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

MORNING SUN

was falling down as the ice melted. Another War
tration of the same fact was exhibited in an ;01?
resting drawing, where an enormous boulder, which
originally had fallen upon the frozen surface, was
now suspended at a considerable distance from the
level ice, resting upon a pillar of ice, which it overlaPPed
like an umbrella, protecting it from the sun's rays- vn
the other hand, any substance which absorbed hest
caused the ice to melt in an accelerated proportion ;
the shape of thnt substance, whether it were a withered
leaf or a bit of slate, was faithfully and accurately Pr.'
served in the hole which it produced. The lecturer de*
scribed a glacier to consist properly of three parts--the
first being that icy portion which is properly called a
glacier ; the second the region of snow which aceutnu'
lates in the basins between the hills, and which feed the
glacier proper ; and the third portion is the ice, in the
most elevated regions of the whole, which descend jato
the region of snow. The learned Professor then gave
a personal narrative of his journey, describing with much
graphic power the perils of travelling over these fields
of ice, whose enormous' fissures, effectually concealed
from travellers by a thin coating of ice or snow, Yawn
beneath their tread, and where a single false step
would precipitate the heedless traveller beyond the reach
of human help. To avoid this, the travellers marched,
in single file, each planting his feet in the foot marks of
the guide, who, on his part, took no step without first
sounding with his staff to ascertain its solidity ; and,
a still tartber precaution, the whole party were tied to'
gether, that if one should by accident stumble on oae tf
these fissures, the others might be able to drag him
The ascent of the Jungfrau was singularly interestiogi
After a long and toilsome march over bills and Oil's°
perpetual ice or snow, the travellers came at last to thee
peak of the mountain, all the aides of which but one
were so precipitous that neither snow nor ice would "'-
here to them, and were, of course, altogether icseeeesi
Bible. The only other side was very steep, and collo
with what the travellers sanguinely trusted would pro'
to be snow ; in this, however, they were mistaken ;
even in that elevated region, occasional thaws took pisc orf
which freezing again, rendered the steep one mass tit
solid ice. There was, therefore, no alternative but to u
steps in the ice, 700 of which were required before the:
could reach the top. The travellers were tied tor
ther as before, that if one missed his footing, the others;
though apt to be dragged down by him, were yet 11/::
likely to be able to drag him back to his place 11,,ig-n-7,
The summit of the peak was reached without aowee-to
and the view from the top was described as suffiejee'_r_
repay them for all their toils. By this time, boles;
the sun was setting, and the more perilous descent we„
still to be accomplished. They came down tied "by
ther as before, with their faces to the ice, holding ee_wo
their ice poles, and on moving one foot from the Ia
step, taking care to find out the next by scraping al the
the side before they moved the other. In this to/
_ass
peak was descended ; and the rest of the journey sie'bt„
the extensive ice-fields, was accomplished by woo So
The travellers safely reached the place from which teen
set out about midnight, having been more than se phis
hours on the excursion. Other two lectures on t."..coo-
teresting subject remain yet to be delivered ; hitt /4,lsyst
sequence of the intervention of the Christmas "op
the next is postponed till Satarday, the Bth of Jal3"

CORN AVERAGEM... cons, .
GENERAL AVERAGE I'RICES OF 8R1T1.,--, Betureo,4
For the Week ended Dec. 17, 1641, made up from, tne,,,japi a.
the Inspectors in the different Cities and 'fawn' in m"""
Wales, per Imperial Quarter. OS. 9d*
Wheat ......
31 24..
3d.9 I Vitaytes
...
..... Liss.. 55,1.1 Breeasan:.
..
... ........59, ttl•
Barley
AVERAGES OF THE LAST $ll WEEKS' ?WS'
Week ending WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. RYE. I OSA". .../".-....
............-•••• 4 t 9
•------ ---•••• •-.-.- -..-••• I 9
Nov. 12 6-1 4 33 4 '22 0 40 2 40 14 40 9
19 65 11 33 4 22 5 40 2 40 • 40 i
26 65 9 32 4 22 6 44 7 41 j 39
63 6 31 6 22 2 44 5 - oDec. 359 4 ail 4
„ .•••
. 0
„
10 62 7 39 9 t 2 2 44 8 39 g .7.
17 62 9 30 5 21 5 39 5 "• ~,, vif Om'
IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THI `l.'"
..39/. A.s'
Wheat......... 61s. 4d. 1 Oats •.......... 225. &LI Beans..... 403. .
Barley..
od.
DUTIES OW FOREIGN conic. ..11% 04
Wheat... ..... 225. Bd. 1 Oats
.. es.
Barley l3s 1 led. Aye
Y.
THE MARKETS.—YESTER"nA.

COLONIAL MARKET.
There was little business done, but prices were
tained for most articles. The imports were air'
TEA MARKET. „ an
The biddings were languid at the public sale'any 'i
but a small part sold, at barely former rates. C°D3Pte of
Congou is. 81d. cash; Is. 81-d. was the lowest TA
free trade Congou, cash.
TALLOW MARKET. e sP4
A good demand for Russian Tallow, both
0 tb 894 to
and for delivery up to the end of the year at
48s. 6d. per cwt.
METAL MARKET. sold
Speller in good request at 401. on the spot. -''''";teii(ll
steadily. British Pig at 191. 15s. per ton. If°.

at former rates.
WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET trade
he
The market was moderately supplied and t
5/ 1354
good at the following quotations :—Clover, t°
Hay, 21. to 41. Bs.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS.
.............----""
reo.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. -0'
......" I.
Per Quarter. s. to s. a. to s. s. to s. a. to a. '" 4$
Boston
liraintree 52 70 27 34 k 93 29 '33 38
B ighton 63 74 01 40 23 27 37 45
.. ..... 44
Cambridge — 63 2F 22 a. 0.1 40
Chichester 56 63 30 28 24 26 44 17 5 ,
.--
Dunmow 5B 62 30 3o 20 26 30 '`
40 "'" .0
Grantham 54
Grim sb y 56 74 29 33 lb 21 36 5 11
~
Hailshain - si
Hitchin 5O 73 27 35 20 30 3„,4 31 „.,31 64
Ipswich 6O 67 29 2 21 26 u 2, se3 ~,„•' SO
LeWITS 62 63 32 36 21 22 07, 46 " •-•-
Lynn
Maidstone 59 76 Oil 39 26 92 ..'„,,' 40 '7'm 42
Norwich
Petworth
Rom ford 56 70 28 3; 21 32 ~,,," C 2 """ag 1,1
Sandwich 6l 71 23 31 25 30 "„„ 44 ri. 3?,
Thetford 57 68 32 36 24 28 „,„'"' 42 ," 4u
Wisbech
61 71 29 35 24 31 s'"i; 40 ""
Witham
Yarmouth 6O 74 30 32 24 30 -,,,,,. 21. ,0, St*:
LIVERPOOL CORN MAIIKET.--m 0 0,1.10 ' 0
WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. ... ..............•.1 ;• 6 lg
..-•-•••••••-•-... Red ••• 0 0 9 0 !
scotch, Welch, and Manx ..................... 7 9 9.6
--- Irish, White 7 0 no 2.
----- Red

Foreign
OATS, Bnglish, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 0
—a-- Irish
Foreign 34 0
BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter ......
Scotch and Irish, pei 60Ibs.
--- Feeding 44 0
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter ................•' 0
Irish, &t.
Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter , 44 0
-- Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. l6 0
Irish
OATMEAL, English and Irish,per 2401t0s ......... . - •. 97 3s 0
INDIAN CORN, per 4801 b. , ~MI ........ ••••.•.: 31 0
RYE, per Imperial quarter "' .... 4b °
MALT, per Imperial quarter ... ........ . ............ "

Tuesday's Gazette contains a list 01 ,„ tio
pr'retshenotfe(reto Phrtiln.cemaojfesty
threebi addresses of congratulation to the Queen - were
addreSses the
medium of _
xcePtlQii
Home Sir '
Secretary, Sir James Graham, with the e ollf
perse
of one f T rom amworth, which was presented
Wales.through
etshee
by Sir R. Peel

0
tCt
PATENT LEVER SILVER 11 k
tch,
—E. J. DENT, 82, Strand, Chronometer,
Clock Maker, by special appointment to her MeiteLV
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince
ASSORTMENT o(these superiorly constructed i" eases'
at 61. 6s. each. They have double-bottomed flat silv.toritt
jewelled (six holes) movements, and cOnting• to Y;ireal
whilst being wound, with other modern movements' -s.
performance guaranteed. Their particular advanrtefilw;t
strength. moderate price, capability of bearing roue".„,,rater
motion without derangement, and stnall expense of `ritis..",
if they meet with injury. Gold cases from Si. to 101. e
82, Strand, three doors west of Cecil-street.
.Albert, ovo

EC g:
Corn t
:
SILVER TEA SER T' Iiit" .
—T. COX SAVORY, Working Silversmith, 47, .to th,s
London, seven doors from Gracechurch-street, Vlasfll'
prices of the following SILVER TEA and COFr ben feet,
VICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing en 'lid,. 06
the tea and coffee pots with a flower ornament ou the 5a9119.
King's Pattern is richly embossed with flowers an
°
The shape of either is new and elegant.
~,,m,s PATTERN. i; .6
COTTAGE PATTERN.
t 12 0
Strong Silver Tea-pot ...12 0 Strong Silver Tea-Pun in 7, ,
Ditto Sugar Basin 616 Ditto cBreegalinr •iaswte..ri 0
Ditto Milk Ewer. 410 Ditto
Ditto Coffee-p0t..15 0 Ditto Coffee-P° ..-- *
0
Complete £3B 6 sr°
Complete ....... ireo 0
...
A variety of upwards of fifty Tea and Coffee Serverf '
be seen in the Show-rooms, where may be selected very
Nur
clo of silver requisite for the sideboard or plate-ches otic10:
phlets of prices, illustrated by sketches of the variengt,ingdoill•!
gratis, and forwa-ded, postage free, to an?, ar
—T. COX SAVORY, No. 47, Cornhil , London' ael t,
from Gracechurch-street. .. ,r,
Waorndetnh,eolf7athdaiungsht.t,er. BI R THS 1'...
t of the ..0 400/!..
* tver I Mfg'
On the 16th inst., at Falkuer-terrace, L. Pc° '
g Siairr,
the lady of the Rev J.
of a son. ye dialiw''
atßo Hackney,faacosn,no.
a Mrs. . Cha r I " "" ' . ' .i ,'
On the 19th inst., at the Parsonage, Lanabourne ..n. `i
of
011 /
theOßnetvh.eß2.ol‘thi.iwnsto.t;da,t Latimer Rectory, Bucks, the
ladtill.
On the 20th inst., at Gayfield-square, Edinburgh,
of Captain Clegg, East India Company's Service, oases, an' the
On the 21st inst., at the Vicarage, East Ham,
wife of the Rev. W. Streatfeild, of a daughter.

MARRIED. gsq.
On the 20th of October, at Guntoor G. S. Forbes, _me
the Madras Civil Service, to Charlotte 'Louisa, eldestod.al,ol.
of the late Major Lake, of the Madras Engivers, a a 6
daughter of Admiral Sir Willoughby Lake, K.C.B. of cor
On the 15th inst., at Great Burstead, J. R. Gibson, eldet
thall-court, London, solicitor, to Mary Eleonora,, one of
daughter of Denzil Ede, of Billericay, Esq., R.M. an s
her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the county of
On the 21st inst., at Christchurch, Marylebone, of T.
lius Pettigrew, Esq., M.D., to Frances Mary, daughter
Moore, Esq., of Dorset-square

D lED. r
On the '2oth inst., at Harley-place, Bow-road, Mg
W'
'
beth Sack, aged 62. lb 000
On the 21st inst., at the Rectory, Fulmer, the ReY•
Weldon Champnes, aged 69. coke,
On the 21st inst., M 11
Maria, eldest daughter of R. .
Esq., of Dulw:ch. sr.mothorne"'i
On the 21st inst., at Glastonbury, T. W. "`"'s ,
Esq., solicitor. - - de;
i On the 22d inst., at Camberwell, Mrs. H. Scarrattl, Ile
Di
London: Printed and Published by DIVADO YOlitd iit
No. 112, Strand. .t TI.. gu. (A..., N,,, I so, Str f
the County of Middlesex, Friday, December 24'1841.