The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-23 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

din
4.esine the grave, she insists most devoutly on her
Lo
,Iler principle of action is, give nothing for
ea cTlie following. is from an article on the subject of edu-
g°ll in the Cambridge Advertiser :—" The important
of In
of tho,education of the poor must not be lost sight
dis in the last "forty years the population of the rural
kit:jets in this kingdom has increased at the rate of
th,,-e than forty per cent., while in the large town and
the manufacturing districts the increase has been much
6:`,,ter, varying from eighty to nearly one hundred and
Per cent. In that period no material improvement,
the'egai:Mental and moral culture, has taken place in
2,agreirittural population."
tradhe rine Mercury observes in an article on free-
t The sliding scale will not do—emigration will
"')---taxation will not do—nothing will do, you will
s,Peedily discover, but throwing your ports wide
ck.C'`o every commercial power, and giving and Fe-
-I,:ing the advantages of the mutual and augmented in-
hIOATEY—TRADE—COMMERCE.
e4stThe claims on Messrs. Ridge and Rowland 's Utn-
banie'`r bank amount to 150,000/., and the effects of the
rt'Pts will afford about 6s. Bd. in the pound.
STATISTICS;
th orter, in an analysis of the Census, read before
otatistical Society on Monday, stated that all
iq eat Britain there are 13,600 idiots, lunatics, &c., and
tem ?gland alone lin 500. In 1831, there were 800,000
kale servants in Great Britain, while in the city of
I);satlniatiinosnte. r alone they formed one-tenth part of the
jt • NAVAL AND MILITARY.
44,._ stated that the Warspite, 50; the Dido, 20, and
'4ra,ls, are fitting out for immediate service for China.
t LAW AND POLICE.
h„ he action of Pisani, chief dragoman or interpreter
the British Embassy at Constantinople, against Law-
Printer and publisher of the Times, for alleged libels
4,e red in the articles of that journal, the jury returned
for the defendant.
Tit„ Marlborough-street Police-court yesterday,
t.aaS Garnir, a young man of respectable appearance,
„Ler in the house of Mr. Vandergaucht, silk mercer,
bias
mw
remanded till Friday, on a charge of rob-
° "Ls master to a considerable amount.
'rhe THEATRICAL.
tl„ English Neapolitan papers are loud in their praise of a
is cantatrice, who made her first appearance
ofet f4l Sonnambula, at the Teatro del Fondo, on the 3d
raontli. The debutante, Miss Emma Bingley, who
'Y in her 19th year, is a pupil of Curioni.
COURT—FASHIONABLE.
Co 6 Earl of Munster left town last week to meet his
-11111tess and family at Paris.
toll,. a Marquis of Kildare, who, has been on a Continental
arrived in town last week, and has since gone to
i° Rouse, the seat of the Duke of Leinster, in Ireland.
114 iseount Grimston arrived at Gorhambury on Satur-
ortkst from Coombe Abbey, near Coventry, the seat
arl of Craven.
Webr4 W. Russell left Mivart's hotel on Tuesday for
tourn Abbey.
ford:Ll Ward, accompanied by the Marquis of Bland-
,tkrt", rd Seaham, and Lord Henry Lennox, left Mi-
wobi"Lord'sqre seat in Staffordshire.
ors e regret to hear of the indisposition of the Duchess
64Plerset, who has for the last three weeks been con-
1b her chamber.
134 e Iks'al Highness, the Duke of Sussex, and the
,;8! ef Inverness, are expected to arrive to-day
Th.sit at Woburn Abbey, from News tead Abbey.
410„ Earl of Surrey arrived in Hyde Park-place on
Sir'al last-
to44-anaes Graham leaves town on Friday to visit his
It !tilents at Dorchester.
aapti now definitively arranged that the long-expected
„ildest,is of his Highness Prince Nicholas Esterhazy,
'or /1t B°ll ©f his Excellency Prince Esterhazy, Ambassa-
ked the British Court from the Emperor of Austria,
latte Lady Sarah Villiers, the lovely and accomplished
bi "'" of the Earl and Countess of Jersey, are to be
Q nized on Saturday week, January 1.
11,111 MISCELLANEOUS..
'"e inrcustom of Christmas boxes arose with sailors. In
th;all,er of navigation, they nailed a box to the mast
weer, d on going. to sea, and at times of storm or
be ' 4.roPped a piece of money in the box, for prayers
,k,fe,tbsalcl fur them, which collections, if they returned
`Qe treY Presented to the Church. These gifts, received at
gad eietile, of the Nativity at the entrance of the chapels
, taedrais, were called Christmas boxes.
,ltroitee, sale of Dr. Johnson's "Rambler," was greatly
4tieb44 at first. The first paper which sold well was
, A n,r(lB°n's, No. 97.
ting of the inhabitants of the county of Sussex
ttie b?'4 at Lewes on Tucslay, to address the Queen on
:irsth of a Prince of Wales. Among others present
k;liptn:" It of Chichester, Earl Delawarr, Lord March,
Pechell and a few country gentlemen connected
kttl he East Division of the county. After the address
It4t 4474 Moved and seconded, Mr. Woodward proposed
de adment in favour of the People's Charter, and for
tl'end'val of the sentence on Frost, and all political
Nen`Ze• Only twenty hands were held up for the
4tlh,"eLl Tent, and the several addresses afterwards were
1111e,s without opposition.
14°1 daY a gentleman named Luke, residing in Ken-
O-s
t arclen 'Pare while skating on a pond in Kensington
I' nearly lost his life. The ice gave way in nine
ti:lellitr, and, after he had sunk twice, he was happily
-}1411141 one of the icemen. The ice in all the Parks
b„ ere,et:',Rerous, and paricularly so in Re gent's Park,
"tali fo 'hist ten peroms.twere immersed in deep water,
I 'lnnately saved.
trittous
‘lt), merstlit.and that rathe Editor11•11
of a fashionable Sun:
tlilPer has engaged the boy Jones to give full pant-
'll,4nf the RoyaCChristening.
Metropolis is expected to be more full about the
the next month than it has been for some years past;
kpenaleess in Parliament will attract numbers to town,
PrOany foreigners of distinction are expected to be
o'nt at the Royal Christening.
'evt,rl Wednesday afternoon, in St. Jude's Church, Li-
of five persons, all of mature years, in the presence
of tilerowded congregation, publicly abjured the errors
tared Church of Rome, in which they had been nur-
kee;'.. Three other Roman Catholics will, to the. great.
re`'fit ation of Dr. Pusey, make, a .similar abjuration in
days.

111( and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Is•
Toth• CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
dvY rting of importance has occurred to-day in
amil` the Markets, either for Stocks or Shares.
Securities were steady, but only a moderate
;5r11t4.-sci°i" - Consols for the opening realised 88i to
vd I,,,,nTleelThree-and-a-Half per Cents., 98,1 to ;
pa's:'"equer Bills 10s. to 12s. premium.
I.lsSaitashiloods, just before the termination of business,
_
hive from 23a to 234 a to 24k ; Portuguese, New
114, bPer Cents. were 31, and Colombian Bonds, 201 ;
FlrTwo-and-a-Half-per Cents. brought 5111, and the
e
Ttiithinr Cents., 991.
Shares of the principal lines of Railway were
The Z.shade of yesterday's range.
lshon mail is still over-due.
1-11,, (From The Sun of Last Night.)
~.141 a 1,7P00L COTTON MARKET, DEC. 21.—We have
Kl% IC:jerate demand for Cotton to-day, but the
3,000
4. "*.en wholly to the trade, and consisting of
• 44;%p hick 1,200 were Surat, at 3+l to 4d. per lb.
hit,tioti:,°oL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 21.—The trans-
'4e,
4..e3t ported at the Stock Exchange this day com-
iPtSd ero Counties, 84; do. Debentures, 10/. lls. Bd.;
-4 Ito unetior, 196 ; Great Western, Fifths, 9,i; Paris
10-1.
;1',4 Ls:P.Bl'4 STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 21.—We
14ncielleue; steady
.market, and prices. continue firm.
star and Birmingham, 28 , Manchester and
\\tort: ,4" and Birmingham,
165.; Manchester and Salford Water
; Midland Counties, 84k 85.
p The ~ THE FUNDS.
ltP"ned En Stock Market continues flat. Consols
'clue4":B-i- 89 for the Account ; Three per—Cents.
SPa ti- ; Exchequer Bills, 10 12 premium. evts " Active Stock 2311-4- ; Portuguese Five per
32kThe blarke 33; Ditto Fives, 193- 20.
oPerations in both the English and Foreign
lott. Co have been upon a very limited scale this morn-
-I,'eatß '',"sols for the opening are 88i 89 ; Three per
ttedueed 89 89* ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents.
floe se", 984 7% Exchequer Bills, 10 12 ; Spanish Ac-
In. 23i j.• ' Deferred, 114 12 ; Passive 51f a.
%v
Shares there is also but little doing. Great Western
1404(Chares are quoted 59+ ; London add Brighton, 37i;
• 1,-4 and Birmingham, 165 ; London and Greenwich,
Vdland Counties, 86 ; South Eastern and Dover,
:°llt and North Midland, 89.
Account, 84 89 ; Mexican, 26k ; or
,se fora
, 32i 33 ; Spanish, -34 8*
I°l.el-Vglierlat,hiing is dull in the City, and we are without
vals.

- CLOSING PRICES.
11,
34)k Stock. BRITISH FUNDS.
I,e
34tv,trrtaecztiottteoer.ds •••• l India
Bonds
..... ......... —1
pm
89/ Ditto .
iv,r, 4
9-8 i
Di (Ditto
ue Old
N ewAn
Annuities...nu I Annuities
vet, 5-b.... per Cent.'
°i)g Ar'r Cent
Ditto
11 pm
J kti Ilintiities to expire 54:14.1.... ..... 12 pro
net 1„,,.60. .. .12 7-16 Bank Stock for Acct... _
Ja "1,19 ...... ..
;India Stock for Acct....
4. i,,.•........
89
Consols for Acct
uv" .........
Sltri,„ FOREIGN FUNDS.
..egivaT. 5 per cent.... ‘---. Portuguese, 5 per cent. .
L}3rkzil, 6,per cent Ditto, New Ditto
Itlea,..al'A -uends. Prussian, 5 per cent.
es'llilia.;`'Ytes,6 p.e.r..Ce.; . Russian, 5 per cent
,`'010,„---,' 6 per cent... Ditto, Metallic
uitto7,lan• 6 per cent.... Spanish, 5 per cent 24/
1)41i5i:824. ...... ... ..... 20k Ditto, Deferred .. 114
reti, ',a Per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c.
uleki ' `B6, 5 per cent — Exchange —f. —c.
bit can, 5 French, 3 percent —f. —c
h to, g per cent....
'eruvi" Per cent, 1825 Dutch, 2/ per cent 5l/
44'1825, 6 per et. Ditto, 5 per cent.
SHARES.
, - rroingham and Gloucester Raibir ay (100 p) 60
11ri'tel and Exeter (60 paid) ... ..... . ... .. 28
t astern Counties Railway (23 paid) ... . 8/
Greeat North of England Railway (90 paid) 67/
at
84
eat Western Railway( 65 paid)
Ditto'New Shares (50 paid)
L Ditto Fifth (4 paid)
L°11,1611. and Brighton (50 paid) 37/
~ endon and Birmingham ( 90)
4'l°l4lon and Greenwich Railway (`)..0 pd) 6/
....0,4 ' '
58
-k.eri and South Western
i Ditto New Shares ( paid)
moindon and Croydon Railway (Trunk) l2
...odland Counties Railway (100 paid)
Avorthern.and Eastern (35 paid) ...... .... 25
rth Midland Railway (100)
Ty 70
8 Ditto Thirds (15 paid)
°,.suth Eastern and Dover (43 paid).- ..... • in
v.,,,Jitto New Shares ( 5 paid)
rk and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 89
Ditto New Shares (15 paid. 3l
Are.--___

jry
of've day
s ago, a boiler at the Government manufac-
tariouZetli-engines, at Indret, near Nantes, burst, and
Wottlided four men.