The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

RUSSIA AND POLAND.
PETERSEUEGII, DEC. 2.—lmmense damage has
been occasioned in our roadsteads by the ice ;
many vessels and quantities of,goods have been de'-.
stroyed. On the night of 25th Nov. no less than,
GO vessels loaded with corn were injured, and the fol-
lowing day was yet more destructive. To the 22d..
Nov. 2,360 persons had been seized with the
cholera, of whom 1,097 had died. In Kiew, to the
16th, 1,479 were seized with it, of whom 736 died.
In Timbirsk, Pensa, and Tambow, the pestilence has
almost disappeared. In Orel it is on the decline,
while in Tula, Sympheropel, and Ikatherinoslaw, it ,
again on the increase. In the territory of the Don,
Cossacks 29,516 persons have been attacked, and.
9,128 have died. In the government of Mohilew
broke out on the sth Nov.; in Cherson on the sth;:
in Volodga on the 10th; and in Iwer on the 19th.
Almost everywhere it has been carried by travellers.
To Volodga it was brought by a traveller from
Petersburgh.
Aimee, DEC. 14.—Her Majesty the Queen ie
expected to return hither this evening from Bam-
berg. Her royal sister, the Princess Paul, expired in
her arms the night before last. Her Majesty watched
her with the utmost solicitude. Her son, Prince
Frederick pf Wurtemberg, was likewise present.
The illustrious dea.`.(sed had attained the age of 60.
The poor of Munich have lost in her a most benevo•
lent friend and benefactress'. Prince Frederick will
attend the royal corpse to Stuttgard.
La Semaine says—" There is some talk that Holland
will cede to France, for an indemnity, that portion of
the little island of St. Martin which belongs to it.
The whole of this island, which is one of the Antilles,
and is situated a little to the south-east of Guade-
loupe, is now the joint property of France and
The
belongs
sertno ritr,lesvhich comprises about
chief town of which is Phil
Hol-
land."—Belgian Mail, Dec. 1.11 s
,baunrdg the
belongs southern,to
H tohle.

MAC RAILWAY SHARE MA... I,KETS.

7. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The share market to-day ha..
very dull and quiet, and prices are again lower. The 5...
are—Leeds and Thirsk, New, 15 dis.—London and North-
Western, 149 c.—Ditto, Quarters (L. and B.), 111/2 p.—
Ditto, Quarters (A and B), p.—Midland Stock, 401.
Shares, 411/2—North Staffordshire, 34 dis.—South-Eastern
and' Dover, 291/2—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 214 dis.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 20.
STOCK ExciiANGE.—The sales are—East Lancashire,
297,i3—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 3 dis.— Laacashire
and Yorkshire (P. and W.), 341/2—Leeds and Thirsk, Pre-
ferential, Ri dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire, Preference, 1% dis.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln-
shire), 5 dis.—North Staffordshire, % n. dis.—Shropshire
Union, 21/2 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 29:%—Ditto,
No. 4, 2 3-16 dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Exten-
sions, No. 2, IAB p.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, 15
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, 365. Bd.
dis.—North Staffordshire, 13s. 9d. dis.—Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 665. 3d. dis.—Shropshire Union, 23 dis.

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The Earl of Devon and Lord Courtenay leave
London to-day for Powderham Castle, the family seat in
Devonshire. A family circle meet there to pass the
Christmas.
The Right Hon. the Speaker of the House of
Commous and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre and family leave
Eaton-square to-morrow, for Heckfield-place, Hants, for
the Parliamentary recess.
THE ADMIRALTY BOARD.—The usual notice will
shortly appear in the Gazette constituting the Earl of
Auckland, Rear-Admiral Dundas, Lord John Hay, the
Hon. Captain Berkeley, and Captain Milne commis-
sioners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral,
FREE CONVICTS FOR NEW SOUTH WALES.—The
Elphinston, hired barque, dropped down the river yes-
terday to moorings opposite the Royal Arsenal, to
receive on board convicts from the Warrior and Justitja
convict hulks at Woolwich, who have voluntarily pre-
ferred proceeding to New South Wales, where they will,
on landing, obtain flee tickets, with the opportunity of
following any plan they may choose to adopt in that
country for an honest subsistence, on condition that
they do not return to this country again. The convicts
under sentences here for long periods appear very glad
to accept the stipulated condit'.ons, and numbers have
volunteered, and are now having each two suits of plain
clothes made, without any of the convict badges attached,
and these clothes will be given them on their embarka-
tion. Two other vessels have been hired to convey
convicts to the same destination, and are at present
taking in stores at Deptford. A new series of
toregula-
tiavaiaureinthis be
andthe
relative
alterationconvicts
willwhotake
twill
r
place at the commencement of the new year.
Mrl.Vleviriegltarmetutroowstna,tetih.pa.t
foburr
sroeustphecteadnetaoal'inrsem,
hanaa,
suffered severely from the prevailing epidemic. After
being so ill during an entire fortnight that he was com-
nelled to absent himself entirely from the House, hay-
, nig been present at only one division, he found it ne-
cessary to seek the advice of his own physician and the
repose of his own mansion. This will account for the
non-appearance of his name amongst those who took a
prominent part in the recent stirring debates.—Liverpool
Albion.
A Staffordshire overseer was discovered, at a recent
parish meeting, to have made 63 weeks in the year ! and
he had also made an entry about " county rats!" The
constable, whose laugh at the overseer was the loudest,
next produced his account, including charge for a " con-
quest' on a dead man! _

A VONACIOUS COD. —A gentleman residing in
Fortrose, in walking through their fishmarket the other
day, observed a codfish, which, for enormity of girth,
exceeded all the specimens he had ever seen. He charged
the fishwoman with having stuffed it with other guts, in
order to give it additional plumpness. This being in-
dignantly denied, the fish was opened, when six entire
full-grown herrings, in a state of inchoate decomposition,
were found in its inner regions. They had been swal-
lowed tails foremost, and some of them, feeling uncom-
fortable in their new habitation, were endeavouring to
turn their heads downward, but died in the attempt, as
they were completely doubled. Notwithstanding this
material deduction, the cod proved a very good one.—
Inverness Journal.

A FACT TOR THE SANITARY COMMISSION.--It is
a remarkable fact, that whilst the influenza has proved so
fatal in the metropolis, not excluding the West-end,
Brighton has been entirely exempt from the epidemic.
ADVENTUROUS ENGLISHMEN.—A New York paper
says Amongst the most notable lions in New York,
are two young Englishmen, William and John
Chearnley, who are on their return home from a great
tour, hunting buffalo through the far west and Oregon.
They and their party crossed the continent in March,
1846, and since that time have visited the western
shores of Mexico and California, seen the Sandwich Is-
lands and Peru, run up to 54 deg. 40 min., and back
here by way of the Great Lakes."
THE JEWS IN BAVARIA.—A letter from Munich,
of the 10th, states that the Bavarian Government has
called upon all the towns of the kingdom to send in
their opinions on the question of the emancipation of
the Jews, and that the municipality of Bamberg has
already declared itself to be in favour of an entire As 7
milation of the Jews to the Christians as to civil and
political rights.
CHIN SURVEYING.—A person not far from Tor-
rdiinmgetuonsi,olu)se,vhoand,
years, without coming to any
th2elfraedaesman thinking it time to
dsomewhat s
haaboveed tbhye
s ordinarycertain
barber every day for
regular settlement ;
wirensawfaacieet
per day, which amounted to 31/. 9s. 2d. The gentleman
exorbitant,made some scruple about
thinking it rather
nsr
wind up the account, carried in his bill, charging one penny
payment, when the to o proposed, if his customer
thought proper, to charge by the acre, at the rate of
200/ this was readily agreed to, and on measuring the
premises, uar inches proved
times, prol'edto be the content,
h
would measure
1,472,646 the charge for which would be
which traversed
li2n 9
chseqs,
over
461. 19s. Id., being 151. 9s. 11d. in favour of chin sur-
veying.--Poole Herald.

made ad? 'The second count': charged the defendant.
with a conspiracy to effect the to objects.
The jO
un. retired for some sme, and then returned s
verdict of tziltY
as to Charr. E.tie on both counts, and
Acquitted l'Ong on the First, "but found him Guilty .on
the second coup;'

BELGIAN ANL
1
'lna POLES.—The Zeituns
re-
lowing intelligence from Posen. _
ceived, from undoubted- • DUTCH PAPERS.
authority
we conceive it our duty instanti
Nay, we should consider it a crime .
and against our state authorities,
• •—" We have just ~ Halle contains the fol-
intelligence whien
Iv to make pubrie
against humardair• '
we were fog-
, , information,
one. moment to withhold the admonitor.) information
which has been imparted to us. This . „y_
is as follows :—' On the Russian ten**. •11 IP"
ro..
leagues from Mina Gora, on the estate of la. . ,
nislawskowski, a detachment of cossacks, undL. r the„,,
command of Capt. Dambrouski, has been station. '
for some weeks, which has orders to seize upon ?SL
Dabrouski (who, it is well known, was sentenced by
the Supreme Court of Berlin to two years' impri-
sonment in a fortress, but who is permitted to be at
large upon bail for a certain period) and upon his lady
on the, return to their estate, to carry them bound over
the frontiers, and thence deliver them up intosure hands.
The reward for the success of this enterprise is 100
silver roubles. On the adjoining estate of Mieroslaw
several cossacks, as well as their leader, have been
seen at various times reconnoitering the greunds.
Letters from Prague say that the Commander-in.
Chief of Bohemia has issued orders that all the troops
in the country shall be placed in complete military
order as soon as possible, that those who are on fur-
lough shall be recalled, and the companies completed.
The Silasian Gazette says, letters from the Italian
frontier have been commanded in high quarters, that
the three battalions of all the Italian regime( nts
of infantry shall be extended from four to six com-
panies, whereby the Italian army corps will bt'
strengthened by 3,000 additional men and 64 officers_
The Gazette de Milano says there is no truth in the
report that the Austrian Finance Department intends
to make a loan of 100,000,000 guilders, as has been
stated.—Ha.'nburgh Papers.
PRESBURG, DEC. 17.--The debates on the Address
continue very animated both in the assembly of the
magnates, and in that of the committee ; in the former
the Government has the majority, in the latter the
Opposition has the upper hand, and as the two parties
cannot come to an agreement, it is very probable that
the Address will not be presented. . _