The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-26 00:00:00

EVEN ING E D iTI 0.14!:

fivour may be given to any extent, not orily ~with a. vs.
sent advantage to the Ministerial fiction,. .but r pith
the hope that, in case of failure, the entire I.,\latne i nay
be imputed to Conservative hostility.
We earnestly reiterate this advice on two g,-our ids.
Ia the first place, apart from the manifest unprorlueti ve-
ness of these dissensions as regards the special obje.'s of
their promoters, the progress of Conservative princ 11 des
in the north has latterly been such as, but for thi. un-
happy dispute, would be highly adv2ntageous to • the
common constitutional cause. According to our i dor-
mation, there is now sufficient strength in the :fries

of Perth and Aberdeen, as well as it; the district .con•
stituencies of Elgin, Inverness, St. Andrew's, and .Jed-
burgh, to insure the return of Conservative men-t hers
at the next election. From a paragraph which Is .tely
appeared in our paper, we also learn, that at a re cent
dinner at Cheltenham, Major Anderson (the 130n-
servative candidate for the Lanark boroughs) not
only announced his absolute certainty of unsi
Mr. Radical Gillon—a statement which the lat g re-
gistrations in that quarter completely confirm --but
further declared his conviction that no fewer than
six seats in the south and west of Scotland w, .tre at
present ready to rid themselves of their several .
terial occupants. We believe this to be strictly true ;
and the seats in question, as we suppose, are these of
Argyleshire, Dambartonshire, Kirkcudbright, .together
with those of the district boroughs of Ayr, Put dries,
and Wigton. Now, with such encouraging pr,;) spects
a 3 these, which nothing but the suicidal divuniou
of the Scotch Conservatives can prevent from
being realized, what conceivable good can accrue
either to the vetoisis or to the anti-vetoists from ,their
respective endeavours to frustrate them ? By per.
tinaciously insisting that the Conservative candi-
dates shall either pledge themselves to their several
views, or else be deprived of their support, an 0;13Y
triumph will be secured to the existing Ministerial
members ; and thus, without bettering the position of
the Church in the slightest degree, the means of the
Whigs will be proportionably strengthened not only for
subjecting the Church to continued neglect and injury,
but for prosecuting those systematic sacrifices to Poperr
and democracy which every sound Conservative MU' it
be desirous to terminate.

'TRANSLATION OF TILE 818

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR,—In your paper of i3aturday last appeared a letter
signed " the Little Stone," containing some extraordi-
nary observations on the Hebrew Scriptures. As
regards prosecution for blasphemy, I do mot think it
prudent ; but I equally disapprove of vilifying the
foundation, because some defend it improperly. Will
you allow me to remind your Correspondent; that the
Old Testament was translated with great labour and
leisurely consideration, by men well learned in Hebrew ;
that it has since fifty times been sifted by men posses-
sed of nearly all the knowledge on the subject which
can be attained : and, finally, and especially,
language is not a thing in which new discoveries can be
made like a branch of natural philosophy.
I am," Sir, yours, respectfully, that a
A CONSTANT READER, M.A.,
Dec. 22, 1840.

FIRST FRUITS AND TENTI3.S.
OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Finding that the Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge were in possession-or certain First-fruits and
Tenths before the time of Queen Anne, perhaps you
will allow me to amend my question. I would ask,
=Were not certain First•fruits and Tenths now in
Cam-
the
oisession of the Univ ersities of Oxford and
con-
ridge surrendered to them by the Crown on
dition of certain lectures being delivered free and
open to the public ?—I am, Sir, yours, Ste.,
Ilfracombe, Dec. 2Z. 1840.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE :SUIY.
SlR,—Please send me six copies of The Sun of the
stem
2d •
inst., containing the Map of. China. I hope this sy
of illustrating events by charts in newspapers will be fol-
lowed up.
Will you have the goodness to excuse the liberty I take ,
in making a suggestion. Doubtless eur Governinent
will take this opportunity of forcing the China: Go-
vernment to open up their territory to the World.
A suggestion I would make appears at first sight too
much, but it is worthy of a second thought; a Rail-
way from Pekin, -,t,iroggil Asia and Europe to Lisbon.:—•
the beat point of embarkation for America—is a thing,
however improbable ever to exist, still less so ttotin a Raiur
l-
way from London to Glasgow was twenty years ago. O
influence in China and Turkoy is sufficient to clear
anthd
e
way, as far as these two countries go, both for leave
funds. After these there is only the Phan and /he King
of Persia to satisfy and gain over, with every hope of the
concurrence of European Governments, when a hlandarin
by the train may go from Pekin to Lisbon hi about a
week. The Persian and Tartar Monarchs are of
less
curious than other mcn, and to be able to visit
Govern Paris in
a week would be very attractive for them. Our
ment should be aware of what great affairs are at their
beck.--.I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,;
C. WOOD, Ship-builder.
Dumbarton, Dec. 22, 1840.

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS•

Wheat. Barley. Oats. tieani. Pease.
Per Quarter.i s. to s. a. to a. s• to a 44
. 3. re s. A.
A, ing.ion 54 66 30 40 2q 24 44 572 44.
Andover 54 60 33 41 6 34
Banbury 52 60 27 SI 24 29
Basingstoke 04 27 33 20 3.! 48 5`2 42 49'
Cirencester.., 52 61 34 36 '29 32 40 42 .
Coventry - 40
Daventry 63 72 38 44 23 31 30 44
Derby ... ... 63 66 30 85 24 31 48 50
1-lowcltn .. -
Flungerford 50 62 32 59 .23 33 44 52 ,:39 46
Malton -
Maidenhead' 52 75 35 40 25 34 43 5' 42 --
Nottingham 54 67 25 36 t.. 4 22 47
Wantago.
Warwick -
Winchester 70 — 4 a)
York - ,'•
Per Rush el ..d2 51'1! S' d: s: d: g. ar.,(14 6. B'6. 16
di
‘1;. g

Per Bushel s.d. 5. d. s.d. s. d. s.d. s. d. s. d, s. ci.l
Birmingham 70 79 30 53 4• 49 56 6S
ZOINBUROH CORN MARKET.—Dec 23
I ‘Viicat. Barley. 1 uat.. l'ease.
'7 .6. Od. 35:.6d. 20s CI. 42a. Od.
60 0 3, 0 '24 .. 38 0

Peaus.
ei .od,
d
3i- 0

First

Second
Third
Average price of Wheat '2l. 193 6d.
PRICES OF PROVISIONS i,C.
fleet; per io. ............ 9s. ed. tdis.7d.,, Freth Butter, PI. 0;. 0,1. to 1:•. 11
mi --...--...... 0 6 0 7 Salt Ditt0—........ 010 I
Altai 1
Vva1„.„,,,..„„....,...,,,,,,„, 0 5 10 i Ditto, per .cv.t. —92 0 112 0
ii0,,,,,,__,,,,, 0 5 0 7 Eggs, 'ter doz. —0 0 1 2
Lama, per qr. —., 00 • 0 0 OatStrawtkpl.!.... 7• 0 1.4 0
l'allow, cavt....--39 0 90 0 Wheat Ditto,— 6 0 8; 0
Potatoes,
tern Loaf .... 0 Sf 0 9 parley Ditto ~...... 5 6 -7
• •
Potatoes, 1-11 h. —.... 0 5 0 0 Hay, I,er 5t.............. 0 0 1 0
.EDINMURGH I,•IEAL MA Ma:T.—Dec; 9.2. • i
Per Sack of 2501 b. Imp Per tont.: ot 1910. Jim,.
First Oatmeal
Second ditto -1, 1 L..
Barleymem 1 8 0 Barleytmeal
Peasemeal .... 18 0 Peascineal . .................... 00 10
5
Pot Barley from 303. to 50s, per sack.

CORNWALL MARKETS.
(Calculated.)

Wheat.

s. d. to r. d. s. d. to s. d. s. to s.
- 0 7d— 0 3Af 0 2 8
9 0 0 4 0 0 3 0
0 7 5 0 3 6 0 2 5
0 8 9 0 4 0 0 3 0
6 6 7 6 3 0 36 0 '2
0 8• • 0 33 0 3 0
6 8 7 8 3 6 4 0 2 4 2 8
6 6 7 4 4 0 4 4 2 4 3 8

Oruro
flelstone
St. Austell
Rocirnin
7...iskeard
Launceston
Camelford
Penzance

THE BOMBAY OVERLAND MAlLs.—The
three last packets (from Europe) have amounted, in letters
and newspapers, to 32,777, 32,273, and 37,391: of these
9,934, 10,897, and 8,877, had to be sorted alphabetically
and distributed in Bombay ; many of the others had to be
re-directed, from changes in the regiments—all io b?.
arranged and forwarded in separate packets for 200 to 220
stations on each day's despatch, and there again sub-
divided into more packets, to alit the prescribed weights to
be carried at a time. For Calcutta, and places eastward of
Calcutta, the number of covers, letters, and papers, are
stated at 7,464, 7,333, and 9,427 respectively, in the three
last mails from England : for Madras 3,065, 2,728, and
3,326, so that five-eights of the mail are addressed to the
three Presidencies, and nearly two-thirds come to Bombay,
and to stations in India, for which packets go hence direct.
—Bombay Paper.

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with bright fronts, bright an black bars, bronzed ornaments,
100 s. ; brass poles for window curtains, lI inch diameter,
Is. 3d. per foot ; 2 inches, Is. Bd. ; a'2 inch pole, 3 feet 6
inches long, with ends, rings, and brackts, complete, for I9s.
Catalogues gratis, containing the price of every article, in
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BIRTHS.
On the 23d inst., at Blackheath, Mrs. A. de Arroyave, of a
the lady of B. D. Colvin, Esq., of a son.
daughter.
in Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, .the
()Ono
tthhee 2.43ttlhinitstts.t,.
lady of G. K. Pollock, Esq., of a son.
On the 24th inst., the wife of the Rev. G. Everard, Curate
of Christ Church, City, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., tha wife of the Rev. W. Pullen, of Upper
f
Seymour
Street-West,
toile auilesion.
On
of E. Barker, Esq., Edgeware-
dof a daughter.
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