The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-15 00:00:00

EVE'NiNG

IGEN CE.,

The defendant considered that the Post-office auth( - SPORTING ii....__
rities ought to look upon the letter in question as
tinenyrnous, but as such was not the case he was willing TATTERSA.LL'S—YESTEKDAY.
to abide by the decision of the Court, with the deter- An improvement will ba fonnd in the first favour ite for
urination in futute to refuse such letters. the Derby •; the first bet laid ag-ainst bins was 15 to'. 1-, in
Mr. Peacock said he was at liberty to refuse every scar,-s, after which a point icy
was offzre3, and t'lls;,Vre
letter that might be directed to him, provided he did net believe, would have been taken in two or three
„qur,rters at
first open it, for then be rendered himself liable to what- the close. Marshal Soult was back,-'d at 18 to 1, and Ce:'''''
ronation at 18 and 20 to 1, the smatter odds being, the
ever amount of postage might be stamped upon it.
Mr. HALL then ordered the defendant to pay the Sum to I horse *( liel'i
last ( ffered R dph was taken in conjunction with a .100
of :?.d., with the amount of costs incurred. 'f
received as his preseat laying price—we question
Brace) at 20 to I', which must. be
The defendant having paid the amount withdrew. more Viould have been laid. Mr. Grevilfe's two, sing
and as a " lot," were backed to Some amount, sin
having a very rising leak-33 and 30 to I
were taken
eagerly. Mongolian was aiso in force at an Advance of
sever,' points, and the fifties to one against the Duke of
Wellington were taken repeatedly, but without imyrts ovingrs
his position. It we add that some of the extreme oaidq
were in considerable favour at the prices stated a
gainst.
their names, we shall have noticed all that was worthy ol
mention in a long and tolerably busy afternoon.
DlifillY.
1-1 to 1 agst Lord Bruce's Rosalie colt—taken ,
18 to I agst Mr. Scott's Marshal Soult---tak.en -
18 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Coronation
20 to 1 apt Colonel Peel's Crinieleou
20 to 1 agit Mr. Thorniull's Ering,,,
20 to 1 ar,t :,.•rd Alb: inarle's Ralph
25 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken
20 to 1 adst Duke of Rutland's Sir Haus—takener to
30 o 1 arst Mr. E. Buckley's Gilbert, Beoth
T!,m--taken
30 to I a:• ,t
Mr. Gri-ville's Palremon.—taken
t ake n
33 1-.) 1 agst, :,' G. fleatlicote's 111011gOliall-
AO to 1 agst Mr; Wrt ford's Wahab—,aken
Mo. . ,
°
40 to 1 agst Col. Anion's Doke of \Veilington-7
50 to 1 agst Gen. Yates'. Sla:sow—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Jack Shepherd—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's two,,..taken.
2000 to 35 agst The Nob—taken
1000 to 10 agst Ben Brace—taken . •
1000 to 10 agst Clarendon—taken
1100 to 10 agst Sir Hercules colt—taken •
4
400 to 10 each agst Wahab and Palaemon in one
bet-t.
200 even between Simoon and Sato-BE—taken
10011 to 50 ag-t Ralph and Ben Brace—token
500 even between Cameleon and Ralph—taken
500 even between Cameleon and Fringo—taken
14 to 1 Prince Caradoc and Gilbert apt brother
Tom—taken.

IV RSH IP- STREET.
INFANT FELONS. —l4; lizabah Allen, a little girl only
nine years old, and Edward and Thomas Jones, aged
respectively eleven and thirteen years, all of whom were
in a wretchedly ragged state, and bl;rimmed with dirt,
were charged with having been concerned in stealing a
piece of beef from the shop of Mr. Ciift, a butetwr, in
Holy well-lane, Shereditch.
A lad named Cotton was called into the witness-box
to speak to the circumstances of the robbery, when the
following colloquy took place :---
MAGISTRATE—How old are you ? Witness-15.

You can read, I suppose ?—Nu I eri:P't-.
Why don't your motherteach you ?—Cos sti.:carn't too.
Nor your hither ?—No, he carn't read nnythcr.
Do you ever go to church ?—No.
Were 3.0 u ever there ?—I don't know as•l ever Was.
What do you do with yourself on Sunday ?-4.i'etchcs
beer and baccy for father, and sleeps about.
Mat becomes of wicked people when they die ?
They buries 'rm.
Did no one ever tell you that they are punished in
another world ?—\Vitness (with an incredulous grin)—
Never heered o' sit ch.
Mr. BROUGHTON ordered the boy to stand down, and
he desired the officer to censure the parents severely for
having allowed him to remain in such a shocking state
of ignorance.
The policemen then stated the charge against the
prisoners, and alter some evidence they were all dis-
charged.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-REGISTRATION
or LETTERS.—The Post-office authorities have issued a
notice, ktat.ng that henceforth the fee for registerint, let-
ters containing property or otherwise, for any part of th?
United Kingdom, will be Is. The registration of letters
for foreign parts will not, however, guarantee their secu-
rity beyond the port of dispatch, excepting to France and
letters passing through France. The charge for register-
ing letters to France will be Is., and the payment of the
British rate and twice the foreign rate of postage. But
for letters passing through that country there will only be
charged the registration le' in addition to the British and
foreign rates, the French authorities being answerable for
all letters as long as they rennin in that territory.
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THE MARKETS-YESTERD

PR 1, E t...F n.:, E A 0.
'[lie liighes roe, f .., i .he M.
Luaf. G.. d Brom stay be had at 71id. -
PRI, El OF SEEDS .
• Per Cwt. Per Quarter
_s
stis 70.
New E,.glsli IL,. C10ve,...50s BCs St. Fein ...... •—•—• ..... „.., .12s LINs
Ohli - itc Do o ...... —s —s —s Rye G ass ..................
_,.............._,
New Foreign Ditto --s —s 50s 45s Pacey Grass ......... . ...... „: 51,
011 Dit.;.o Leto —s —s —s Linseed, for fe.di: g ~......, 1(.6' .70,
I 01:91.s is 9}4d for die 1
New White Clover• 4lB s(s COs Dit o, for sowing •••• "....: Vs 40
Old Dilt, , Dit..; —s —s —s Ditto, fur crushi• g ....1...4 365 all
riv Tre 0i1.... —s tBs 428 Hem ............. . ........
..; ao, uos
Old I,itto .—s 20s a's Canary ..................... . s
Jr folium s 4Fs 70s' Per B i
sh,L'od to Ifs Cr.,
B glish Carraway —8 ,';..g .s's White Mustsd••••••l6s Od M 19s ij.....
Foreign I,itto
Coriander ...
P.slOE JP' 0,.1-'• . cO7 10
Rape Oil, brown, I,er ton ...... ................... 9ir
•• 46s 4,;.' Brown Ditto .......
...... .
Olio, refined .
Linsed Oil ....... , .................................. • ........ 14 12
Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill (pel 1000) ...... .. ...... .. 7 0
Rape ake, per to-. ..................... '''' lb• '
.............. ‘I2 • r., 19 0
PRICE OF TALLOW, SOAP, Sze. Per ...'` . 0
'Town Tallow
£•, 11 6 Melting Stuft' .•••• ••• ....,
12 0
Yellow Russ,,,
2 10 , Ditto Rough ................
~, 0
.. !; 5
. 7s 6tl to 10 11,-.
White ........ ~..
~.
Soap Ditto 0 0 0 Good Dregs ................. '
PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Sibs,
‘,.. iid
Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) ........... . '''
COAL MARKET
Ihips arrived since last market..ctay, lg.
s. d.
Adair's
Buddle's West Hartley 2O 0
Carr's Hartley
Derwent Main l3 6
Garestiekl
1.1 lywell Ma n 2l I
1 eaze's Main
Ord's ltedhugh l7 7
Pontop Windsor
liussell's High Main
Townley
21 0
West Hartley
20 3
Wyla;r: ....... ...............
Nails E d ECWie.,C min° 3 3
Walls End Brown's
Walls End .;osfortli
Walls end Heaton ........ ••23 3
Walls End Killingworth
W. E. Braddyll'shielloll
24 ii :24 Pi
Walls End Hetton

The following memorandum has been issued by
the Admiralty:—" Admiralty, 9th Nov. 1840.—The Lords
Commission( rs of the Admiralty are pleased to direct, that
Mates and Naval Instructors being now Warrant Officers,
shall not be subject to the restrictions imposed by the Act
of the 11th Georga 4th, chap. 20, in respect to letters of
attorney and wills of Petty Officers, and that they shall
not be subject to the examination of the Irspector of Sea-
men's Wills ; but that any parson may be deputed by
them, whether in the Unied Kingdom or abroad, under
letters of attorney, to receive the prize money to which
they may be entitled. This order is not, however, to of
the validity of any will according to the provisions of the
said Act, or of any prize order which is or may be exe-
cuted or given by acy Mate or Naval Instructor, before
the Ist of July, 1841."

s.
Walls End Lambton .•.... ..`24 9
W. E. North Helton Lyons 21 6 0
Walls End PeMrton.......
be
Walls End Stewart's ......... 25 ~
Walls End Hartlepool ....... 24 1;
WallilEnd Kelloe ..... ......... .1•11 v
ennant's Hartlepool ... '. ..... I,* ti
Walls End Clarence Hetton '2 9
Walls End Coundon .......... f.,1
Walls End Cornforth ......... 22 GO
Walls End Evenwood ....... '2l .
wait, EnditichardsOn's Tee3V2 6
Walls End South Durham... '23 ...
Walls End St. Helen's Tees .
\Nail:: End Seymour Toes... 01:4 ' ,
Walls End Tees ................. A
91 A
Walls End Tees }let_ .... '
Howard's Netherton blMn.., 19 ‘',
Wellwood .......................... 16 '''

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HUMANITY OF FRENCH SEAMEN.—The
British Consul at Havre has addressed a handsome letter
of thanks to Calatain Stoddart, of the Ville de Lyon, New
York packet, for his generous conduct in 'saving, as we
have mentioned, the crew of the Britannia, of Carlisle, and
bringing them into Havre. The Consul adds, that he has
acquainted Lord Palmerston with the circumstances at-
tending the saving of the crew, and with the liberality of
Captain Stoddart in declining any remuneration for the
subsistence of the eleven persons of Whiim it was composed.
The captain of the Britannia and the crew have returned
to England after warmly thanking their benefactors
THE FAST DAY..- At a meeting of the Town
Council yesterday, called for other business, a letter was
read from a victual-dealer, inquiring whether the meal
market would be epen on Tuesday. The Lord Provost
and some other members wished to have it shut, but the
majority of the Council were of an opposite opinion, and
business will of course go on there as usual. The Court
of Session is also to meet on Tuesday, but only fur a limited
period, to carry forward routine duties. Some of the
Dissenters have also resolved to open shop as usual. So
far from condemning, we honour them for testifying
openly in this way against the assumption of a
. power by the Church Courts which they -have no
right to possess; but, judging from what happened
on a former occasion, we suspect few will join
them. Most of the Dissenters, and a large proportion of
'lto Churchmen, will as usual make the day a holiday, and
devote it to amusement. The working classes wig love
one day's wages. and many of them will spend as much
more in drinking. Such will be the upshot of the solemn
fast and day of thanksgiving I Since the above waa written
we learn that the resolution adopted at a large and respect- '
able meeting of Dissenters, held in the Temperance
Hotel on Tuesday last, to follow their lawful employment,
by keeping open their places of business on Tuesday next,
the 15th current, has been already agreed to by upwards
of five hundred shopkeepers.—Scotsman, Dec. 12.
ONE OF THE CREW OF THE ROYAL GEORGE.
—lt may not be generally known to our readers, that the
old man who at,ends the gate leading into the Park, oppo-
site Vanburgln fields, is a survivor of the crew of the Royal
George. the vessel that went down many years since at
Spithead. The old veteran, whose name is Webb, has
attained the great age of 105 years; he has been at the
above gate 35 years, and in answer to our inquiries
whether he found his post a profitable one, shook his gray
locks and answered, that some days he does not take a penny.
He likewise states that himself and his wife frequently
dine upon potatoes. We shall be much gratified if this
short notice should call the attention of the charitable to
the helpless condition of the poor old man.—Greenwich
Gazette.
MAN.—Man is but a reed, and the weakest in
nature; but then he is a reed that thinks. It does not
need the universe to crush hiM : a breath-of air, a drop of
water, will kill him. But if even the material universe
should overwhelm him, man Would be more noble than that
which destroys him, because he knows that he dies, while
the universe knows nothing of the advantage which it has
over him. Our true dignity, then, consists in thought.
From thence we must derive our elevation, not from space
or duration. Let us endeavour to think well : this is the
principle of morals.—Pascel.
FIRST LovE.----David Crockett, when quite a
youth, fell in love with a beautiful Quaker girl, and he
thus fereibly, graphically, and poetically, describes the
off ct on an ardent and susceptible mind, produced by first
love :—I found myself over bead and heels in love with
this -girl ; and I thought that if all die hills there were
pure chink, and all belonged to me, I would give them if
I could just talk to her as I wanted to; but I was afraid to
begin ; for, when I would think of saying anything to her,
my heart would begin to flutter like a duck in a puddle;
' and, if I tried to outdo it, and speak, it would get right
smack up my throat, and choke me like a cold potato."
NA PO I, EO N.--:Wilen Napoleon Bonaparte first
. at'peared above the horizon, in the stormy night of the
Revolution, it was as the friendly star which lights the
tempest-cost mariners to :safety. While this new luminary
ascended rapidly and increased in brightness, the admiring
world was ie doubt whether it betokened good or evil ; but
when it culminated to its zenith, it appeared a baneful me-
, teor, casting, a disastrous twilight on the surrounding
gloom, and portending despotism to France, and subjuga-
tion to the rest of Europe ; until, descending yet more ra-
pidly than it rose, it left a long tract of glory in the heavens,
which the world, now relieved from its fears, has not yet
' ecaotil to regard with wonder, curiosity, and delight.—
' t'ucker's Life of Thomas Jefferson.
ROGUES ARE ABROAD. LOOK OUT.—
' Several letters have been received in this town from parties
' professing to reside in London, convei ing orders for the
purchase of goods, produce, &c , to be supplied from this
pert o the Isle of Man, Jersey-, or 11,iint,urgh,. and it is
to be feared that seine of our toivrisnien may have teen
caught in this trap. Any description of goods or produce
is suited to the taste of the writers of the tellers : for in-
, stance, one house is requested to send soap and glass
bottles ; another, tin plates ; a third, eufT.'e, turpentine,
and flour ; and so on; taking in the whole catalogue of
' eointneree and trade. Now, what appears very remark-
able in tiiii case is, tl,at similar letters are written from
Liverpool, by a firm of precisely the altos style, to various
per!s of the kingdom with similar orders, but often more
,xtengve, as they include Yorlshir,., Lancashire, as well
as other manufactured articles suited t i every market in
• the world. As there is no such firm known in Liverpool
as the one assumed for this splendid plan of operation,
there is some suspicion that all is not right so that there
alto are hoeotnett with the favour, of such correspondente
may be on tie it guerd.—Froai a C erespowlent o: the
Liverpool Albion,
TROOPS FOR INDIA.—We stated that in con-
sequence of the representations made to Go. e. nment by Sir
T. Willshire, 2,500 men:tvo.i'd be iminedi.ately sent out
to India. By dint of great exertion the reinforcement
is made up to 3,000 men, viz., 22i1 Foot, about 1.000;
reinforcement tor corps in India, 2,000. These will
cmuvrk from Gravesend about the first week in
January, direct for Bombay. The previsional bat-
talion at Chesty-m have upwards of 1,600 men ready
for embarkation,' and the recruits for the Ea, t
India Company are literally pouring into their
depot at the rate of 80 and 90 per week. As the East
Indic Directors have represented that they cannot do
with less than 10 000 additional troops, we apprehend
that there is but little chance of the 16th and 6th regi-
ments being relieved for some time to come. These
regiments of Infantry, and the 4th and 16th Dragoons:,
' are first on the.roster fur relief. The 16th Foot has been
on service in Ceylon and the East ladies more than
twenty-one years, viz., since August,
1819 the
6th
Foot at. the Cape and in the Indie nrarly
nine-
;
twenty years ; the 4 h and 16th Drsgoons nearly
teen )e ire, —Naval and Military Gazette.
CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME.—
The importal
.t
feature in the theatrical sea=son, " the new Christmas Pan-
tomime," is at the present moment, the all-engro sing
subject at Covent-garden Theatre, where everything now
is bustle and aexietv, front the capering
and Clow
an to
the the
ancar-
ll pte-
peetere, scene painters, property men,
mimic corps. L. is to be entitled the Castle if Otranto;
or, Harlequin and the Giant Helmet. No expense is being
spared in its pr,duction, i•ind amongst the attraction: will
be a panorama on an unusually exten:eve scale by the
Messrs. Griev..s. Payt.e is to be the hero Man'red;..
I RP
Morelli, Pantaloon ; Smith, Harlequin a
andlgivtaY' C'ss Palo e
ir, en ; i‘°
bro t helr, Columbine.

SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE KVES,
with Ivory Handles, 14s. per dozen ; Dessert Kni Nlves:4 11s.;
Carvers, 51. 6d. per pair ; Table Knives, with white b one
handles, ,Bs. Bd. per dozen , Dessert, (is. Bd. ; Carvers, 3s.
per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes,
394. ; Papier Macho Tea-trays, gothic shape, 60s ; the set of
full sizes.
( atalogucs, containing the pi-ice of every article. n furnish-
ing ironmongery and cutlerv, gratis.
RIPPON and BURTON, Wells-street, Oxford-street.
Established 1820.

818 TIIS.
On the 11th inst., at Ael,vorth Lodge., the lady of John
Gully, Esq., of a son.
On the IRh inst., the wifii of J. H. Jacob, Esq., of the
Close, Salisbury, of a daughter.
On the 13th inst., the wife of Mr. Alegi',7y, Trinity-square,
Newington, Surrey, ol a son.
On the 13th inst., at Poplar House, West-end, Hampstead,
Mrs. G. Wainwright, of a daughter.
On the 14th inst., the lady of T.
G. Smith, Esq., Montagu-
street, Russell-square, of a daughter.

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MARRIED.
On the 14th inst., at St. George's., Bloomsbury, Mr.
Frederick Keene, second son of Mrs. Hunt, of the Savoy
palace, savoy-street, Strand, to Emma, daughter of the late
Mr. U. Birch, of Long-ac: e.
On the 30th of July, at Bolano, Mexico, C. R. Butter,
ESC', sorb , sue to Maria del Rufugio, daughter of Don Pedro
Rodriguez.
On the 12th inst., at St. James's Church, Piccadilly, Mr.
R Howell, of Gracechurch-street, to Miss Elizabeth Rai'
neld,on, of Suffolk-street, Pall Mall-east.
On the 12th inst., at 13rompton Church, Stephen Dig.by,
eldest scm of the late Admiral- Robert Murray', to Georgiana
Francesca, d.'.uglite,- of J. G. Brett, Esq., Glove House, Old

•
Bron)pton.
00 the 12th inst. , at Torr, Devon, Lionel Oliver Bigg, E°9',
of Clifton, Ci!oucestershire, to Eliza, widow of the late J. 13'
Brown, Esq., of Torquay, Devon, and daughter of the late A.
Hogue, Esq., formerly of Calcutta.

DIHD.
'On the Ist of October last, at Tangatoor, in the East Indies
Captati G. W. Moore, 3d Madras Light Infantry, aged 34.
On the iith inst., Mr. C. Warneford, of Brighton, I.urgenn•
On the 9th inst., Mr. J. Barnard, of Park-street, Islington.
On the 11th inst., in Doddington-grove, Louisa, eldest
daughter of R. E. Sims, Esq., aged 31.
0,1 tie 11th inst., at Cumberland-terrace, Regent's-park,
J. _Rowney, h;sq., f. rmerly of Lisbon.
On the 12th inst., at Charles-street, St. James's, Captain
6- Hon. James :74tuart, late of the 85th Light Infantry, third
sun of the Right Hon. the Earl of Moray, K. T.
On the 12th inst' . at Wrotham, Kent, Harriet, the wire a
the Rev. G. Moore, Rector of that parish.
On the 13th inst.,-.Mr. W. H. Hudson, Ha market.y
On the 13th inst., at Deptford Barracks, C. Ferivricle
Esq., Lieutenant of the 61st Regiment.
Le.nl,:n Printed and Publisl,ed I,v M1,11.1)0 G.
Na. 112 at The Si.. Of:lice, ;‘..0. 1 Stra,d, In
the county of Aliddleiex.—Tuesday, December 15, '&4O,

From Henry Cowper, Esq., of Tewen-watersr
Herts, to Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, 39, Albermarle-•
street, Piccadilly, and 76, King William-street, Bank of
England.--., Gentlemen, having been deaf for many years,
I was induced from recommendation to try your. I fell sible
Voice Conductors, and I have great pleasure in
t
you that they enable me to hear persons in compile,'
an 6
at a place of worship most distinctly; and in consequence
ofthe great advantage which I have derived, I have roomr
mended many persons to you, and their report is simila
to mine—most favorable. The Spectacles and Hand4lass
which you have sent me are very excellent, and shit ray
sight precisely, and surpass anything of the kind I have
ever tried; the transparency of which is so brilliant, that.
although I have passed my 86th year the 22d of May
last, yet they enable me to read, &c. by candle-light with,
the greatest ease and comfort to myself.—Gentlemen, r
return you my best thanks, and remain your most obedient
servant, HENRY COVIPER.-22d of June, 1839."—1n con-
sequence of Mr. Henry Cowper receiving applications
frarn all quarters to know whether the above letter is
authentic or not, he has addressed a letter to the Standard,
which was inserted in that paper on the 6th of April last,
stating that it was so, and that in consequence of his etc-
treme age and increasing infirmity, he re ue ier,
qsted he neigi'
not be troubled with any further inquiries.— No cone
with persons of the same name.
FIELD SPORTS FOR DECEMBER.OII the
10th of this month red grouse and black game are pro-
thet by legal enactments from further molestation ; but
t pursuit of these beautiful birds (owing to their exces-
sive wildness after the first few weeks of the season) gene-
rally ceases at a much earlier period, and a successful pur
suit can only be conducted at the expense of great labour
and fatigue. Considerable havoc is made amongst moor
game during the snow in January and February, and the
bill legalising the sale of game having opened a ready
market to the poacher, the legal termination of the seasore
has become a dead-letter. They arc far more plentiful in
the markets in the months just mentioned theism August
or September. Though inhabiting.a more mountainous,
and consequently, for the most part, colder climate that
the partridge or pheasant, they breed much earlier in the
ing and young ones are occasionally seen as early as
spr ,
the beginning of May. Partri,dges will be almost unap-t
proachable even in the best-preseryed grounds. Pheaaan
shooting in this month in its zenith. Woodcocks and snipes
ought to be plentiful lead in excellent ecutption. Tean
wild ducks, and their web-footed fraternity Woe the more
northern regions, will occasionally present theDISCITCS..::
the pursuit of these birds the patent wire cartridr 1..
mexoosetpvtaiolunabolie
trout
tiasint
,Anllowfrereshfu.sweaateir3afiits.h, wlnitrhivt:res
where salmon spawn, the trout will bite very greedily at
di"pilte
salmon roe, and in such rivers are at this period in excel-
lent condition. Salmon spawn this month. December is
the best month in the year for hunting. The fences are
no longer blind, as is often the case in the preceding
month. The operations of the hounds are seldom inter-
rupted by frost ; and though, owing to the variableness of
the weather and the shortness of the day-light, the scent is
occasionally bad, better runs, generally speaking, with lei
and hare hap yen in December than earlier or later in the
season. Hares will be in excellent wind, and the same re-
mark wiil apply to foxes.
EXPORT OF MANUFACTURED GOODS TO
THE UNITED STATES. .The exi,ort of manufactured
goods to the principal ports in the United States is now
more extensive than it has been at any period for the last
twelve motelis, The
Newspcket ship England, whit+ sailed
un Wednesday, for York, and packet-ship Garrick,
which sailed yesterday for the same port, had freights
amounting to nearly 1,300/. each. The Susquehanna,
which sailtd on Wednesday for Philadelphia, had a fall
frei,,ht • while the traders to Boston and Baltimore fill
well.—Liverpool Albion.
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