The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-25 00:00:00

COMMERCIAL REFORM.

At a meeting held on Wednesday, at Stoke-Newing-
ton, Mr. Scoble, the Secretary to the Anti-Slavery
Society, in the course of his lecture showed that the
Duke of Buckingham, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn,
and other Corn-law upholders, were slave•owners prior
to the abolition of the nefarious traffic of slavery.

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
A petition was on Thursday presented to her Majesty,
numerously signed by the most respectable inhabitants
of the metropolis, praying for a commutation of the im-
posts on Waterloo, Southwark, and Vauxhall-bridges,
for the benefit of the public.

ECCLESZASTXCAL.
Two additional doors have just been erected an the
outside of the massy doors under the portico-entrance of
the north end of St. Paul's Cathedral, in order to pre-
vent the disturbance for►nerly occasioned to the service
by the opening and shutting of the old doors.

NAVAL AND MILITAIZY.
The whole number of vessels now in commission. at
Portsmouth is 259, which are all .to be distributed at dif-
ferent stations abroad.

LWD PO
Sir Herbert JennA
er gave judgment XCE,
yesterday at the
Prerogative Court in the case of Godrich v. Jones, Which
turned upon the assumed invalidity of a will, dated Feb.
13, 1836, which Mr. Godrich was stated to have obtained
by undue influence over Mrs. Harriet Lloyd, a maiden
lady of large property. The conduct of Mr. Godrich
was, for the most part, free from blame ; the Court,
however, in pronouncing for the will, refrained from
giving an order as to costs.
Mr. Laurie, who is candidate for the City Pleader-
ship, is author of treatises on the use and abuse of grand
juries, and on
,prison discipline. As a Middlesex Ma-
gistrate, he co-operated in urging the adoption of the
non-restraint system at the Hanwell Lunatic Asylum.
Yesterday William Hugger, a young 'man, respect-

able in appearance, but who has been tried five times
before at the Central Criminal Court for felony, was
again charged at Marlborough-street, with having a dress
coat in his possession for which he could give no ac-
count. He was remanded.

J. A. Hoffstacott, a bankrupt, who had refused, at his
last examination, to be sworn, alleging that he was a
Roman Catholic, was again brought up, to state his rea-
sons for so doing. He still tenaciously refused, upon
scripture grounds to swear, upon which the Commis-
sioner re-committed him to the Queen's Bench prison,
remarking that when he altered his opinion he might
apply to the Court again.

PINE AIMS.
Among the coins recently found near Aberystwith in
ploughing a field, there is one of Gallienus, who com-
menced his reign A.c. 259, and another of his wife
Salonini. Also of Postumus, Lcelian, the two Tetrici,
and Marcus Tacitus. One of Carausius represents that
General's head radiated, and Victory pointing to the
sun, legend Orions. Vic. On the exergue is the letter
C, for Colonial.

The 50-years' anniversary of the death of Mozart has
been celebrated at Munich by a grand concert, in which
his requiem was performed to an overflowing audience.
Similar festivals have taken place all over Germany in
honour, of the immortal composer. He was burn in the
house now numbered 934, in Salzburg.