The Sun.
London, England, 1814-12-26 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.

CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 26.—We bad a few
land samples of Wheatfrom Essex and Kent, and
sortie arrivals of Foieign Wheat for this luuruing's
Market,.the sale of which was. dull at the prices
of this (lay week. Fine Barley and Malt sup-
ported the prices of Friday ; the same nay be said
of fine Oats, but ordinary was dull. in Pease
and Beans there was no alteration. •

SmtTurtzLn, Dze. 26,---This day's Market was tolerably
well supplied with prime Beasts, and the show of Cattle . in.
other rew eets was pretty good; Beef, Mutton; Pork; and
Veal, sold at last prices, and the trade in generi.;l was ratber
brisk. The sales in the Hay-market were somewhat consi-
derable; Hay obtained.. last price; StraW and Clover hhve
fallen in price. We-annex a Correct statement of the pricei
and numbers

To sink the Offal, per stone of .Blb.
Beef, ss. Od. to is. Mutton, 55.-4 d. to es. Bd. Veal, 7s. Od.
to Bs. Od. Pork, 7s. ed. to Es. Od.

Beasts, 1910. Sheep, 9700. calves, 150. Pigs, 240.

HAY-MARKET.
Hay, 31. to 41. lOs Straw, 11. Bs. to 11. 10s. Clover, 41.
10s. to 61. lOs.

By a LlP...Trench' Ordinance, the ,company of
veterans of BUONAPARTE'i old guard-is maintained
under the denomination Of' the '' Conipany of the
Royal Veterans of France."
The Journal de Commerce, which was suppressed
by BUONAPARTE, has been recently re-established
by the same proprietors.
A Lady named BUARD, aged 101 years, was
lately.introduced 'to Louis XVIII. and his Ma-
-1 jesty assigned her a pension of 300 f.
It is said that the Session, of the two Charhhers-
-1 of Peers and Deputies of France will be closed by
1 a Royal Sitting. The laws which have lately oc-
-1 cupied their attention are those relative to the Bank
1 of France, and to the importation of iron. The Bank
is proposed to be placed in some degree under the
control of the Minister of Finance. . With respect
Ito imported iron, the Chamber of Peers has intro,
duce(' a jnst amendment into the proposed law. As
passed, by the Deputies, all foreign iron in entre-
' pot was subjected,to a new and higher duty : the
• Peers have reduced the duty to the rate at which
it existed at the time of importation.
• The infamous MEHEE DE LA TOUCHE has had
the impudence to prosecute a French. Journal for
defamation, in having republished the evidence of
his participation in the prison-massacres of Sep-
tember, 1792. In cases like thi,, manners should
c.omt in aid of laws . and universal contempt
should supply the place of that punishment- which
politi6al reasons preclude justice from inflicting.
The new French Minister of War, SOULT, has
published an Order of the Day relative to the
more speedy payment of the arrears of the troops.
He says, " that the King, ..in his,paternal .solici-
tilde, does not for an instant lose.sight of the in-
terests of the brave men who have a claim to the
arrears of their pay. He desires that, that sacred.
portion of the public.debt be speedily discharged."
l'he press on .the River continues very hot; and
the service will, it -is underitood, be continued
till 10,000 able-bodied seamen have been
_ob-
tained.

The Gazette contains an Order in Council,
dated the 16th instant, authorising the Governors
of the WeSt India Colonies, including the Baha-
ma and Sourer Islands, to permit the importation
of provisions in neutral ships for six mouths from
the above date, on paying the duties_ prescribed,
in fmlncr Omiers..

The 'late: tempestuous weather Las
.been suer
ceeded by a heavy fall of snow, whichCOVerS some
parts of the country. 'Fortunately there is not
any wind, and as the snow has not drifted, inter-
course, though inconvenienced, is not as yet im-
peded.
TheWalsingham packet, Capt. BULLOCK, which
arrived ddring -.7eck from the Mediterranean,
left Sicily on :ic..:;cl ,:,:ovember. A sli ht shock.
of an earthquake was experienced at Plrrao on
the evening of the Ist, and two othels, more vio-
lent, were felt next morning, at the-respective
hours of two grid four o'clock. No serious in-
jury had been sustained on the part of the island,
although it,excited the greatest Alarm, which was
not a little augmented in the minds of the super-
stitious from the circumstance of its being, the
anniversary of the destruction of _Lisbon.'

A copy of the " Golden Legend;" pr.nted by
Caxton in 1483 (wanting two leaves), was on ,Sa-
turday sold by auction by Mr. BATES, at the late
residence of Mr. BRASSEY, deceased, in Lower
Seymour-street, for ninety-three guineas, to
Messrs. LONGMAN and Co.

The Holy cougregation for the Propogation of
the Faith have named, and the Porz has confirm-
ed the following nominations :.-Tuam, OLIVER
O'K ELIA AElphill, GEORGE.. PLUNKETT ; Lime-
rick, CHARLES TROY ; Ossory, C. INIuRAN ; Kit-
dare and Leighlin, ARTHUR MULIVHY ; Cashel,-
TnomAs BRAY.

An exportation of musical instruments, with a
qaantity of baggage, &c. for the Priucess of
WALES, and two of her attendants, has taken.

place at Portsmouth for Palermo. The articles
have been shipped in the Clorinde frigate, Captain
PECHELL, which is expected to sail immediately
for

A dreadful execution took place at Belgrade on
the 29th and 30th of October. li'orty-two •Ser-
vians were impaled and exposed to view at the
Bclgrade-zate. A few-days after above 100 Ser-
vians were seized and carried to Belgrade, where
they expected sentence of death. , The Servians
have, in consequence of these cruelties, risen upon
their oppressors,numbers of whom'have been cut
off.

A atneral Bill of all the Christenings and
Burials, from December 14, 1813, to December

13, 1814 :-

Christened in the 97 Parishes within the walls, 1008--Buried,
1251.

Christened in the 17 Parishes without the •walls 4384--
Buried, 4090,
Chkristened in the 23 Out-Parishes in Middlesex and Surrey,
11,157—Buried, 10,015.

Chritctied iu the 10 Parishes in the City and Liberties of
Westminster, 36'21—Buried, 4427. •

• Christened. ,
tuTiz'd.
Males' • 1°'313 }ln all 20,170 1 , Mal -es •'lO , '2B" 1
-In all 19,783
Pumales 9)857 I einales 9,196 i
'lave died—
! f,eventy and eighty 1343
P.ighty and ninety
Ninety and a hundred
A hundred - 1
A banked and one •• • • I
A hundred and two
A hundred and eight I
A hundred and eleven

Whereof h
Under two years of age 5:545
Between two and fire_ 2038
Five and ten .
Ten and twenty
Twenty and thirty
Thirty and forty ' 1678
Forty :Ind fifty, 1950
Fifty and sixty
Sixty and.seventy 1747
Increase in the Bur

als this year, 2an.