The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-25 00:00:00

ENGLAND.

Bank of England £16,292,000
Private Banks
Joint stock Banks 3,217,812
SCOTLAND.
Chartered, Private, and Joint Stock
Banks ......

.. 3,448,660

IRELAND.

Bank of Ireland v 3,303,275.
Private and Joint Stock Banks 2,561,713

Total..

£34,581,01

Bullion in the Bank of England .. .. £5,031,000
HENRY L. WICKHAIII.

Stamps and Taxes, Dec. 24, 1841.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
Th.. Gazette of this evening contains Fifty-10er ..a.hieeseee
of Congratulation to the Queen, on the occasion of the. Birth
"Of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. presented to her
ajesty by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart.,, Secre-
tary for the Home Department.

WHITEHALL, DEC. 16, 1841.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Luke Thompson, of the
city of York, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the
High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 18.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Oliver Lunn Hanburv,
of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in the county of Leicester, Gent, to be
a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 20.
The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Sedgeley, of
Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, Gent., to be a Master
in the High Court .of Chancery.
The Lord Chancellor has also appointed Alexander Samuel
Craig, of Shrewsbury, in the county of Salop, to be a Master
Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery.
BANKRUPTS.
FREDERICK THOMAS WEST, coal-merchant, Lam-
beth, to surrender, Jan. 7, at two, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankrupty. Lackington, Coleman-street-build-
ings, official assignee; Stevens, Wilkinson, and Satchell,
Queen -street, Cheapside.
ROBERT RICH ARDS, JAMES BRIAN T, and JAMES
COKER, rope-makers, Shadwell, Middlesex, Jan. 4, and
Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Gibson, offi-
cial assignee Basinghall-street ; Pike, Old Burlington-street.
IVILLIAIII HORSNAiLL, carpenter, Dover, Dec. 31, at
one, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Shakspeare otel, Dover.
Kennett, Dover, Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Bos-
well-court, Carey-street, Lincoln's Inn, London.
JOHN FOWKES, grocer, Beeston, Nottinghamshire,
Jan. 5, and Feb. 4, at twelve, at the George the Fourth Inn,
Nottingham. Jones, Trinder, and Tudway, John-street, Bed-
ford-row, London ; Browne, Nottingham.
THOMAS BENROSE, grocer, Spalding, Lincolnshire,
Dec. 31, at ten, and Feb. 4, at one, at the White Hart Inn,
Spalding. Edwards, Spalding ; Tooke and Son, Bedford-row,
London.
ANN PHILLIPS and JAMES PHILLIPS, window
glass-cutter, Jan. 4, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Green, official asignee, Aldermanbury ; Hender-
son, Mansell street, Goodman's-fields.
JAMES FORD, cooper, Bristol, Jan. 7 and Feb. 4, at two,
at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. White and Eyre, Bedford-
row, London ; Bevan, Bristol.
HOMAS BERRINIAN, builder, Montague-cottage,
Camberwell, Jan. ts, at two, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee ; Tilleard,
Old Jewry.
CHARLES ROBOTTOM, tavern keeper, Black Bull Inn,
Holborn-hill, Jan. 11, at two, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick-
place, Old Jewry; Warlters, Castle-street, Holborn.
THOMAS BARNSLEY, engine-maker, Tipton, Stafford-
shire, Dec. 31, and Feb. 4, at two, at the Waterloo Arms,
Birmingham. Miller and Fellows, Piccadilly, London; Hill,
Cannon-street, Birmingham.
HENRY CLARK, brush-manufacturer, Fleet.street, Jan.
8, at half-past tw;;lve. ATI Feb. 4, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Echirrtis, official assignee, Frederick's-place,
Old Jewry ; Weston, St. James's-place, Pall-mall.
r DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
C. Coils, C. Thompson, and R. P. Harris, jun., bill brokers,
Lombard-street, Jan. 14, at eleven-J. Dix, licensed victualler,
Broad-street, Lambeth-walk, Jan. 14, at half-past one-J.
Springhett and C. E. Wraxall, coal merchants, Phoenix-wharf,
Whitefriars, Jan. 14, at one-J. Saunders, J. Fanner, and T.
H. Saunders, woollen manufacturers, asinghall-street, Jan.
15, at eleVen-D. Rowland, linen draper, Horsham, Sussex,
Jan. 15, at two-G. Williams, linen draper, Aldgate, Jan. 15,
at one-J. and J. Richards, corn measure makers, Morris's-
walk, Bridge-street, Southwark, Jan. 14, at one.
In the Country.
D. Sharp, attorney-at-law, Southampton, Jan. 21, at two,
at the George Inn, Southampton-G. Sterling, jun., boot
maker, Neweastle-upon-Tyne, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the
Bankrupt Commission-room, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-H. Kirby,
railway contractor, Birmingham, Jan. 19, at twelve, at the Wa-
terloo-rooms, Birmingham-S. Price, machine maker, Black-
burn, Lancashire, Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Preston.
CERTIFICATES-JAN. 14.
J. Davies and F. Dickerson, merchants, Plymouth-B. In-
gram, timber merchant, Beech-street, Barbican-J. Brown,
iron master, Birmingham-M. A. Duncan, boarding-house-
keeper, Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park-J. Fearnley, woolstapler,
Bradford, Yorkshire-B. Wright, draper, Madely, Shropshire
-H. Bentall, coal merchant, Cecil-street, Strand-S. Hop-
kins, grocer, Croydon.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
R. and E. Colton, whip manufacturers, Kingston-upon-
Hull-A. S. Tipper and 'l'. Phipps, paper makers, Horton
Mills' Buckinghamshire-L. W.-Wright, J. N. Hopkins, and
C. M. Evans, bleachers, Brinksway, Cheshire-R. R. and M.
Pocock, school mistresses, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire-H.
Ceeney and W. Gilbert, smiths, Macclesfield-street, City-road
-J. Parlanc and R. Buchanan, timber merchants, Liverpool
-J. Higginbottom and B. Eddison, surgeons, Nottingham-
J. Bartlett, jun. and S. B. French, millers, Egg Buckland,
Devonshire-J. Watson and J. Booth, common brewers, Wath-
upon-Dearne, Yorkshire-T. Harcourt, W. Harcourt, D. Har-
court, and J. Harcourt, brass founders, Birmingham (so far as
regards D. and 'l'. Harcourt)-I. and G. Rigby, cart owners,
Liverpool-J. Jackson and T. Malley, coach builders, Lancas-
ter-G. and R. Parke, woollen drapers, Whitby, Yorkshire__
J. Harper, E. Harper, and G. Woodall, soap manufacturers:,
York-M. Slim, and G. Young, stone merchants, Northedgs•
Derbyshire-A. and R. Hall, grocers, Blackburn, Lancashire '
-T. Wood and J. Ashby, millers, Barden, Kent-W. and F.
Shaw, millers, Derby-J. Perkins and R. Henry, manufac-
turing jewellers,
North-place, Gray's Inn-road-A. Roe a nd
A. Petty, corn millers, Cowling, Yorkshire-R. Bothwell and
T. Holcroft, silk throwsters, Manchester-J. Manley and 11.
J. Stone, chemists, Paternoster-row.--D. Smith and J. I.V.
Holland, plumbers, Manchester.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
GEORGE BENNET, wine merchant, Aberdeen, Dec. 27
and Jan. 28, at twelve, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen.
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, baker, Caanengate, Edn- t

burgh, Dec. 27 and Jan. 17, at twelve, at the Chambers of R.
Laidlaw, Cannongate, Edinburgh.
WILLIAM FRASER, coach proprietor, Broxburn, Line
lithgowshire, Dec. 30 and Jan. 27, at twelve, at W. Fraser'..
Inn, Broxburn.

RUSSELL, MACNISH, and CO., merchants, London,
Dec. 28 and Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Counting-house d
M'Drun and Auld, GJargovr.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The Average Price. of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Doc. 21, 1841, is
3ss. Bd. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain.

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.

CHRISTMAS .AT VIENNA.
Among the inuMeiable preparations for Christ-
mas throughout Austria, the following is the
most general. At the corner of every street
are to be seen customers even of the lower
orders, bargaining for trees, adorned with knots
of many-coloured paper, in order to cele-
brate the Christmas. These trees are always
spruce firs, of every degree, size, and expense,
and not a cottage,in Austria, but has something
of the kind to solemnize Christmas. The tree is
called "the tree of the little Jesus," and on the
branches are suspended all sorts of pretty toys,
bijous and bon-bons, to be distributed among
those who are present at the fete. On the trees
in tlae 4itreet the place otinare costly presents is
supplied by apples, raisins, gingerbread of ches--
nuts, and little streamers of pink and vari-colored
ribbons give them a dazzling look.
At Prince Metternich's this custom was to be
seen in its best splendour.. For the lighting of
the tree, the large round dining table was placed
in the centre of the great saloon, and on it stood
the fir-tree, reaching almost to the ceiling, on
the branches of which were fastened a multitude
of wazen lights. Above, around, and underneath
this sparkling galaxy of [little stars, hung
suspended by dainty knots of ribbons, all the
bon-bons and other pretty things which glittered
in their rays. To disentangle them and distri-
bute them to the company was the concluding
ceremony, and the circle of young aces was ra-
diant with delight, 'under the twinkling bright-
ness of the rich tree. After the table was cleared
of its many and varied, treasures the tree was
made to descend to the floor, and then by the
aid of sundry tall serving-men withdrawn With
the illuminated branches, and the remainder of
the bon-bons scattered among_ Jhe dancing 'and
shouting little host.
CHRISTMAS AT ROUEN.

- ,At Rouen; fter the Te Deuni in the nocturnal
office or vigil of Christmas, the ecclesiastics cele-
brate the " office of the shepherds" in the fol-
loWing manner :
The image of the Virgin Mary is placed in a
stable prepared behind the altar. A boy from
above, before the choir, in the likeness of an
angel, announces the nativity to certain callous
,or vicars who enter as shepherds, clothed in tu-
nics and, atnesSes. Many boys in the vaults of
the church, like angels, then begin the "•Gloria
iniexcelsis." The shepherds hearing this, ad-
vance to the stable, singing " Peace, good-will,"
&c. As soon as they enter it, two priests in
Dalmatics; as if-woinen (quasi obstetrices), who
were stationed at the stable, say " Whom seek
ye ?" The shepherds answer, " Christ." The
women, then opening the curtain, exhibit the
boy, saying, " The little one is here, as the pro-
phet Isaiah said." They then show the mother,
saying,- " Behold 'the Virgin," &c. Upod these
exhibtions they bow and worship the boy, and
salute his mother. The office ends by their
returning to the choir, and singing " hallelu-
jah," &c.