The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-30 00:00:00

LONDON MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, Dtc. 30.
There are moderate. arrivals of moia kinds of Grain this week,
and a large quantity of Flour. The purchasers of Grain are
nearly all ditycscd to wait till Monday, when the new bushel
comes into use ; the prices of all articles are therefore nominal

to-day.
A natvaLs—English Wheat, 3,450; Barley, b,700; Oats,
13,300 ; Irish Barley,— ; 65 ; Foreign Wheat, ---
Barley, 23,100; Oats, 1,350 qrs. English Flour, 9,050 sacks:

SMITHFIELD MARKET, DEC. 2.9,
The following is an accurate Report of the numbers and
prices at Smithfield Market this morning:.--
CATTLE AT MAEWET
Beasts 527 1 Sheep
Calves
To sink the Offal, per stone of Bth.
Beef 4s 8d to 5s 4ti 1 'Veal
Mutton 4s 104 to 5s 4(11 Pork ss 2d to ES 01
Lamb Os Od to Os Od.
II AY AND STRAW, PER"LOAD•
Hay
Straw... ....C1 14s to- £1 18.:.

4,96
70

CA NTEIIBURY TB EATRE, on Monday night, was
much crowded by the Christmas holiday folks, to
see the new Pantomime of Harlequin Tom. Dar-
ing the performance•of this piece, Mr. W. Dow-
TON, who performed the part of Harlequin, had
the.misfortune to dislocate his allele. In +-wise-
qpence the Pantomime has been withdrawn for
the present. .
NEW KIND OF STEREOTYPE.—The Gazette .of
Munich announces the invention of a new kind of
Stereotype, by M. SENEFELDUIt, to whom the
art of Lithography is due.—A sheet of ordinary
printing paper is covered with a layer of Stony
earth (terse pierreuse), to the thicknes? of half
an inch, and sufficiently moistened with water.
—ln half an hour it assumes the consistency of
paste, when it is put into frames and types,
composed in the usual manner, but not blacken-
ed, and the paste becomes impressed with the
characters. The sheet is then dried on a stone
flag, and melted metal poured on it. Tly metal
becomes a thin plate, and has all the characters
standing out on it, as well formed as the original
types. The proofs from those stereotype charac-
ters do not differ from those taken from movable
types. The author of this discovery offere.ta ex-
plain it fully for a subscription of 100 florins, as
soon as he shall have 30 subscribers. He esti-
mates the preparation necessary for the-casting!
at 100 florins, and the paper covered with, the
stony paste at six kreuss (ad. English) a sheet.
SINGULAR FACT.—During the last fortnight
!here has not been a single debtor in theil of
Dumfries ; a circumstance that never occurreid be-
fore in the memory of the oldest man of truSiness
in town.. During the last six years, the highest
number of commitments for debt vt as twenty.; the
lowest,'two; and the average, about seven. - De-
fective as it is in the means of classification-, our
jail is reckoned the only perfectly safe.one in a
pretty wide district of country ; and for the bet-
ter half of it "to be without a tenant for weaks to-
gether, is something 'new under the San.
What is still more consoling, there hest* only-
one criminal committed since the 23d July ; and.
if things go on at this rate, the lawyWis will
literally want a job, and our Magistratit will
have to exhibit a huge ticket with the words
painted on it:-.--" A Jail to be Let."-4D;insfrie*
Courier.)