The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-08 00:00:00

GLASGOW, JANUARY 5.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Aberdeen, 251,4—Ayr
and Galloway, 42s.—Caledonian, New, 575. 6d.—Caledonian
and Dumbartonshire, 455., stock—Direct Northern (scrip),
58s.—Dundee and Perth, 271. 14s.—Eastern Counties. York
Extension, 76s.—East of Fife, 57s.—East Indian, u s. 6d.—
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 60s.—Edinburgh and Glasgow,
Quarters, 19%—Edinhurgh and Perth, 64s.—Glasgow, Kil-
marnock, and Ayr. 701.—Ditto, Halves, 91. 9s.—Glasgow
Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6/. Ils. 6d.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ardrossan, sX—Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junc-
tion, 72s.—Great North of India, 3s. 3d.—Manchester and
Southampton, 395. 6d.---Midland, Halves, 7%—Newcastleand Berwick, 351. —North British, Thirds, 78s.—Paisley,
Barrhead, and Hurlet, 75s.—Scottish Grand Junction, 28s.
'6d.—Stirlibg and Dunfermline, 78s. 6d.

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW
(From Punch.)
1846 speaks :
I faint upon December's lap of snow,
I watch my lees of life drop one by one;
Young forty-seven is on the watch below,
To fill my shoes, almost ere breath be gone.
But listen, greedy heir, though faint and old,
My heart is big with work, not worked in vain ;
This hand, now palsied, 'forced Protection's hold,
And loosed the giant Commerce from his chain.
And all this night, the last night of my life,
Ere I go hence to join the ghosts of Time,
I have had glorious visions.—War and Strife
Lay dead, and by them Hunger, Hate, and Crime.
And Peace and Plenty, Knowledge, Hope, and Love,
Shone round my bed like angels, and bowed down
To my dim eyes; and then there came a dove,
That placed on my frore hair an olive crown.
Who will crown thee, young upstart? What remains
Of glory such as mine beneath the stars?
The year, that shook from industry her chains,
The year that spoke the doom of human wars!

1847 answers:—
Scowl not in death, old sire, nor think my hand
Would break one leaf from off thy crown :—in thee
I bow to a great year; but through the land
Achievement large enough is left for me.
Thy boon is incomplete; what thou hest given,
Material blessing to material man,—
Who waits what I must do, ere he have striven
Up to the compass of his human span.
Thou gayest wealth—l'll teach him how to use it;
Thou gayest peace—its arts I must bestow ;
War, thanks to thee, is such, that they who choose it
Choose isolation, beggary, and woe.
But ignorance is left, and where that is,
Is war 'twist light and darkness; be it mine
To chase that darkness back to the abyss,
To lift that light, wide as age, sex, or clime.
What schools must I not build? What prisons purge?
What self-conteuted foulness clear away ? -
Oh, there is work for me—and in my dirge
Deeds may be told great as in thine to-day I

MANCHESTER BOROUGH ELECTION.—We are now
in a condition to announce that the Earl of Lincoln will
speedily be amongst us. We understand that a latter
was received yesterday from his Lordship, by Mr.
Alderman Neild, intimating his compliance with the
request of the committee to attend a meeting of his
supporters. We believe the Noble Earl will arrive hero
on Monday, and the meeting will in all probability take
place on Tuesday evening next. We understand that
his Lordship, during his stay here, will be the guest
of Mr. John Peel, of Swinton Park.—Manchester
Guardian.