The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1841
LMEIMMim,

VECTOR, LACY .A.Nb CO., PETERS-
FIELD BANK.—NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the NOTES and 13ILLS Of HECTOR' LACY and CO..
WILL BE PAID on presentation, at the Branch of the LON-
DON and COUNTY BANK. at Fetersfield, and at the Head-
office, 71, Lombard-street, London.
By order of the Board. HENRY LUARD, Manager.
17, Lombard-street, Dec. 22, 1841.

ANCHESTER AND LEEDS RAIL-
WAY.—At a Special General Meeting of the Pro-
prietors of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, held at the
Offices, Clowes-buildings, Hunt's Banks in Manchester, on
Thursday, the 23d December, 1841 :
HENRY HOULDSWORTH, Esq , (Chairman of the pi -
rectors) in the Chair.
The advertisement convening the meeting having been read,
the following resolutions were .passed
Moved by WILLIAM MARSHALL, Esq. ; seconded byjAmEs
HEALD, Esq., and resolved unanimously:-
Ist. That the Directors be authorked to proceed with the
execution of the works for the extension of the Manchester and
Leeds Railway to Hunt's Bank.
Moved by JAMES HEALD, Esq. ; seconded by JOHN HUMPH.
Esq , and resolved :
2d. That the Directors be empowered to unite with any.
other Railway Companies in taking
a lease of a proposed Railway
from Darlington, to join the Durham Junction Railway, and to
take any measures, with reference to the formation and esta-
blishment of the said proposed Railway, upon the principles and
terms now submitted to this meeting.
711. HOIJLDSWORTH, Chairman.
The Chairman having left. the Chair, the cordial thanks of
the meeting were, in the motion of James• Wood, Esq., seconded
by. Lewis Lloyd,, jun.,,Esq., unanimously voted for his conduct
in the Chair.

Fro ARCHITECTS.—A. .PUGIN,
. Esq., is preparing for " THE ART-UNION," a sa-
ries of papers, entitled " MODERN BRITISH ARCHITEC-
TURE," with explanatory Illustrations.
The " Art-Union," price Bd., stamped, is published
Monthly, at the Office, 132, Fleet-street ; and may be had of
any Bookseller or News-agent in the kingdom. •
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ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—
CONTRACTS for RAILWAY PINS.
The Directors are ready to receive-TENDERS for the
SUPPLY of a quantity of RAILWAY PINS to he deli-
vered at stated periods, according. to the specification ; and
patterns to be seen at the Engineer's office, High-street, Shore-
ditch, until the 27th inst., after which day no Tender can
be received.
Tenders to be sealed, addressed to the Directors of the
Eastern Counties Railway, High-street, Shoreditch, and en-
dorsed."—" Tenders for Railway Pins."
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
Tender.. By Order of the
teitt Iloard,;:'
• A.
fice,
BULKI3.I-4-_r Sqcretary.
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‘Caag of
High-street, Shoredit ch, Dec. 14, IE4I.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.—MORNINGS and
EVENINGS except SA'i URDAY EVENINGS.
The DISSOLVING VIEWS, including the FIRE of the
TOWER of LONDON, with the Military Signals. New
and vatied LECTURES' during the CHRISTMAS HOLI-
DAYL,. will be adapted to the taste of the Juvenile Visitors.
The DISSOLVING ORRERY,MICROSCOPE, DIVING
BELL, DIVER. Among the 2,000 Works of eminent Art,
Science,, and Ingenuity, is a MODEL of NOAH'S ARK,
the comparative proportions of which correspond with those of
the present—first class steamers. A VIEW of CANTON, by •
a CHINESE ARTIST. The remarkable MODEL of 'the
UNDERCLIFF, of the Isle of Wight, and various COSMO-
RAMIC PICTURES, are added to the Evening Exhibition.
Admission to the whole, One Shilling.
A NEW SET of DISSOLVING VIEWS is in prepara-
tion for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

ESTABLISHED MI.
THE LONDON MARBLE and STONE
.R._ WORKING COMPANY, are enabled with theii-
PATENT MACHINERY, to execute Chimney Pieces, Mo-
numents, Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of
such Work, with an accuracy, rapidity •f execution, beaut)
and durability of Polish, and reduction of cost, which cannot be
obtained elsewhere.

•The Public are invited to inspect their extensive SHOW-
ROOMR, containing the largest stock in this country.
The Trade supplied with every description of Rough Slab,
Blocks, or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the Works cut to order.
Esher-street, Bolywell-street, Millbank, Westminster.
Please to be accurate in copying the Address, to prevent im-
position, the Company having n• connexion with any other
Establishment but that in Esher-street.

PENDRELL'S- PATENT FLEXIBLE
PENHOLDER.—To ensure ease and comfort in the
use of Steel Pens, now in such general use, W. P. has, at
great. trouble and expense, constructed a PENHOLDER pos-
sessing four great requisites, viz., cheapness, durability, neat
and elegant appearance, and flexibility.
To quote here the many scientific opinions that have been
given on the uses of Steel Pens, and of the great necessity of
having Elastic Holders, would far exceed the limits of, an
advertisement.

. ,
The Proprietor humbly, but with great confidence, ays
before the public 'this little, hut no less effectual, promoter of
comfort, to all grades of society using a Pen, knowing that his
Flexible Penholder has only to be tried to be approved of. .
Manufactured solely by WILLIAM .PENDRELL, Silver-
smith, 17, Regent's-place, Birmingham.

BOTTLING SEA SON.—Gentlemen and Fa-
milies are respectfully informed, that the'BOTTLING,
of PORT WINES ,has COMMENCED at the GRAY'S
INN WINE ESTABLISHMENT; they consist of the
greatest Variety, from that of an economical kind .to those of
the most superior description, so as so meet the means and
wishes of every class of consumers, at the lowest prices prompt
payment ought to command :7-
Per. Pipe, £65, £75, £B4.
Per Qr. Pipe, £17,£19 10s, £2l 10s.
Per Dozen, 245., 275., 305., 335., and 365. •
HENEKEY, KISLINGBURY, and CO.
Gray's Inn Wine Establishment, 23, High Holborn, London.
No'rE.—A few Pipes of extraordinary Old Wines of high
chlracter and full of
_favour, at £93 and £lOO per Pipe.

pATENT BRANDY VERSUS COGNAC.
The region having arrived when an increased demand
for Brandy generally exists, J. T. BETTS and CO. avail
themselves of the opportunity again to remind the Public of the
fact, which has long been established, and is now generally ad •
mated, that their PATENT BRANDY possesses a degree of
purity, and wholesome properties, unknown in a very large
proportion of Foreign Brandies ; whilst The flavour so nearly
approaches that of the best qualities of Cognac, that it is diffi-
cult to judge between them. The similarity, in this respect,
might be made perfect; but such a fancied, advantage could
only be obtained by imitating certain impurities, existent in the
Foreign productions, from which the Patent Brandy is exempt;
as is demonstrated by the Testimonials of the most eminent
Chemists, to whom it has been submitted for analysis ; and is,
further, abundantly proved by the sanction of Medical Men of
the highest standing, as well in their private practice, as in
their directions to employ it in the Civil and Military Hospi-
tals, Infirmaries, and other Charitable Institutions, throughout
the Country. under their charge; where it has superseded Fo-
reign Brandy.
J. T. Betts and Co. regard these facts as the only comment
necessary to be offered upon the attempts which are yearly
made, and as certainly and fr&prently abandoned, to introduce
articles of the sumo class: which a very short experience has
proved to be utterly destitute of those qualities necessary to
justify their claims to
public support.
This valuable Spirit is manufactured only at the Distillery of
J. T. Betts and Co., No. 7, Smithfield. bars, London ; and is
sold by the Spirit Dealers in all parts of the Country ; or by
Agents specially appointed, under Scaled 'Certificates, where
there are no Dealers who keep the article.

WOOLLEN TRADE
LEEDS, DEC. 23.—We have no new feature to remark
in the foreign wool trade since our last report. The
sales for this season have been to a fair ex tent,-and prices
are well maintained.
The amount of business transacted in the English
Wool Market has only been to a trifling extent during
the week, and prices remain unaltered. .
TRADE OF LEEDS.—The same dull state of trade con-
tinues at our Cloth Halls this week as last, and this was
more particularly, the ease on Tuesday, which' was one of
the worst markets we ever witnessed. Remunerating
prices cannot at 'present be obtained, even' with the very
limited supply which `has lately been brought to .market.
The manufacturers are in a state of despondency, and
express themselves determined to still further narrow
their operations,and although this will fall heavily upon
the labouring 'part of the population in the manufactur-
ing villages, who are even now scarcelyAglfemployed,
it is the only safe policy they can. pursue until a better
state of things takes place. A rew houses are ehgaged
in sending off a few orders for the spring trade to the.
United States, but, with this exception, there is scarcely
any business doing in the warehouse,—Leeds Mercury.

I THE BUYERS AND SELLERS 07 BARGAINS.
—During the past week the trading community of Lon-
don have been. unusually excited, by the examination Of
a bankrupt linen-draper, before Mr. Commissioner Hol-
royd. If the allegations made, by the bankrupt turn out
to be true, nothing can be more humiliating to the cha-
racter of our international trade. 'Tis true' we have
heard of such transactions, but have never befOre had
the details so fully given. We very much fear that
those disclosures form only a' part of the system which
the cupidity of .John Bull has Called into life. " Bank-
rupt Stock' —" Tremendous Sacrifice" —" 50 per Cent.
under Prime Cost"—and such like announcements meet
us at every' corner of the street ; and the purchasers that
crowd to these places seem anxious, not that the vendor
should gain an honest living, or that the manufacturer of
the articles vended should do so, but that he or she, the
purchasers, should get us much of the property of both
as possible, without any consideration. It is this
want of honesty on the part of the thousands of buyer,
that is much_ more to, be censured than..the craft
and trickery of the hundreds of sellers. • Who ever
heard of `a purchaser that had declined to purchase at a
shop -of this kind, a silk, for instance, because it was too
cheap—because it was known that the price asked could
not pay the cost of manufacturing ? And yet-this buy-
ing too cheap, under other circumstances, is held to be a
proof of buying; knowing to have been stolen. At the
Old Bailey, the low price which receivers pay is consi-
dered as indubitable evidence of a guilty knowledge.
How indignant would sonic of our fair purchasers be if.
it were even insinuated that the rich brocade, purchased
at a cutting s:iop for two• thirds its value, was the pro-
duct
of a bargain made between folding doors, with the
buyer and seller hid from each other. Or fancy one of
our respectable matrons, detailing to her family her
prowess in scenting a bargain, and exulting in the dif-
ference in price between honest Mr. So-and-so's over the
way, and 'the price she paid, tieing gravely accosted by
some sober friend, "-Madame, these. things could not
have been manufactured for the price you hare paid fer
somebody has. been robbed, are you content'that
your children shall participate in the dishonesty ?"—The
them,
Non:coi!formist.

•
THE DISTRESSED PEOPLE OF SPITAL-
FIELDs.—The Lord Mayor has received the following
stuns in aid of the distressed people of Spitameids
P., 101. ; the Rev. Deacon Worrell, 101; E. 8., 51.. Mr.
3t.'reet, Lincoln's
George Sutcliffe, Bridgewater ifotel,Worsleayi,l;ri/6.1::
11; •P. Gosling,. ; a Widow- Lady, ; Hon. Miss
i,Aerridpetni,,,n3,/t;
tllliersGteSourgbes,criinptGiotnettptfclauPeberin_tsi
Inn-fields,. to be Continued during the winter months,
11. Bs. rd., an example recommended by the Treasurer to
the 5;000 publicans in the metropolis and its suburbs, as
likely to bcextremelyproductiVe to the charity, with Out
putting the.contributors to any inconvenience. .

TIIE MIND, AND ..OTHER POEMS.
• Tilt and Boyne, London, 1841.
In this.splelidid octavo volume, which is.worthy
to vie with the illustrated editions of Campbell
and Rogers, lately phblished by Moxon, and
which contains several exquisite embellishments,
we have a
.complete collection of Mr. Swain's
poems, who has been fbr many years a popular
poetical contributor to the Literary Gazette, and
several of the most successful Annuals. The vo-
lume is dedicated to Dr. Southey, and byway of
frontispiece.contains a beautiful fancy sketch, re-
presenting a castellated building rising above a
deep grove, and situated on a lofty rock that
drops perpendicularly down to an expansive sheet
of water; bOunded in the distance by a range of
blue hills. The sketch is a truly graceful one,
and does credit to the finish and delicacy of touch
of the: engraver, .Greatbach. The first and longest
.poem in the collection is entitled," Mind"—a
theme of comprehensive import, and the most
ambitions that Mr. Swain has yet attempted. It
'is in the good old Spenserian measure, which is
managed with. considerable dexterity, and reads
off with ease and spirit, notwithstanding its con-
stantly recurring rhymes—a difficulty which few
ono modern writers have been able successfully
to master, with the exception perhaps of Byron
and-Campbell. In Mr. Swain's hands, however,
the measure is singularly tractable, *and is un-
doubtedly the best 'he could have -chosen for so
wrave:and lofty a subject as that of " Mind."
His poem, as may be surmised, is partly didactic
and partly dAsfriptive ; but -as the majority of
readers of the present day, are somewhat impa-
tient of instruCtion, and prefer rather to be enter-
tained, we have no doubt that the descriptive
portions of the poem will be more relished than
those which are purely didactic. And it must be
confessed that Mr. Swain exhibits to signal ad-
vantage in description.. He draws evidently from
his Own vivid immediate impressions, and, from
not attempting id() much in the way Of ornament,
never misses. mark: No modern poet has a
keener, a.qUicker, or a more heart-felt percep-
tion of the myriad beauties of nature than he has,
aiid.the chastemelody of his varied versification
is not less remarkable. We prefer, however, the
shorter poems in the collection to the one on
" Mind;" for they are more vigorous, and fre-
Inentlystrike a much deeper chord of feeling.
As a favourable specimen of Mr. Swain's manner,
we quote the following stanzas
There'S beauty in the still, blue hour of night,
When streams sing softly through the moonlit vale ;
When, one by one, shoot forth the stars to light,
Dreamy and cold, and spirituallypale
Ther4's beauty. on the ocean, when the gale
Dashes :the merry billows to the strand ;
When like a phantom flits some wand'ring sail;
White as the moonbeam on theglittering sand, .
And distant flute-notes riseltouched by some skilful hand,
There's beauty on the quiet lake afar,
When wild-birds sleep upon its voiceless breast ;
The lonely mirror of a single star,
Pale shining in the solitary west ;
There's harmony and beauty in that rest—
So placid—stirless—lonely—and so deep—
We scarcely move, or dare. to whisper—lest
4 word should break the magic of that sleep,
And start the spirit nymphs, who watch around it, keep !
There's beauty on the mountains—when the snow
Of thousand ages on their forehead lies ;
Purple and glittering in the sun-set glow,
The gala light of the Italian skies : •
When gorgeously the clear prismatic dyes
• Illumine ice-built arches—crystal walls
That, like the Mirrors of the Spheres, arise ;
Dr proud magician's visionary halls,
Arrayed for merry masques—for pomps and carnivals.
There's beauty in the old monastic pile,
• When purple twilight, like a nun, appears
Bending o'er ruin'd arch—and.wasted aisle—
Majestic glories of departed years,—
Whilst dark above the victor-ivy rears
Its sacrilegious banner o'er the shrine,
Once holy with a dying martyr's tears ;
Yet 'amidst dust—and darkness--,and decline,
A:beauty-Mantles-still the edifice divine ! •
' But, ah ! bereft of Mind—which, is the light.
. That. melts the shadows of futurity !
Nor early morn—nor noon—nor summer night.—
Nor the wild billows of the lonely sea=
No—nor the sweet and plaintive melody
Of distant flute-notes on the moonlight shore,
May tough one heart with beauty the free,
And god-like spring of thought could act no more ;
Dark were the past to Man, and dark his path before!--
All beauty is the Mind's !—Tile dews of earth,
Iferloretiest breathings—her serenest skies
Re'er warm'd such noble feelings into birth,
As from our own. imaginations rise ;
The bright, illuminated memories
Which are the rays of the soul's world !—the gay,
,'And fond creations of our youthful eye's :
Beauties which set not with the setting day ;
But hold a life within—a charm:against decay !

THE WORKS OF WILLIAM .lAl'. Vol. I.
• C. A. Bartlett, Bath; Longman, London. • •
This book, reprinted from the Baltimore edi-
tion, consists of holy homilies for the mornings
and evenings of the year, and is intended for
those who love to retire into the still sanctuaries
of devotion, or the sacred cells of prayer. 'After
a ministry of more than half a century, the vene-;
rabic author has embodied in these spiritual ex,
ercises the result of his long doctrinal andpatri-
archal.experiences. Full of whole Some thought
and "necessary food," his volume opens a rich
and large pasturage, with daily and abundant all
spent to satisfy the religious soul. His style is
esnliued with the placid and comfortable serenity
that distinguishes Burder's and Baxter's writings,
which is so well adapted to attone the heart to
pious composure and prayer. The present vo-
lume appears at the right moment. Containing
the morning and evening exercises to be used
from. January to March, it opens and enters upon
the New Year, The various " Exercises" not
only distil pleasant waters in thenselveS, but
often . carry in their current particleS of gold,
which, in the shape of aphoristic expressions,'
gratify the reader. A few of these scattered-
grains we gather:—
BELSHAZZAR, KING OF THE CnALDEEs.—Merodach
Baladin was his father. Ills mother was Nitocris, a wo-
man of masculine understanding., He appears in the
sacred story like a man by the way side, hung in irons :
the memory of the unjust, shall rot, or, if • preserved. be
perpetuated ,in disgrace... Amyot, Bishop of Auxyene,
and Great Almoner of France, not long before his death,
was, urged to write• the history of his country : " I love
thy sovereigns too well," said he, " to write their lives."
. 11 lif:so
,IN SICKNESS.—After rearing•his fine palace
of cedar, he could not for a length of time take possession
of it for he was sick unto death, and the graves were
ready for him. What was an ornamented room in the rage
of a fever?
THE MYSTERIES OF RELIGION.—Ask me not for their
solution.. I only know the" fact, I see the two ends of
the chain, but the middle is under water ; yet the con-.
neetion As real as it is invisible. By and by it will be
.drawn up.
• THE thicAnEO-IsOn.-There are some who draw forth
rio blesSing while 'they live, or tears when 'they die. A
dry funeral is a hateful sight.
HUMAN DECAY.--7WQ talk of a dying hour, but we
die daily. Whett the bottle is discharged of its contents,
there is a last drop, but, every preceding drop emptied it.
as well as the last. Before the tabernacle is completely
taken down, some pin is taken out, some cord is leoened,
some rents or wearings away in the canvass are visible.
KIND TREATMENT.—Nothing tries like tenderness. Be-
nefits attract and attach the heart ; - and good men are
the most susceptible of grateful impressions.
FALSE FRIENDS.—Many are very friendly when you
want not their aid, or can impart favours. You are in
their garden : they walk in it in summer, but abandon
it in winter—then it has no flowers or fruits.
AN AFTER-STATE.—My finite capacity will hereafter
admit of blessedness infinite, so that I shall be perpetu-
ally growing in beatitudes, and be always singing a new
song.
'1 KINDNESS.—Wh6n love actuates, the 'sufferer is not
insulted while he'is relieved. Alms are not flung in his
face, instead of being given. The wound of distress is
not torn open, but gently touched with an angel hand.
Prone to the plaits ways of his fathers, and
shunning the baleful influences of all new or
noxious schisms, Mr. Jay never strays, by any
chance, out of the strict precincts of pure and
apostolical evangelisM. The light that guides
his steps, and those of his followers, is calm and
steady; and, in alluding to his writings, he in-,
vites attention to this merit, in a course of words
Which the acolytes of Puseyism should read for
a testimony. against them :—" Though the series
(of his"volume) extendS through no small period,
lie blesses God that the'whole is free from novelties,
and will not be found affected with the vagaries
and Whinisies, and lo ! heres and lo ! theses, which
are all deemed divine at the time of their preva-
lence." '.This sonic may ascribe to him as Preju-
dice, 'or obstinacy of belief, or the `abseace
of
metaphysical acumen, or the want of patience
and ability to open the seals and blow the trusts.
pets;• but whatever may be the supposed cause,
he is- not ,ashamed to acknowledge that -" having
old' is better !"
tasted the.news wine," he says, "the

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"'The following pages," says the -author of waggoner had, not gone far before he staggered and fell
this work in his preface, ' have been taken from. ipto the river, and•was drowned: lie has left a wife and
aJournal kept dt.tringfiveyears' travel in the East, two children.