The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-15 00:00:00

VESSELS.

Extract of a latter from Lloyd's agent at St. Übes,
dated the sth instant :

" Since my last we have had a 'succession of strong
gales from the S.W., but I have heard of no losses. The
stock of salt allotted to foreign vessels is reduced to 4,000
or 5,000 tons, and as several vessels are expected, it will
all be shipped off in a very few days, so that those who
may come afterwards will get none ; therefore I request
you will publish this, to prevent any more coming, for,
if they go away again in ballast, they will have to pay
the port charges and tonnage duty."
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—The Chieftain, from Clyde
to Calcutta, by the Aimwell, arrived off Cork. Eliza,
Wells, of St. John's, Bth ult., lat. 47, lon. 52 ; Ellen, of
and from Liverpool, with loss of jib-boom :and two men,
30th ult., by the Rover, arrived at Teignmouth. Marga-
ret Pollock, Pye, from Glasgow, sth ult., lat. 9, lon. 25
S. ; Guiana, 9th ult., on the Equator ; Brightman, from
Calcutta, out 140 days, lat. 18, lon. 30, by the Kinnear,
arrived in the Downs. Acadia steamer, Liverpool to
Halifax, 27th ult., lat. 49, lon. 35.

AN INDIAN EXECUTION.—WhiIe we re-
mained here the chief caused a wretched prisoner or two,
whom his people hld caught, to be blown from the mouths
of cannon, a mode of death, perhaps, the quickest and
least cruel of any. One of the unfortunates, the only one
I saw executed, being blown to shivers in a second ; his
legs and head, both severed from the trunk, being the
only portions we could recognise afterwards as having be-
longed to the human form. The wretch was tied, stand-
ing on the ground, with his back to the mouth of the
cannon, and met his end with the same philosophy that
most natives evince on those occasions.—Captain Fane's
Five Years in India.

THE BOY JONES.--.ThiS extraordinary lad,
whose repeated visits to Buckingham Palace caused so
much alarm some time ago, and who after being released
from prison was sent out to sea in a merchant ship, has
lately returned to England, and is now at Liverpool.
His case is likely to come under the notice of the autho-
rities, for it appears he was sent away without the con-
currence of his father, who has received a letter from him
stating that the ship in which he had been induced to leave
England had returned to Liverpool, and that he had
been subjected to much ill-usage on board. There ap-
pears to have been some irregularity in the mode of
getting rid of this troublesome lad, and a good deal of
money unnecessarily expended by a tradesman named
James, residing in Westminster, and a Thames Police
inspector, named Evans, who, after travelling about with
him in England and Ireland for a month, eventually pro-
cured him a berth in a Liverpool ship, and not at Cork,
as was stated some time age.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSOR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 14.
Number Dividend ~ Price
sr per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Share
1,766 7 percent. Ashton & Oldharn...ANerage97l.l3s.sh. 104%
1,482 41. Ashby.de-le-Zouch ....Average 1181.8 h. 72
1,260 Basingstoke... lool.sh. 5
1,065 .41. Brecknock and Abergavenny l5O/. sh. 92
1,003 1.1601. 101, Birmingham, 1-16th share -814 & 711. 200
1,000 . ...... ~ Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l9.9l. sh. 100 prl 21
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. all pd -
400 51, Chelmer and Blackwater ... lOOl. sh . 105
500 321, Coventry 1001. sh. 800
Croydon. Average 311.28 10d. sh. -
2, 60 51. Os. Dud1ey............ 1001 eh. 94
600 131. Derby lool.sh. 120
20,0e0 4 per cent. Danube and Mayne 411.13 e. 4d.pd 30
3,575} 4' Elle.sTnereand Chester Average 1331.5ta. 75
231 621 Enmesh ... ............ ........... •••1031ssn• 735
,297 351. Forth and Clyde....Avcrage 400/. 16s. h. 6:0
21,600 7/. Grand J unction 1001.6 n 111
2, 415 258. Grand Onion lool.sh. 26
',500
1,0001 41. pia cent. Ditto (optional) Lan 1001.
096 ... ..... Grand Western ....... ......., U. sh. allpd 10%
600 131.121. yd. Glarnorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.135. 4.1. 230
749 12/. Orantham lsol,sh. 220
6_238 21. Os. Iluchicrairld ..-..Average 5 /1. 68.6 d. oh. 26
100 Kensington lOO sh. allpd 10%
2%328 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391. 186.10 d. sh 22%
11,6991 11. 7s. Lancaster Average 47!. 6s. 8d . 28
2,897 j 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 740
5451 111. Leicester 140!. sh 150
Ain 51.08, Leicester & Northampton Aver 831.10 e 71%
2,409 101. Monmouthshire lool.Bli 200
250 10!. Melton Mowbray ........... lool.eh. 117
500 251. Mersey and Irwell .......... lOOl. sh. 550
5,000 21. 100. Macclesfield lOOl. sh. all pd 23
247 174 Neath 1001.51, 325
2,400 51. Peak Forest kvar..ge about 781. sh. 72
1,418 Bs. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.16..8d. eh. 9
5,6eg tit. Rochdale Average 551.,h. E 5
500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 137
800 101. Os. Somerset Coal lso4sh. 180
3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. ah. 11 %
700 361. Stafford and Worcester. 1401.5 h. 680
WO 151, Shrewsbury 125/. sh. 280
300 9! 3t0urbridge............ 1451. sh. 396
3,647 21. 08, Stratford-on-Avon A ver....791. 9s. Ncl. sh. 35
MS 1211 Swansea lool.sh. 265
3,762 2/. 12s. Severn and Wyc &Railway Av.2fil 9s. sh, 45
2,6000 h. 321. IN, Trent and Mersey, } share lOO/. sh. 500
6,149 .. ..... Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Bd. sh. 2
I,ooosh.]
161. Warwick and Bkrmikgham 1001.sn• 250
I,o6o}sh,
950 13% Warwick and 'lepton' 100/. sh. 117
7,000 41. Worcestsr Sr Birmingham Av.7Sl.Bs. sh. 55
5,000 265. Wilts and Berks Avarice 671. 10s Bd. sh. 283(
sun 6,. Wyrlev and Essington 1251. sh '74
48 ..... .., Wisneacn . ..... ... ..............„..„ 152.. sh. 50
905 li Wey and Arun llOl. an. 20
DOCKS.
2,600& I 3 p•C. Commerc'al ........ 1001.3 h. 61
•
1,06515 h.
5 per cent. East and West India ,„.........., Stock 102%
3,238,31011. 31. p.ct. London ............Stock 72
Ditto Bonds
2,209 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol Average 14'1.95. ah. 75
68,3241. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 92
&Wig/ 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds ..., lOO%
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
....,, ....... Deptford Pier ........... ......... ah. 20/. pd 10

_ _
BRIDGES.
1,800 li. Hammersmith 50/.sh. 21%
7,231
1,700 IL 15s Ditto, New. of 7e per cent.. ..... .501.5 h. 15-b
J,OOO ..... Waterloo 1001. .h. Vyi
5,000 2:38. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of Si 801. poi 21
5,000 19e. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. .... 4O/. pd 18%
80,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5,848 27s Vauxhall .......,.Average 70/.los. 3d. sh 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
- --- - --

2,000 3110 a Albion
50.000 [6lne,:c cie,N Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. 114 pd 13%
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine lOOl. sh. 51. pd 4%
24,000 41. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14
1,20011 h. 54 Birmingham Fire 2501. sh. 551. pd 10754
90,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 5Ol. eh. 51. pd 6
5,000 51. percent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1001. 5h.21108 pd 5%
4,000 310 s County lOOl. sh. 101. pd If
9,000 its. Eagle
0,, 1
/ r
nd per cent
las. j Economic Lite 10001. sh. 2501. pd 406
a 30/
2,271 221. percent. European Lite 20/. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 20/. ah. 21. pd 1%
1.000,0004 a per ct Globe Stock 115
20,000 5/. Guardian
30,000 4s. 03. Hope 5O/. sh. W. pd 55a
2,400 51. 123.6 d. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 133
7,500 12e. Imperial Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd 11
13,459 54 percent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. its. 8/. pd 23
2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 5Ol. sh, all pd 92
31. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 66
10,000 16s. Law Life lOOl. sh. 101. pd 31%
5,000 10s, London, Fire 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18%
3,000 10s. London, Ship .....„ 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18%
1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh.
590,0004 ..... „.. National Loan Fund ..... .... ... . . 21.55. pd 1%
30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Life .... sh. 21. pd 21 its
50,000 5/. per cent. Protector Ufa "01. sh. 21. pd 18s Od
10,000 4 per rent. Protestant Dissenters ....160/. sh. 5/. pd 5%
9.500 1!. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 20
200,660 4s. Od. Rock Life .............. ................ .... 2/. pd 37
89,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock IEO
6,009 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 8%
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 75(

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 Agric. and Corn, of I reland2s/. sh. 10/. pd
15,000 8 percent. Australasia 401. sh. 401. pd 53
10,008 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 501. sh. 104 pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol. sh. 101. pd 13%
30,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. .(11,, pd 2134
60,000 5/. London Joint Stock 504 sh. 10/. pd 1236
3,008 4 per cent. Lancaster ....... ...... ... ... . . 100/. al). 20/. pd 30
25,000 16 per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 121/. pd 1836
50,000 71 percent. Manchester and Liver-
pool Distrizt.... ........ } s°l•Bh* 151 pd 1031
20,000 7 per COAL Manchester lOO4 sh. 10/. pd 4%
20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of Irelandlool. sh. 25/. pi 41
10,000 6i er cent National Bank of Ireland 501. eh. 1711. pd - 17%
10,000 6 per cent National Proviucial Eng.loo4 sh. 35!. pd 343 f
10,006 Ditto New.. 104 eh. 101. pd 10
10,000 Gloucestershire .501. sh. 10/. pd 32
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5Ol. sh. 54 pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. - --

2,500 16s 0d Bath 901. sh. 161. pd 22
5,000 British 401.8 h. 161. pd 18
b.,„ fsl.percent. Ditto Provincial
"" land Bs. 6s, 201. sh. 191. pd 24U
928 51 10s Birmingham 50/ ah. 96

4,250 2/ Os Bristol- 2O/ sh. 36
2,250 31 101 Brighton 2O/. sh. 1374
750 31 lOs Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 9
2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 2O/. sh. all pd 9%
1,000 71. 10s, Continental Consolidated ....75!. 621/.pd 110
1,000 10!. City of London .„.1001. sh. all pd 195
1,000 6/. Ditto, New lOO/. sh. 751. pd 150
4,000 31.05. Equitable SOL pd 20
10,000 3/. per cent. Imperial 5Ol. sh. 59
800 51. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 20/. pd 18%
2,350 61. per cent. Independent 10/. sh. slip. 55
9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5Ol. sh. 391. pd 92
1,000 4/. per cent. Ratcliff lOOl. sh. SO/. pd 63
4,000 South MAropolitan 501. sh.-1,3341. pd 18
9000 51. per cent. United General 501. sh. 47/. pd 27
240 51. per cent. Warwick ... 501. sh. 50
400 51. per cent Wakefield 251. sh. 22
2,000 3/. Westminster Chartered .. .. -50/. sh. 5,8
6,000 12i. Ditto Hew .... .....g 1. 'b. 101. pa 113{
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth .... 201. sh. 181. pd
WATER WORKS.
4,800 345. Birmingham 25/. sh. 25!. pd 21
.
6,433 71. East London ... ... ..........100/. sh. 162
5,500 2/ 15s. Grand Junction ....... 411. 153. 4d. sh. 55
2,000 21. Kent 1001. sh. 5136
372 IN. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 325
1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge Water Ann- 60
6,486 21 105 Manchester and Salford 1001. sh.
.54
1,000 5 per cent. South London lOO/.sh. 98
8,294 414 West Middlesex Average 631.1125. 9d. sh. 90
1,360 11141 York Building Co. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 2/. Os. Birmingham and Derby .. lOOl. pd 47%
9,500 Birmingham and Glouceste...r.." ICO/. pd 55%
15,00 11. 41. Bristol and Exeter .... ..... 1001. sh. 60 pd 2734
7,500 ......... Cheltenham& G. Western 1001. sh. 72%1. 2234
3,000 .... ..... Clarence 1001. sh. 1001. pd 20
8,000
60,000 ......... Eastern Counties 25/. sh. 23/. pd 7%
10,000 Great North of England 1001. sh. Wl. pi 66
10,918 13 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl. sh. all pd 193
25,,'00 :3 per cent, Great Western 1001. sh. 65/. pd 81;4
25,600 Ditto New 501. sh. 50/. pd 5938
6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 5O/. sh. 501. pd 55%
2,000 6 per cent. Hartlepool 1001. sh. 100!. pd 145
8,000 Hull and Selby .501. sh. 50! pd 38
2,100 4 per cent. Leeds and Selby. .. . ... ........" .. .. . ... 100 di, 65
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10(1.1h. 100/.pd 199%
7,968 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 50/. pd 90
11,495 10 per neat. Ditto Quarter Shares 251. pd 45
36,000 .... ..... London and Brighton 501. sh. 501. pd 36%
24,000
10,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich ...201. sh. 201. pd 6
25,000 Ei per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 901. pd 162
25,000 21. Os. Ditto Quarter Shares ....25/. sh. 51. pd 224
31,250 Ditto New Shares .321. sh. 32/. pd 54
36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 381,175. 9d, 56
33,900 ......... London and Croydon/ Av. 13/. 15s. 9d. 11
....-.. Ditto New Scrip.... ll%
13,000 5f per cent. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. '7Ol. pd 67
13,000 Ditto Half Shares 5Ol. 251. pd 25
10,000 ..... .... Manchester and Birmingham 701.5 h. 401. 30
Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2%
10,000 2/.los. Midland Counties `OW. sh. 1001. pd 84%
15,000 31. Os. North Midland .... ..... 1.01. sh. 1001 pd 6 .
11.10 s. Ditto New 40/. pd 3314
10,256 ......... Northern and Eastern.... 501. sh 35/, pd 23
2,600 .... ..... Preston and Wyre 5Ol. ah. 30/. pd 36
28,000 ......... South Eastern and Dover 3Bl. pd 18
1,000 10/.per cent. Stockton and Darlington .... lOO/.sh. 265
9,000 ......... Thames Haven .501. sh 5!. pd
6,000
MINES.

8,000 Albion Copper 5/.1 1). 211. pal II
4,000 11. ss. Altcn l5l. sh 121. Its pd 10
10,000 .... Anglo Mexican.iss. 51 pm.lool. sh. al 1 d 1)4
Ditto Subscription ..... .. "251. pa 1%
2,000 10/. Bolanos . -130.1.. sb all pd 35
10,000 11. 103 Brazilian Imp. iss. 51. pm... 251. 5h.201. pd 5
0000 ..«..... Macaubas & Coates United 251.111.254 pd 4
11,000 ..... .... Ditto St. John Dal Rey ...201. ah. 141. pd 1%
10,000 Bolivar Copper Company, 201. sh. 201. pd 1
10,000 ......." Ditto Scrip ............ ..... 104 sh. 101. pd 2
20,000 ........ British Iron .... ....... ....JON. sh. 601. pd
,000 British Copper 51. sh. 411. pd 1%
•". Cats Branca • ................6.11. pd 6
Candonga..".. . ".... ......
10,000 11 Copiapo ...........„ ..... 204 sh. IdL pa 10
8,500 ... Columbian, in. 54 pni....551. eh. 551. pd 0%
2,850 3/. Euglish ............ ..... 144 Gs. pd 2
20,000 .....,... General Mining Assoclation2ol. 5h.184 pd i%
6,155
3,008 ....
11,500 Real del Mont! Unregistered..•••••••• ..... 2
Ditto Loan Notes.
1501. Pd 100
50.000
DIM. Scrip
wDeiitttcooNrkew...S..c..r.i..p......
...
.501.
ah
501..
pd
1
41 pia

LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.
, London, with Bronze Ticket 7sgs. sh. 21
I.cm
1,0„,,„0° ***** "
..MN.... London University .... ..... 1001.. all sh pd 7
Russell .25gs. sh
700 .....»..King. College .. ................
......1001. • 6
1934
MISCELLANEOUS.
5 )0, 15, Australian Agricultural.lool4sh. 281, pd 89
16:)00 1. er cenL British American Land Company 35e4 pd 9
10 000 per. conk. Canada C0mpany.........100/. sh. 32.1.
p 4
28
'OOO 5/. per cent. Upper Canada Loan ......... a
91
0,
City Bonds, 4 per cent, ... .. .. .....
. 77, ...
.... 100
20.000 It. 68. General Stearn Navigation 151. ch.. 14/....pd 243 i
101. percent. Hudson's Bay Stock ....... ... gm
.............. ...
,„,.. 14 London Corn. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. eh. 19S
000 v
..". 0, . Caoutchoue Company .. . .... "..IN/. pd 1231
New Brunswick Land dompa. ......... Pd 0.121 z
2,154 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...100/. sh. 1001. pd
~,•;7.
2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New ... . ........... 100/. sh. 100/. Pd "'
4,000 ......... Thames Tunnel . ... ."......501. sh. all pd 10
Ro m os. Van Dianeres Land....lodl.sh. 141. pd 736

LIST of SCOTTISII COMPANIES' P.RICBS
DEC. 11, 1841.
B.
1,000,0004, 61. p. ct. Bank ot ScoANKS t1and...831. 61.8d.5h. all pd !Vu
1,000.0011. et. p. ct. Royal of Scotland !„,,661,'.1'311pPd 9i 0%
500.00 V. 81. p. ct. British Linen CompanY ,"•'" II - d 165
500,0001. M. p. ct. Commercial .5001. sh. 1 001.1x1 ..
h 101 pd '6
500,00°,* 6P. et. National ... .......... .loUs— - ' 84
500,0001. 81. p. ct. Glasgow Union ..2501• sh. 501. pd
71
1.000,0901. 6 p. ct. Western of Scotland ....2001. sh 401. pd
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
...h. 11.
pd 255.0 d.
250,0005 h. 61 P. ct. 'Scottish Union ..... ..... .I°'
. 76500 10 p. ct. Hercules ...........
tia d JO/. sh. all pd O
100.000 10 p. ct. insurance Co. of Sco .n_
. .2001.58. 10/. pd IN
50,000 10 p. ct. North British...-. . 1001. sh. 101. ;x1 19
1 ~
002 10
10 p
.p . cc tt ..
Ed Caledonian
idburgsch onufrazn.d i..r.1.......,::
1,1,491:
pd
MISCELLANEOUS
.15.
100,000 31 p. et. West of
4,818 a
j........ Edin. and Cilas.. .
... ... 961. sh. all pd 46
al5Ol. sh. all pd 10
Edinb. Joint Stock DibittloS2CtEllocaLLtedA7,7.do.wU7St e.
r. 25/. sh all pd 34
50/. sh 461. pd 40
025,40!
2,1 per
pe cent.
Shotts Iron toundery 3
4,500 10 per cent. 251 sh. all pa 52
.201.11%.. all pd 21
101°."hcs30 3p- err cent.
Edinburgh
hh
c&dLeal iothas.G.l.as....s 2.20511.11.1a6/11.
pdpd
49%
,-.A.,,,,g0w Gas
4,450 10 pei cen. ,'
750 71 percent
.EdLernhbuCrgmhl &Gnarl Da....llelthass.way 50/. sh 30
1150 "'"'" --------------

NOVEL APPLICATION OF THE DAGURREO-
TYPE.—The French police have availed themselves of the
expedition and accuracy of this mode of taking likenesses.
As soon as a great or notorious criminal falls into their
hands, they take his likeness by means of the Daguerreo-
type, and send copies of it to the several agents of the
police ; so that, if he should escape from one charge, he
may, if accused of another in a different part of France,
be easily recognised as as old offender. M. Daguerre
never contemplated such an application of his " type."—
Cheltenham Journal.

MORNING S

THE GIGANTIC MISSOURI LEVI-
.

ATHAN, Olt MISSOURIUM.
Mr. Koch, who has discovered the bones of this gi-
gantic animal, now exhibiting at Egyptian Hall, is a Prus-
sian by birth, who for the last fifteen years has resided
in the United States, and the perfect skeleton was found
by him on the shores of the river Pomme de Terre, a tri-
butary of the Orsage river, in Benton county, state of
Missouri, N. lat. 40 deg., W. long. 18 deg. The strata
of the river in which the Missourium existed, exhibit
six or seven different changes, in the first or original
stratum of which, formed of quicksand, the deposite of
the skeleton was found, and in the brown or alluvial soil
composing the next stratum, the remainder of the skele-
ton was contained and covered.

"This stratum was mixed with a great quantity of ve-
getable matter, mid most of this is in a wonderful state of
preservation ; but what is still more surprising, all the
vegetable remains are of a tropical or very low southern
production. They consisted of large quantities of cypress
burs, wood and bark ; a great deal of tropical cane and
tropical swamp moss ; several stumps of trees, if not log-
wood, yet bearing a very close resemblance to it ; even
the greater part of a flower of the Strelitzia class, which,
when destroyed, was not full blown, was discovered em-
bedded in this layer ; also several stems of palmetto leaf,
one possessing all the fibres perfect, or nearly so. To
those who are not acquainted with the nature of this
Plant, it is well to remark that it is not found at present
further north than the northern parts of Louisiana.

"The time when the revolution of the earth took
place, during which the Missourium lost its life, was be-
tween the 25th of September and 20th of October, which
is proved by the fact just mentioned of the cypress burs
being found. There was no sign or indication of any
very large trees, the cypresses that were discovered being
the largest that were ever growing here at the time.

" About 200 yards froin saiedeposite stands a sin-
gularly formed rock, which not only bears the appear-
ance, but can be considered as a monument of great an-
tiquity, formed by nature, against whose rough and rug-
ged sides can be distinctly traced, in deep and furrowed
lines, the former course of angry waters ; yet its summit
is full 30 feet above the present level of the Pomme de
Terre. The rock has the appearance of a pillar, on
whose top rests a table rock far projecting over, on every
side ; from the base of the pillar to the lower edge of the
table is 30 feet, and from the base down to the deposite
of the bones is 16 feet—making, from the stratum on
which the bones were deposited to the edge of the table
146 feet.

"By a minute and close examination the formation of
the said rock, as it now appears, was found to be pro-
duced by the long action of the river against and around
it ; and had the river continued to act with the same
force for 100 or 200 years longer, the pillar would
have been so far worn away, that the table must have
fallen. It now stands as an indisputable witness, that
the water, at the time these animals existed, was at least
46 feet in depth."
That some idea may be formed of the enormous di-
mensions of the Missfourium, we transcribe a few of the
measurements of the skeleton, as it stands at present in
one of the large rooms of the Egyptian l lall, Piccadilly,
where it has been placed for public exhibition. From
Mr. Koch's own pamphlet :
"Extreme length 32 feet, height 15 feet. The
head measures, from the tip of the nose to the
spine of the neck, six feet ; from one zygomatic
arch to the other, fuur feet ; from the lower
edge of the upper lip to the first edge of the front
tooth, 20 inches; from the front point of the lower jaw to
the first edge of the front tooth, 8 inches; from the edge
of the upper lip, measuring along the roof of the mouth
to the socket of the eye, efeet; from thence to where the
atlas joins the head, 101 inches. The whole number of
teeth is eight—that is, four upper and four lower, not
including the two tusks. The formation of the nose is
very peculiar : it consists of a bony substance inter-
woven with cells, and presents a broad, flat appearance ;
it projects 13 inches over the lower jaw, and ends in two
nostrils, which are somewhat raised on the face."

The Missourium is also distinguished by two enor-
mous tusks, which partake of the quality of horns, being
curved backwards. They were carried almost horizon-
tally, and are in length 10 feet, exclusive of a part 15
inches long, which forms the rcot, and is buried in the
skull. When first discovered, the right tusk was solid in
the head, and was only subsequently broken off in the
course of being removed from place to place. The re-
maining bones of the skeleton are of proportionate size.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT BLAIRGOWRIE.--
A requisition, on the part of 100 individuals, in Blair-
gowrie and its neighbourhood, has been sent in to the
Bishop of Dunkuld, soliciting his Lordship's permis-
sion to form themselves into a congregation in connec-
tion with the Episcopal Church of Scotland. We learn
that the Bishop has complied with the prayer of the re-
quisitionists, and steps are being taken to open a place
of Divine Worship, according to the Episcopal form, in
Blairgowrie, immediately.—Perth Constitutional—[This
is one of the results of the Non-Intrusionist persecu-
tion. If it continue a little longer, the Episcopalians or
the Dissenters will be joined by all the respectable re-
ligious churchmen of the country.]
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.—TaIk of Paisley, and
the poverty of its unemployed population ! Most sin-
cerely do we sympathise with these people, and happy,
are we to observe the successful exertions made to miti-
gate their sufferings. But we will venture to assert that
there are few districts in Ireland—we see that even the
weavers and spinners of Ulster are experiencing the ge-
neral distress—in which the pressure of want is not much
more severely felt than in Paisley, or in any other part
of Great Britain. As a sample of the real state of things,
we are anxious to call attention to the following extract
from the Kerry Examiner receiv ed this morniug—" It is,we
are sorry to say, a fact but too well known that extreme
and general distress prevails at this moment among the
humble classes, both in town and country; owing princi-
pally to the late very unfavourable season, and the con-
sequent deficiency and deteriorated quality of every de-
scription of crops. This is particularly the case with re-
gard to potatoes and turf—the poor man's chief means
of sustaining existence.—Dublin Evening Post.
THE MOST EFFECTUAL CHURCH.--TO
myself, the most effectual Church is that in which I see
the signs of Christian affection in those around me, in
which warm hearts are beating on every side, in which
a deep stillness speaks of the absorbed soul, in which I
recognise fellow-beings, who in common life have im-
pressed me with their piety. One look from a beaming
countenance, one tone in singing from a deeply-moved
heart, perhaps aids me more than the sermon.
When nothing is said, I feel it good to be among
the devout ; and I wonder not that the Quakers,
in some of their still meetings, profess to hold the most
intimate union, not only with God, but with each other.
It is not with the voice only that man communicates
with man. Nothing is so eloquent as the deep
silence of a crowd. A sigh, a low breathing, sometimes
pours into us our neighbour's soul more than a
volume of words. There is a communication more
subtile than freemasonry, between those who feel alike.
How contagious is holy feeling ! On the other
hand, how freezing, how palsying is the gather-
ing of a multitude, who feel nothing, who come to God's
on
house h
ot without e
r
asi
f h
reverence,tey
without
were
alsosveem, whohl
ed gazeat a show,
aroundow
each ,
whose restlessness keeps up a slightly disturbing sound,
whose countenances reveal no collectedness, no earnest.
ness, but a frivolous or absent mind ! The very sanc•
tity of the place makes this indifference more chill-
ing. One of the coldest spots on earth is a Church
evitertosomematolyiat
riatecsositolyr
God's service, that priests, who trace their lineage to
tweimthpoleut
idsevosetiton.apalry2iahtyis
Apostles, have consecrated it, if I find it thronged by
the worldly and undevout? This is no Church to me. I
go to meet, not human bodies, but souls ; and if I find
them in an upper room, like that where the first disciples
met, or in a shed, or in a street, there I find a Church.
There is the true altar, the sweet incense, the accted
priest. These all I find in sanctified souls. The Church;
a Discourse by Dr. Channingdust published.
STAVELEY.—For some time past a courtship
has been carried on by a certain couple in this peaceful
parish, and matters became so far matured that the
banns were published, and Sunday week was appointed
for the wedding-day. Of course
every preparation was
of the happy bridegroom ; but,
made, and sundry additions were procured w the ward-
robehat
had to bear witness to the truth of the old
haedage,t
for
" there's many a slip between the cup
and
dhtich lip,"was at the hour appointed for the meetingn
alas ! the fair bride
yw of making
im-
mediately to precede
the
for
them "one flesh," the aspirant f Y
it was found that on Fri-
day honours was
non est inventus. On inquiry,
his clothes and some eat-
day week he had packed
way train from Eckingt
°tildes, for which he has left the
great coat and other
neighbourhoodar minus the damage. The
eat-
ables, and had left the scenusetaPotionhi,stativnegnwtuirtehshbimy aarailne;
tailors of the
be thankful for . 13
ment, or to
as her inclination or good sense may
inauspicious union,hire Chronicle.
deserted fair one is left eitherh rtoesleaameenftrohmeradissomappewoihnatt-
dictate.—Derbys
DISTRESS IN PAISLEY.—We are happy to find
that the number
twenty-four, though much is to be feared
increased only t wen heavy failures lures which occurred a
of the unemployed has, during_. last. week.
dents 4,750 ;females , I
1 609 dependents 3,218 ;
dependents
Kilbarchan Johnstone Barrhead
few days ago. The numbers now are :—males 1,900,
be of unemployed amounts to nearly 13,070.
&c., the num r
from the effects of some su
w Argus.
c7i. d Includinge
n t
occurred
m •
whichPiPe in
nthe
to a man' named Charles' Ben-
jamin,otGal
singular;ilsgol SINGULAR
t4ac7
hLisammboeutthh:
conveyed im-
mediately iiee yearsha
poefLageitwahpopereansidetshaatt Nheo.
,e.as
Walking
remains in
pipe was
when
ng
htehestlrVuehkitecaghatipsetl-rog adpowstiithhya
sfotrrceeedt into his throat, and a portion of it broken off. He
Eas.;;Aowing in
prof
he
eshort time
mfeellddiaotwelnyctoontvhuelseLdonwdiothn
hafeosnpyi
t.
al
,Hweh
ewasre
a very dangerous condition.
xaTßsiAegOleßDrleeNtAoßfYpPetOatle'eAsTOw
Skitter's garden, at Shrub End Farm -exam,
sinceE
, the top of
which, when green, extended over a space measuring 33
feet in circumference. A few days since it was dug up,
when the amount of produce was found to be 231 ota-
toes, some of which were very fi
--ne, and the greater P part
eater
fit for the table.—lpswich Express.
WEST INDIA MAILS.--Tile following com-
munication, respecting the transmission of letters to the
West Indies will serve for the guidance of the public :
(Copy.)
" General Post-office, Dec. 10, 1841.
Sirs—ln reply to your inquiry, I beg to inform you
that the Postmaster-General has authorised ship letter-
bags to be made up and forwarded by the steam-vessels
about to sail from Southampton for the West Indian
Islands, prior to the commencement of the new arrange-
ment for the transmission of the regular mails to the
West Indies. I am, &c.
(Signed) "THOS. LAUREN CE, Assistant Socretar,y.
46 messrs. Powles, Brothers and Co., 13, Austin-friars,"