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

MISCELLANEOUS.

To-day, the 24th December, is rendered remarkable,
among other causes, from its having been the day on
which the bold Robin Hood breathed his last, in the
year 1247. his real name was Fitz-ooth, and his grand-
father, Ralph Fitz-ooth, Earl of Kyme, came over with
William Rufus, and his name appears in the roll of
Battle Abbey. At Kirkleers, in Yorkshire, is a grave-
stone near the park, under which, according to general
tradition, Robin Hood lies buried.
An ancient bronze sword has just been discovered in
the bog of Tinraheen, in Wexford county, on the Earl
of Arran's estate. It was at the great depth of 20 feet
below the surface of the soil, and has been buried there
600 years. It contains four parts of tin and eight of
brass.

On Wednesday last Lord Mayor O'Connell admitted
64 more persons to the freedom of Dublin. Some
claimed to have derived their right of freedom so far
back as 1773.

The King of Congo levies his taxes in a curious way,
He walks out on a morning when there is a high wind.;
he then puts his. bonnet over one ear only, and when it is
blown off by the wind, he imposes a tax upon those sub-
jects who live in the quarter from which the wind blew.
" Last week," says the Fifeshire Journal, a small
terrier unkennelled a crafty fox from some whins on the
farm of Treaton, and kept him at bay in the open field ;
ultimately he succeeded in capturing him."—ln the ap-
proaching Session of Parliament, if the Opposition ter-
riers do their duty, there will be a glorious unkennelling
of crafty foxes on the Treasury bench !
We understand that Mr. Williams has just written a
poem, in order to prove his competency for the Oxford
Professorship of Poetry ; but, on reading it to some
Puseyite friends, he was unable to obtain their opinion,
for, before he had finished the second page, they were
all fast asleep !

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS,
Clll', TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 23.—We have
had a good business doing in the Cotton Market to-day,
upwards of 5,000 bales having been disposed of to the
trade, inciuding 1,000 Surats, at 31d. to 4d. Nothing
done in export or speculation.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, DEC. 23.—The trans-
actions at the Stock Exchange this day comprise, Great
Western, at 84 ; Ditto 201. Shares, 9!. 1 ls. 3d. ; Great
North of England, 67i • London and Birmingham New
Shares, 27 ; North Midland Thirds, 16.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23.—Our
market continues firm, and Railway Shares are in good
demand. The following transactions have been re-
ported ; —Bristol and Exeter, 28 ; Lancaster and Bristol,
Three-Fourth Shares, 164; London and Birmingham New
321. 26i ' • South Eastern and Dover, 20k ; Manchester
and Leeds, Quarters, 31. 14s 6d. ; Manchester and Sal-
ford Water Works, 53k.

THE FUNDS.
Both the English and Foreign Markets opened steady
this morning, with scarcely a bargain doing. Consols
for the Account are 89k ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
89 ; Three-and-a. Half per Cents. Reduced, 984 s ;
Exchequer Bills, 10 12 preen.
Spanish Active Stock 23i 24k ; Portuguese Five per
Cents., 324- 33; Ditto Threes, 191 20.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Eastern Counties

Hull and Selby 5O 38
London and Brighton - 50 381 to
London and Bi.mingbam
Ditto i Shares
Ditto Thirds
Ditto New
London and South Western 3Bk
South Eastern and Dover
.HALF-PAST ONE.

There has been but little business doingin the Stock
Market, but prices have improved since the opening.
Consols are now 89f for the Account ; Three per
Cents. Reduced, 89i ; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. .10-
duced, 99k; Bank Stock, 1651 ; Exchequer Bills, 11 12.
,In the Foreign Market there are only three quotations
to notice, viz. :—Mexican Bonds, 26 ; Spanish Active
Stock, 24 • Dutch Five per Cents., 991- 100.
Very little doing in Shares. London and Brighton
has advanced to 38a ; London and Birmingham Quarter
Shares are 23f ; ditto Thirds, 56 ; South Western 58i ;
South Eastern and Dover, 20 ; York and North Midland
New Shares, 311. . •
Papers from New York, of the Ist instant have been
received. They are one day later than the former ac-
counts, but do not contain any news of the least interest.

HALF PAST TWO.
Consols, 89i I; Colombian, 20i 4; Mexican, 261
Spanish, 241.

QUARTER TO THREE.

It is suggested that the visit of the King of Prussia to
this country might be turned to some good account in a
commercial point of view, should the etiquette of
Courts permit his Majesty to entertain any pro-
positions, or listen to any representations in such
a matter. The intention of the German Customs'
Union to establish a war marine of its own, renders its
strict alliance as a union daily of more importance to us,
especially if we are to give credence to the report that
France is coquetting for the favours of the German
Powers.

HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, Dim. 1S
Billy. Money
Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 1628
Anglo-Russian Loan lOB% 108%
Russian 5 per Cent. lst series, Certificate
Inscription, Ist Series 10•46
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
__...

.
Series ........... 0000000000 ..•..• 00000 ..•...... 985;
Ditto in Certiticates
Ncw 4 per Cent. (1840) 86% Ng
Dutch Actual Debt, 2y,', per Cent soq 50
Ditto 5 per Cent -
Polish Bonds
New ticket
Anglo. Danish Loan, 3 per Cent. 775k 7714
Nmwegian Lean, 1834, 4 per Cent.... 11•2% 1028
Spsnish, New 5 per Cents.... lb!,

PETERSFIELD AND HAMPSHIRE

. BANK.

The old and respectable banking-house of Messrs.
Hector, Lacy, and Co., of Petersfield, resumed payment
on Wednesday, the 22d inst. Immediately after a pub-
lic meeting at the Dolphin Hotel, convened by the Ma-
nner of the London and County Joint-stock Banking
Company, of 71, Lombard-street, a deputation of gen-
tlemen from the above establishment were in attendance,
to state the principle upon which business would be
conducted in future; also, to inform the meeting that the
Directors had taken to the accounts, book debts, &c. of
Messrs. Hector and Co., and that all creditors applying
immediately at their banking-house, Petersfield, or in Lon-
don, would have their respective claims paid in full.
Mr. Hector, being in attendance at the meeting, was
much cheered by the gentlemen in the room for his ho-
nourable and noble conduct, after being used in such an
unhandsome manner by a few individuals calling them-
selves gentlemen, who had spread false reports respect-
ing his affairs, also bought up his notes and sent them to
be cashed in a mysterious manner. It is said the parties
are all known, and their conduct will undergo strict in-
vestigation.

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AMSTERDAM, DEC. 21.---News has been re-
ceived from Maccassar that :,the late King of Zanette,
Lapatoura, who had revolted against our Government,
had entirely submitted, and expressed his sorrow, wait-
ing with confidence for our Government to decide his
fate. The Government of Maccassar made the pardon
asked for, depending on Lapatoura s delivering up the
regalia which had remained in his possession, which he
accordingly caused to be fetched from 'rift, where they
were in possession of his wife. Our private letter
followingni news :atra, to encourage the
—" Measures
sc theoas t
of su
afrroemtaßkaentavoina,thgeivwesesut
cultivation of various productions for the European
markets, the Government intends to promote the plant-
ing of coffee and pepper by making contracts with the
native population, and advancing money to them for that
purpose. Young pepper plants are to be brought from
Alocco-Mocco (Bencoolen). A trial tocultivate pepper is to
be made also in the island of Pangelarang (in the residency
of Alger Bangies). The new plantations in Sumatra
were on the whole in good condition.. In Palembang all
s now quite tranquil.
Mr. Wickham, Chairman of ;the Stamps and Taxes,
had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the
poheciner, at his official residence in Downing-street.

EVENING SUN

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
The MASTER of the ROLLS was occupied all the morn-
ing with consent petitions of merely private interest.

VICE-CHANCERY.---(THIS DAY.)
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
HODGSON V. BALL.
His HONOUR, on entering the Court, gave judgment
on a motion made by the defendant in this suit. The
motion was to have a bill taken off the file for irregula-
rity. The original bill in the case was filed for the
purpose of making the defendant, and a person
of the name of Richardson, accountable for the proceeds
of a personal estate which they might have received but
for their neglect. A decree was made by the Court in •
1839, which directed, in the common form, that an ac-
count should be taken of the personal estate. The Pl
tiff filed a supplemental bill, in which he stated that, after
the decree had been made, he had discovered certain cir-
cumstances, which, if they had been made out, would
have justified a decree in the form,of making the execu- •
tors responsible for what they might have received but
for their wilful default. This supplemental bill was,
therefore, in substance, a supplemental bill of revi,ey'lw' Is°
and inconsistent with the order of the Court. His ,7
nour, therefore, granted the application, and ordered the,
bill to be taken off the file.
The Court was afterwards occupied with the hearing
of unopposed petitions and short causes.
(Before Vice-Chancellor liteicllT BRUCE.) opiti
gift
COCKBURN V. SINGLETON.
Mr. COOPER replied tb-day in this case to the argumen
ments, which have already occupied the Court se". •
veral days. •
His HONOUR postponed his judgment.
(Before Vice-Chancellor WIGRAM.)
BLAKESLEY V. WHIELDON. bill
His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause. The the
was filed for the purpose of having it declared that
plaintiff was entitled to a right of entry on certain cead
mines in the county of Warwick. The question turner,
•
principally upon the covenants and agreements rela.Z
to the mines. His Honour made a decree for sree,i3s,
performance of the agreement of the 6th of April, lc-
for
and referred it to the Master to settle a conveyancere
carrying the said agreement into effect. In set!' ItiFf
such conveyance the Master was to give to the P!a'n
and his agents the right to enter upon the inineshat
all reasonable times, for the purpose of ascertaining "the
quantity of coals was gotten or worked in each Year' 5,
Master to have liberty to state special cireuxestaec 1.
The question of costs was reserved, with liberty to aPP
GELDART V. HORNBY. It for
an HONOUR gave judgment in this motion. for
an application by a mortgagee to enlarge the tint by
payment of the money due upon a mortgage,
the Master's report of the sth of July, 184lt wa,ere
pointed for the sth of January next. Two points ^ en.
raised at the bar; first, whether the time should bteoula
larged or not ; secondly, if enlarged, whether it se r in
be upon the terms usually imposed on a mortga_genert.
such cases, of paying the interest due since the .rep
His Honour's opinion was, that the time should be the
larged, but upon the terms of the mortgager ould
interest. In the present state of the evidence, by -,,. to
make no order which would add a single
the mortgage debt. He thought the plaintiffs :ite
not justified in playing fast and loose refer°
the defendants as they had done, and he would the which
give no costs for that application. The intereaL`naid,
had accrued up to the date of the report, must debt.
but nothing at all must be added to the mortgage
LITTLE V. GREVILLE. 111 tills
His HONOUR gave judgment in this cause. lie for
case there was an application, first against Grey/rodeo'
the payment of money into Court, and for the 1;',,,t for
tion of books ; secondly, against the other defenuool
the appointment of a receiver of the general 13'',_f• the
estate, and also for the appointment of a receiver
too gr.
rents and profits tof some property belonging
_„uritl
Payne, the deeds of which he had deposited as a n-to of
for the sum of 6,0001., owing from him to the Ise, his
the testator. The application against shillin„ere
Gm/ that
Honour said he had already disposed of, nanlell;econd
wIl
there should be a receiver appointed ; as to !11-A of the
point, the plaintiff was a trustee under the trustee
testator, Mr. Priest, and had acted as such
for several years. It appeared that he had at.'‘'fr. Ore'
been discharged from being a trustee, and that tbere-
ville had been appointed in his place. Primal a,!;;55,Ut
fore, he had no interest at all in instituting.
_tur:ot ca
but it was said that, owing to his default IDe had suf"
ing in the debts owing to the estate, that estat_sed to be
fered very great loss, and that after he had ee'L,ci wo-
e trustee, a person of the name of Burbidge "'
the Yell
vered from him the sum of 4,0001. as a lien ten erader
property of which Mr. Payne was the owne.r.afe u 3 re-
such circumstances he was clearly entitled to b
voordeeprt
ceiver appointed to get in the debts of the
to ascertain whether he was justly liable to the .1"-'etue
of that 4,0001. His Honour, after remarking
f these st
length upon the relative position and rights L_d for the
ties, decreed that a receiver should be appointe_ to wile-
general personal estate, the Master to decide no have
ther a legal mortgage bond be executed, 0.1_*„.t,0 to e
power:to settle one ; the costs of the applican
costs in the cause.
SECONDARIES.—(THIS njos.
THE ASSIGNEES OF RILEY, A BANKRUPT, V" of Thos.
This was an action brought by the assignees the FP"
Riley, printer, a bankrupt, against Dr_ IEIIO, _an to
prietor of the Alligator, a defunct weekly newsPa,rbinp
recover a balance of account for the printing, pulvisto,
in
advertising, stamps, paper, books, rent of office, tinot
fact, every other expense incurred in the nianag!;oees,
and publication of the said paper during tea. viobiee
from the 2d Janua.iy last, at the expiration, nttbinn
time, having bitten every person who had haden'tencel
to do with it, the Alligator terminate'i its__," refuge
through the instrumentality of Mr. Rilef,,,waid for the
wore r
to go on with the paper unless lie
expenses he had already incurred.
er on
The defendant admitted his liability ed. the PI,I) •
into
Mr. Corey, the gentleman who masag eteriq
a the e bl 'bieg
the part of the proprietors, prove. an pu
a contract with Mr. Riley for the printing a
viroduce
the paper. ban cafe, r d Ives
Mr. Riley, who had since become a "8-.4 te an • s
tiees von-
the release of his assignees and his cer.„,ye the Ira
consequently a competent witness to P.-
f 0 hl $
items in the account, which he did. Jury
There was no defence offered, and the
verdict for the plaintiff for 631. Is. id.:

GUILD HALL.---(THIS DAAI iii,isherP
The driver of a HollOwdy omnibus, Paine 4000 i.
summoned moped George Bishop, driving a
liensingtall
busfor wilfully damaging his vehicle. the cora'
From the evidence of Mr. James, wile said the ae•
plainant used very disgusting language towards '
fendant, As t°
Sir P. LAURIE said he should dismiss the cas,e'nersai'
the disgusting expressions used by this class °` r or
itt'e-
was their particular idiom; to expect civila, eroald
cency from them was hopeless. He vvishod tbc'ea the
all adopt the plan which the ornnibus-driversts. The
New-road do, and there would be fewer COrePliti,,llo int d
way they manage is, every driver pays in the 31" e 9 all)'
money received for fares, which is in the eveningho onii
divided amongst them all, so that the Ini"11,. who
Pt.
gets three passengers is as well off as he wuc'reyentetl.
teen, and thus all competition and racing ° P—
_—....- 4 t'')

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LONDON, DEC. 24.—Wind this day at "°llS.J3Wrre.ine*thr
RAMSGATE, DEC. 23.—Arrd. Gustav Friti' A. 106 g °'
bcbfooaanircwkisCpurbita, ;cußtvsliaztaebre, Elizabeth, Leith
hitahvinfogr
bLeeegohoiranco, 'n'itt,:ft.oliYii`ji..c
mast,p Magnet, nfherota,mvPiniNgcaerbwdeceasfnortl
R, damage,pEe
hanerdewlillthgoinisntto, wthitehßasinto
OFF THE GALLOPER, forarr see
horn,. r ca
Hamburgh for Buenos Ayres.. dersoO,
OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, DEC. 23.,—"AnArt' liqu.lell'Iu:::
in contact. c2oi9pns.itiad clieeisrgcs.t:h.awhtabirTtarihgbinenwig:Chsio:Anerhe.o°—,nroodtio!
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Wind W.S.W. to IT:iiied 7tb
Arrd. Thomas Worthington, Paine, Lingo, iieci iith
Sept.,pt,-; Columbian, Wakeliam, Valparaiso, 63,00, llor
adura, sailed 25th Pocohontas, Higg Sr Pernambuco lath Nov. ; Richard, Sita'charle;
ton, sailed 25th Nov.; Aug.;Hibernia, New York, sailed
inst.; Retriever, Montreal; Fisherman, Giab,;aran4 )__':' 14„ciel-
Sld. Parlaud and Mars, Calcutta; S lia, -'7"-- "NY in'
Usand
son Wood, Maranham• E
, 4titerprise, j , for
Murray, Gibraltar. Arrd. off, Cosnw i
erne a
OFF D . OVLR, DEC. 21.—Creole, 1305°11%- n Gine
Monte
.Video ; George, Hamborgh for -1-0*
Norfolk Hero, Hull for S y ' • for
COWES, DEC, 23.—Sld.mVrenspaa. sian, Antwerp; le, n
DARTMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Arr. Britannia, )11,06 n~
Antwerp, with loss of sails, and head of forerrias bliS;
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind IV.S.W---Ali decks
Quebec ; Active, Nichols, Newfoundland, 7 . ~.' r
swept ; Elizabeth Mary Ann, Ancona. onstitot•
ti,re9l°;
ill's', iled Is
LERWICK, DEC.l6.—The Noraen Constitnti° nod ii
korn, from Drouthince to Barcbelona, have Dg 514th, .11
leak on the 10th inst., was run on shore on the ad Isla
the Island of Ocmurtree, west side of Shetland, te so
become a total wreck. Crew and part of the st°' ' ~1
lapstOrt.o to this port and Leith, in
materials saved. fro,
0 BERWICK, DEC. 22.—The John Callum, Wat,arboarti.
grave,
wi'thnaight, struck twice on SPitall point, bu,t.
ra,
FALMOUTH, DEC.
apparently not much dainagseaw.,Ar
mtd DEC 22.--Wind W. to
taking he Pcoe °
Wells, Quebec.' tt auefr:'
MILFORD, DEC. 22.—.A.rrd. China, 13enne__, ~_00104:,,
CORK, DEC. 2 t.—Arrd. Harmony, London, J"..,Ari ::
DEAL, DM 23.--Wind S.W. fresh breei•__ 00.,
Mary Ilalkett, Foggs, Buenos Ayres; Willielnetic,buco,
burgh, for St. Thomas ; Josephine, Smith, Bic_:Trisli.
Arrd. from the River, Stearn, Jamaica ; Archer,ostol.,
clad ; Charles Brooke, St. Vincent ; harletf_Pror.
The 'Union, from Liverpool, Nova Scotia, W D1',4,3, tb!,
was fallen in with 13th Sept., in lat. 49, In. 23,
_.'by el'
master and three men taken from the rigging d ,
I '
Josephine, Smith, arrived in the Downs. lir•l4'lt,
—Arrd. her Majesty's ship Powerfull,ld• Salta trio est,Li
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 93.-Wind IV.S.IV. to A iber t.
Kloebgeter, Bremen for Baltimore. Sid. her Cor
ship Atholl, Jamaica ; Pomona, Fayal. Arrd.
rib. King, Demerara.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO THE
morning the the Vicar, Churchwardens, H
and other tie_cld
men of the parish of St. Sepulchre, distributed P_lrr
gifts to the poor of the parish, not in the receipt ("thipiP
rochial relief. The donations were of money, el° frog
beef, coal
subscriptions of the benevolent to relieve the al cot?
s, &c. Some were annual gifts, otheis,
which prevails. Upwards of 100 recipients,
had been previously inquired into, were relieved.
e: P
lar gifts were made in many of the other at is
Dunstan's, St. Mary-le-Strand, St• Clement•P sc.
whos,iot,

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~,OLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
h,..tsSOLVING VlEws.—At the Polytechnic Institu-
W7i last night, sixteen new views of this descrip-
:Were exhibited. They were representations of some
tt:fle remarkable scenery and architecture of the Turkish
iiir,Pire• The exhibition commenced with a spirited de-
-16_04 of the Bosphorus, with a bird's-eye view of Constan-
le;'Ple, which was beautifully "dissolved" into the val-
It:, °I Sweet 'Waters—a scene in the environs of Con-
ksnitinople. This was sueceeded by the Palace of
Tash, the Mosque of the Sulimanie, a view of
th,"qantinople from the entrance to the Golden Horn,
.cisque of the Sultana Valide, the Mosque of St.
lira, Mount Olympus, the Shawl Bazaar, and other
41,1w3 in Constantinople itself. One of the most remark-
.,,and attractive of these representations was the Hall
remark-
`,, td This is a species of subterranean cloisters
ttl`-',,.°llstantinotile, completely flooded. In the view an
bio6usiltnan is represented in a boat, attempting to ex-
te these subterrancous regions. The story goes that
the/l'as killed in his attempt by the mephitic vapours of
heap The water in this view is admirably de-
d, and pleasingly deludes 4, the well-cozened sight,'
na exhibition closed with a view of " the Street of the
thumbs," with the grand procession on the occasion of
bps' Inauguration of the Sultan. The whole of these re-
,,—,esentations are executed with considerable skill ; the
ti;'°llring is brilliant and powerful, and the minutiae of
u.,_e designs, as well as the general effect, have been
6-`"tided to with success. The mechanism of '‘dissolv-
tli it is needless to say, was managed with all the pre-
'ton for which this establishment is noted.

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t. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
%, °l%,—ln justice to my character, which I hold as dear
*444 Noble Lord possibly can, may I request the fa-
eo44,l4t,you to allow me to correct the statement of
Potte-N the case of Maybury v. Lord W. Paget, re-
'try 114 your paper of this day, that I was " offered a
•"andsome sum."
last tnisb to IX for debt and costs was offered on Saturday
solicitor, who, of course, to the ex-
' t:es incurred at that stage of the promoceedings, refused
tre very handsome sum.'
%tit Saturday last no offer was made, notwithstand-
Wile fact of over two years having elapsed, and my
two g addressed several letters to his Lordship, about
te months ago, without receiving a single answer.
ti:44 the inference deducible from this incorrect asser-
, ,
te
an offer " of a very handsome sum" is likely to
etiou me as a professional man, I hope you will be kind
a Tgh to give insertion to this letter. Your's, Lc.,
'4lO Tower-street, Dec. 23. W. A. MAYBURY.

THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY).
CORN EXCHANGE.
This week's arrivals of Wheat hare been moderate ;
of Barley, Oats, and Flour, good. The Wheat trade
tenlains the same as on Monday, 'with little doing.
Barley and Oats each very dull, and hardly supported
former prides. Flour unaltered.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.
The supply was short, yet it was considerably greater
l the demand. The prices annexed were almost
te_nominal, as there was scarce a buyer in the market.
11_%.ts, 256 ; Sheep, 1,330 ; Pigs, 215 ; Calves, 58.
4, 33. 2d. to 4s. 4d. ; Mutton, 3s. 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Veal,
' 6d. to ss. 6d. ; Pork, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d.
NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.
"1 Ireat we had a good supply, but the business done
iselnuderate, and prices as follow:-Beef, 3s. to 4s. 2d.;
4:4n, 3s. 4d. to 45.; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. Bd. ; Pork,
•to SS. 4d. per stone of 81bs. Poultry and Game were
WeTn(lesdaysulTlY, and the prices were about the same as on
111 WHITECHAPEL MEAT MARKET.
lietftsupply was very limited, but equal to the demand.
33. RA' . Bd. to 4s. ; Mutton, 2s. 4d. to 4s. 2d. ; Veal,
4,14) ss. ; Pork, 3s. to ss. 2d.
TEA MARKET.
14Z1Vemand for Free Trade Tea was dull, and prices
supported. Company's Congou Is. qd. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
484.11 e demand
to 48s.f or P.Y.C. was good, and prices firm at
6d. per cwt.

ADELAIDE GALLERY.
CosoLviNG Virws.--=.Last evening Mr. E. M. Clarke
etil optician, favoured a few scientific gentlemen and
connected- with the press, with a private view of
arrangements for entertaining the holiday visitors of
• Adelaide Gallery, with an exhibition of "
Views," in addition to the numerous objects of art
„la science which already render this elegant and rich
11seurn so attractive.
1,
'he principal novelty in Mr. Clarke's arrangement
!hat ha views are exhibited on a transparent screen,
hick causes them to have an uniform appearance. The
e
at depth of the room keeping the nearest spectators at
e.,lnsiderable distance from the screen, greatly heightens
,l 14 assists this peculiarity. The transitions are, in some
L.
4,S
'flees, contrived to produce a ludicrous, in others
41„,' sentimental effect. Thus a beautifully-coloured
dr,_ lila-like group of Cupid and Psyche gradually
I/L"ls and melts into a pair of devils, cut
kV; Captain Barber, the Kalorarnist's, most approved
and playing at shuttlecock with a fashionable
oellaF; lady, who skips, a la Taglioni, high in air, from
1,2 battledore to We other. And, again, whilst the
etator is lost in admiration of the graneur and beauty
le, tile Lake of Como, a mist gradually obscures the
ipt,ae, and then, as slowly dissipating before the return-
-404 reveals the sublime and lovely Glendalough,
0l Is seen from the base of the romantic Teneriffe of
eklow.
thiaSwnetihat more than twenty years ago, the writer of
lap notice witnessed a very striking and interest-
Cr application of the Camera Lucida by Mr.
ark
s father, to illustrate Mr. Charles', the
gk'lo,quist's, lecture on " Ancient apparition of
-On. those occasions, by the combined arts
Rr," ventriloquist and the optician, shades of armed
*Er 'Ors, and shrouded kings, transparent as thin air,
rode_ made to traverse the stage, discourse, command,
114 prophecy, and even sing ! Although Mr. E. M. Clarke
he not the aid of the great Charles, his exhibition will
i,ithighly entertaining ; and if it were
.accompanied
*hi a short popular explanation of the principles upon
)160 the optical efforts are produced it would be also
thZ Y instructive to the young visitors of the Gallery in
aPproaching holidays.

in fir. DESTITUTION.—Yesterday even-
s4r• Riggs held an inquest at the Grange Inn
of re,
Wstreet, Lincoln's Inn-fields, on view of the body
gra--",zabeth Symonds, aged 45. George Wood, of
*itllng,,e-Yard, Carey-street, stated that deceased lived
tta one of,
witness's tenants in Grange-yard. About
tt o'clock last Wednesday morning, information was
dictight to witness that it was believed deceased had
add suddenly. Witness accordingly went to her room,
but af°llnd the door locked. He knocked and called,
doopueceased did not answer. He then broke the
Iteeel; °Pen, and found deceased dead, and in a
had hug posture before the fire-place. A knife
Ole ill; Piece of wood „were lying near her, aSsu ri-i
ti cal been attempting to light the fire.
fe wu'd was instantly procured, but it was found that
etisns completely extinct. Deceased wassufferingunder
43413:4ti0n, and was in a very destitute condition; her
Itetkiltans of subsistence being a trifle that she got every
„.,t(4a:Y going as charwoman to the house of a friend in
fc'street. She often wanted a crust, and was with
h -ve
~,°llse proper necessaries of life. Thomas Godfrey, the
1414, tilargenn of King's College Hospital, stated that he
believe that consumption was the immediate
of her death. She was afflicted with disease of the
\v‘4Bl-which disease would naturally be accelerated by
died oil! Proper nourishment. He believed deceased had
thick leeavulsions. The Jury, after au investigation
4Natilrailstded nearly two hours, returned a verdict of—
ent greatly accelerated by want of proper
_A 41}10/.u.
in„ -.ER OUTBREAK AT THE ROYAL
Of thi;i7 AT GREENWICH.—On Tuesday night the boys
feeBB- 'Pper School of the Royal Naval Asylum rose en
ho
and demolished nearly 300 squares of glass in the
the room and other apartments. For some time past
if the c'3's have been heard to threaten this should happen
ka,Y were not allowed to visit their friends at Christ-
the an indulgence which has been usually granted
torfl• This year, however, it was intimated that the
u'gence would not be extended. The poor fellows'
f:;,tion at the disappointment speedily gave way to a
t'iing of resentment, which neither corporal nor moral
gt, Vine could allay. It is expected that an inquiry will
7,,Pdily be instituted.
lift'ATAL ACCIDENT ON TIIE LIVERPOOL AND
I,,,,jICRESTEIL RAILWAY.—Another fatal accident occur-
(4l Wvdnesday on the road of the line leading from
hers." 4. Muspratt's works across the Liverpool and Moi-
ler Railway at Newton-in-Mackerfield. James Tay-
ant; afille lad, between twelve and thirteen years of age,
4,
the lock-keeper at Winnick-locks, on the Sankey
dross aftompanied by another lad, his own age, ran
tme line at the moment that the Liverpool and111?-iester five o'clock passenger train approached at its
w 41,11111 rate of about thirty miles an hour. One lad sprang
1;38•8 the fine almost in b
front of the engine, and
tL.
a
titr-breadth escape" avoided the threatened de
Yard ,Taylor, the deceased, who was not more sthan a
etigio'ellind his companion, jamped right in front of the
so% e• It struck him with dreadful violence, and so
eelltr4 the train had passed, his body was found in th_,
e
of th of the rails, at a distance, as afterwards measured
the hi rtY-six yards, from the spot at which he received
hib h °W. Both his legs were cut off' by the wheels, and
Inuied and other parts of his body were dreadfully
Tlted• He was lying quite dead in a pool of blood.
bky E ARUNDEL BANK.—ARUNDEL, THURS.'
Aro;,, meeting of creditors took place at the Norfolk
Gre,," inn, Arundel, before Messrs. Ellis, Powell, and
Thy n' for the proof of debts and choice of assignees.
It,be'otal amount of debts proved was 26,2651. 2s. ld.
as atr.t Watkins, Esq. (the Mayor of Arundel), proposed
Osb-o,,,lgneea Mr. Wm. Allen, Mr. John Haliday, Mr. W.
---11'11e' Mr. Richard Homes, and Mr. Wm. Elliot.
Hodson, a creditor, asked if it were necessary
Kol ve five assignees, as one of the parties named (Mr.
hadZs) had a brother-in-law in the concern, and he
the !ter be omitted. Mr. Wyatt said he was one of
to sC,cipal creditors, and he wished Mr. Hohne's name
amques-,nu• The Chairman of the Commissioners put the
ours n. when it was found that only four creditors,
nting together to 1,0001., were in favour of Mr.
poirltsee n's list. The five were then duly declared ap-
batik_
rd assignees, and Messrs. Relay and Co. appointed
s.
raa,lYde Park derives its name from the ancient
Pete, of Hide, which belonged to the monastery of St.
it be! a, Westminster, until, in the reign of Henry VIII.,
1652'nie the property of the Crown. In the survey of
greatly
contained 620 acres, since which time it has been
ar9iminished by taking a part of it into Kensing-
coro"er dens, and by grants of lands, between Hyde Park-
' the last Park-lane, for building on. According to
two
,uryey, taken in 1790, its extent was 394 acres,
citiee-i°°cls, 3s11 Caroline,ol pes.
in 178 The Serpentine-river was formed hr
0.

CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.
ABROAD AND AT HOME.

Now is come the Christmas Feast,
Let every man be jolly,
Each room with ivy leaves be drest,
And every post with holly.
Without the door let sorrow die,
And if, for cold, it hap to die,
We'll bury it in a Christmas pie,
And ever more be merry.
—GEORGE WITHERS.