorance of the
consequences, to prevent the heat from escaping.
THE NAVAL PRISONERS IN THE QUEEN'S BENCH.
—Lieutenant Graham and Mr.
oEf desertinglliot,w
who it
recollected, were found guiltyfrorn'illthhee
Childers, and who were brought from Exeter goal to
the Queen's prison, and placed by the governor in the
best ward of the prison, were on Thursday last, under
the orders of the Secretary of State of the home De-
partment, placed in the misdemeanants' ward, where
companionship and other comforts, which they had
hitherto teen permitted to enjoy, are taken from them_
Prior to their removal they addressed a protest to the
governor, and a letter to the Sect etary of the Admiralty.
TnE EDINBURGH AND PERTH RAILWAY AND THE

POST-OFFICE.—In consfqat ace of this company having
declined to accede to the terms, 7001. per annum, fur
carrying the malls ov,:r 7S miles of their line, and re-
quiring 1,000/. per annum for such service, the Post•
otnee sent a guard as a secc‘rid.ciaFs nasseng.er to &liver
and receive tile mail bags at the stati-ons. The company
have objected to this, end the post-office authorities
charge them with an nuenapt to impede the public ser-
\ice. The coo piny offer to submit the question to
„rbit.raticn, giving tlto Post-cffice in the meantime,
complete use of tte hue; but this the latter decline
and the question, in all probability, will be brought
before a court of law.

At Ills r,omt rent-dy, E,lwz,rd Coilingwood,
of unsaliciteo, very genernuAy made a re-
turn c .
fl 5 per cent. to tenantry —Newcastle arburnal.
A SUBSTITVTE FOR YEAST.-It strongly recom-
mended by the P‘otk.etionkst party, in the situp() of a
restoration of the corn-law; which will be certain to
MOW bread rise,—Punch's 41inanack. I -.-••