The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1841.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU-
TION, REGENT-STREET.-I%IORNINGS and
EVENINGS except SA's URDAY EVENINGS.
THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Mr. J. SMITH will
deliver his FIFTH LECTURE on PERSPECTIV E, which
will be illustrated by a Series of beautiful Models. The Sixth
and Last Lecture will be To-morrow, at Two o'clock. Other
Popular LECTURES Daily.
• Nearly 2,000 Works of eminent Art, Science, and Ingenuity,
among which are BARWISE and BAIN'S METHOD of
PRODUCING SYNCHRONISM by VOLTAIC ELEC-
TRICITY. The ORRERY, MICROSCOPE, DIVING
BELL, DIVER, &c. MODELS of NOAH'S ARK, and a
LARGE STEAM VESSEL, each built to scale, showing that
the relative proportions are the same. The GREAT FIRE
of the TOWER of. LONDON, with the Klitary Signa's,
are added to' the DISSOLVING VIEWS. A VIEW of
CANTON, by a CHINESE ARTIST, the MODEL of the
UNDERCLIFF, Isle of Wight, and various other COSNIO-
RAMIC PICTURES, areincludesl in the Evening Exhibition.
Admission to the whole, One Shilling. .

Opens at Half-past Ten o'clock in the Morning, and Seven
o'clock in the Evening.

SUPERIOR CANDLES.

DAVIES'S CANDLES, 6d. per lb.; Wax
Candles, Is. 2d. ; Fine Wax, Is. sd. ; Cocoa Nut,
Od. ; Extra Fine Wax Wick Moulds, 71d. ; Transparent
Wax, 2s. 4d. ; Ge..uine Sperm, 2s. 4d.; Genuine Wax,
2s. 4d. ; Yellow Soap, 465., 545., and 60s. per I I 2lbs. ;
Mottled, 625. and 665. ; Windsor and Palm, Is. 4d. per pac-
ket; Old Brown Windsor Soap, Is. 9d. ; Rose, 2s. Od.: Cam-
phor, 2s. ; Almond, 2s. 6d. ; Sealing Wax, 4s. 6d per lb. ;
Sperm Oil, 9s. Od. per Gallon ; Solar Oil, 3s. 6d.
For Cash, at DAVIES'S Old-Established Warehouse, 63,
St. Martin's-lane, opposite New Slaughter s Coffee-Home.

CITY CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT.
No. 49, LOMBARD-S TREET, Established 1784.
Celebrated for BOYS' CLOTHING :—Hussar Suits, 24'.
Best Cloth, 345. ; Camlet Cloaks, Ss. 6d. ; Cloth Ditto, 15s.
Parents should see the Show Rooms.
Gentlemen's Taglionis and Great Coats,
18s. and
Army Cloth Spanish Cloak, 9} yards '
round
Opera. Cloaks
Camlet Cloaks, lined
Ladies' Riding Habits
Buckskin Trousers, 17s. and 1 1 0
Winter Waistcoats, 7s. and
Morning Dressing Gowns 0 15 0
Superfine Dress Coats 2 7 0
Frock Ditto, silk facings 2 10 6
Scarlet Hunting Coats
Shooting Jackets, 10s. 6d. and 1 1 0
BOUDNEY AND SON, No. 49, Lombard-street.
Established 1754.

QOHO SAUCE FOR GAME!!
The above delicious Sauce is peculiarly adapted for
Game, to which its fine flavour is a great auxiliary ; it is also
much esteemed as a general Sauce. It may ba had wholesale of
the Proprietors, Crosse and Blackwell, Oilmen to her Majesty,
21, Soho-square, London, or retail, of most Sauce Vendors
throughout the Kingdom, together with Crosse and Black-
well's superior Pickle, and various other rich Sauces.

PAPIER MACHE TEA TRAYS, 50s. the
SET, of FULL-SIZED GOTHIC SHAPE. Supe-
rior London Table Knives, with ivory handles 14s. per
dozen ; Brass Poles for Window Curtains, 1} inch; diameter,
Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. per foot ; bronzed fenders,
4 feet I;r.g, 9s.
SUPERIOR LONDON TABLE CUTLERY WAR-
RANTED.—TABLE KNIVES, with Ivory Handles, 14s.
per dozen ; Dessert Knives, I Is. ; Carvers, 4s. -6d. per pair ;
fable Knives, with white bone handles, Bs. Bd. per dozen ,
Dessert, 6s. ; Carvers,'' 3s. per pair ; Globe-shape Tea-
urns, 4 quarts, 275. ; new shapes, 395. ; Papier Macho Tea-
trays, gothic shape, 50s ; the set o f full sizes. Catalogues,
containing the prices, with Engravings of every Ironmongery
Article necessary to the furnishing of a house of any size, 25
percent. under any other old-establishod house, to be had
gratis (post free).
RIPPON and BURTON, 12, Wells-strew Oaford-street.

Established 100.

PUBLICATIONS

IMPORTANT NEW HISTORICAL WORK.
Now ready, in 2 vols. Bvo., 28s. bound, .
MEMORIALS OF THE GREAT
CIVIL WAR IN ENGLAND,
FROM 1646 TO 1652.
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Chailcs the First, Charles the Second, Queen Henrietta,
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POPLAR GROVE; or, LITTLE HARRY
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London : Printed for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside ; where
may be had, written by Esther Copley, Early Friendships, a
Tale, 25. 6d. ; also, Breakfast Table Science, by Wright, price
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COWPER'S POEMS, with Life and Critical
Remarks by the Rev. THOMAS DALE, embellished
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Drawings by John Gilbert.
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MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS:

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

TIMES.—The question whether State Stocks
are " bills of credit," within the prohibitive
clause of the Constitution, referred to yesterday,
is again revived in the American journals, and
legal authorities are cited on the subject, from
which a result may be gathered not unfavourable
to the holders, though we would still warn them,
as we did yesterday, to look on the very exist-
ence of the question as a sign that their position
is not perfectly secure. The decisions of the
Supreme Court tend to show, that those only are
the bills of credit designated in the clause re-
ferred to, which are issued by the State Govern-
ments on the credit of the Government, and de-
signed to circulate as money.
These decisions would preclude the notion
that the Stocks are " bills of credit," but it
would always be as well to look into the exact
wording of the instruments, and distinctly to as-
certain whether there be or not anything to
bring them within the meaning of the clause.
It appears that though the benefits of the im-
proved communications with India are tolerably
complete as regards the three presidencies,
much yet remains to be done for other places,
and especially for Singapore, Ceylon, and China,
to enable them to share that advantage. A cor-
respondent, who directs our attention to the
subject, states That there is no certain and direct
post from those places for England, and that even
though sent by ship to Bombay, and marked in
the usual way by " Overland mail via Marseilles,"
they will be forwarded by ship, unless the party
has some agent or friend at Bombay to pay the
overland postage for him. This may not often
be practicable, and hence the appointment of
Post-office agents at those places out of the re-
gular course of the India mail would appear to
be called for by the merchants; and as the rates
are high by this mode of conveyance, there can
be little doubt of its ;being worthy of the atten-
tion of the Post-office, even in a pecuniary point
of view, though that ought to be a secondary
consideration in all new arrangements, the utility
of which is clearly established.
SUN.—An impression seems to exist in favour
of an improvement in the Funds, but it would be
premature to calculate much on this, until it is
known what President Tyler says in his next
message to Congress on the subject of the " lit-
tle" matters of Right of Search and Boundary,
and what the Government here will do to im-
prove the resources of the country. Consols for
the opening and ex. div. were marked I per
cent. higher, viz. 89 to 891, and for present de-
livery, under special transfer, at 901, the market
closing well. The premium on Exchequer bills
was steady at IQs. to 125. ; East India Bands
were ls. to 3s. -prem.; Bank Stock advanced
again, being at 166 to 1651; the Reduced Three-
and-a-Half per Cents. touched 981 to 99, and the
Three per Cents. 891 to 891.
The Foreign Market presented a listless ap-
pearance, but prices were not lower generally.
Active panish Bonds were quoted 24 to 231 ;
Portuguese New Five per Cents. were a trifle
better, being at 321 to 32k, and Colombian Bonds
were worth 201. The possibility of a probable
renewal of hostilities between Texas and Mexico
has no particular effect upon the Stock of the
latter country, which was marked to-day at 261
to 261 for account; Russian Stock has been firm
at 1131 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent. Bonds
have been at 51i.
The Shares have been higher. For the prin-
cipal lines the nearest quotations are these :
London and Birmingham, New, 24; York and
North Midland 39; Great Western 191 to 20;
Gosport Junction 6, and Sluth Western, 1.81
prem.; Birmingham and Derby Shares 43;
Manchester and Birmingham, 111; and North
Midland, 27 dis. ; London Joint Stock Bank
Shares were 21 premium.