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

TEA MARKET.

Prices had a downward tendency for free trade Tea, and
tha market was in a dull state ; for Company's Congou no
demand, and sellers at 2s. per lb.
TALLOW MARKET.

There was a fair demand for Russh:n Tallow on the spot,
and prices were firm at 47s 3d to 47s 6d for P. Y. Candle.
Fur delivery in spring months 48s. per cwt.
SPIRIT MARKET.

• Prices still on the decline for Rum, and with scarcel)
any demar.d ; Brandy was not cheaper, but the marks'
was heavy.

HAY MARKET.

The supply having been large this week, and the demand
limited, former rates have been barely supported. Clover,
31. 10W. to 51. 15s ; Hay, 31. to 41. 15s. ; Straw, 11.8 s.
toPli 12s.

We have received several letters on the stthjec
of the late Anti-Corn-law lectures at Lavington. One
or our correspondents, speaking of the interference of the
clergyman, says—" The Rev. Parish Priest called on one
of his tradesmen in the eve i the waster Was at the meeting,
only the mistress at home ; she was asked what bills were
in the window ? He was answered ' Corn-law bills.' She
was told ' that if any hills of that kind were again put into
the window, he should order his bill. Thus a trad..sman
must consult the parish priest at Market Lavington what
bills he must put in his windows. The parish must not
only give him 400/. a-year to be lord over their consciences
to make themselves and their children Christians by bap-
tism, to hear him absolve them from it in his visitations;
and when he buries them sends them all to heaven; but he
must be lord of the shop too; he must be consulted before
a bill be placed there. In the language of the Church
we should say—' Good Lord deliver us from such priest-
craft and tytanny.'"— Wiltshire Independent.
The present Game-laws hold out a pre-
mium to poachers; for any man (it matters not how
low his station, or how desperate and infamous his known
character) may destroy, take, and sell game—first pur-
chasing a game certificate. Having obtained the certifi-
cate he runs over the preserves and lands of every man in
the neighbourhood, destroys and robs the owners of the
game so preserved at an enormous cost, and then sells it
to another person " licensed to sell game." But the evil
does not end here. This man, with his certificate to kill
game, employs twenty or thirty, or probably more, of the
most idle, dissolute, and desperate characters in the county
to destroy and take game in the night by every unlawful
means ; and the game thus obtained is conveyed to the
leader of the gang—the man " licensed to kill game," by
his purchased certificate, who openly and legally (by our
present absurd law) carries it to the poulterer, or person
licensed to sell game.—Evening paper.
In the course of the present week, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Douro have visited nearly all the pub-
lie buildings and most of the manufactories of this city,—
Norwich Chronicle.
SINGULAR PHENOMENON.--RUTLAND, DEC.
4.—On the 25th af November, at half-past nine a.m., the
s'ngular phenomenon of a solar arc of frost-bow was ob-
served in that part of the sky where a rainbow would na-
turally appear, but no rain was falling at the time, and the
arch was much broader and fainter than the rainbow, of a
whitish hue, and more distinct towards the horizon than
the vertex. The morning was foggy, and the tempera-
ture 31 degrees. Such phenomena arc not frequent, and
when they have been observed have usually preceded very
frosty weather. One was noticed a few days before the
commencement of the great frost of 1739.40, which frost
was exceedingly severe, lasting 54 days, killing many birds,
and destroying or damaging ninny trees. Another of these
phenomena was seen during the frost, both in this country
as well as in Russia, as appears from an account of them
i‘a the 19th volume of the Gentleman's Magazine ; and
they are said to be certain signs of very severe weather.
Another bow of the same kind was observed in Rutland,
January 5, 1757, about neon, and which was also a very
rosty season. —Stamford ltlemu: g.
Thomas Dodson, the gamewatcher, in the employ
of J. W. Childers, Esq., M. P., of Cantlev, near Don-
caster, who was dreadfully wounded in the face and head
by a poacher, on the 24th ult.. as detailed in our last, is
out of danger. Mr. Childers has offered a reward of 501.,
and the Government another 501, and a free pardon, to
any accomplice for such evidence as will lead to the eon-
victims of the party who fired the gun. A man named
William Turner, a joiner, residing at Awklcy, has been
apprehended, and remanded for further examination ; and
warrants have been issued against George Lindley and
Thomas Hartley, the former a blacksmith, residing at Fin-
niuglev. and the latter a labourer, living at Rossington.
—Nottingham Review.
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGII.—The Album
of the University closed for the present session on the 31st
ultimo, and we arc glad to learn that the number who have
matriculated this year is nearly equal to that of last. So
full is the attendance in the more advanced classes in the
Medical Faculty this year in Edinburgh, that the recently
appointed Professor of Midwifery has had to add consider.
ably to the accommodation of his class-room. In the
Junior Medical Classes there is also a perceptible increase.
—Edinburgh Courant.
l 'ii;S
JEWEL L E R'S GOLD.--:- . is, .. li .y no means,
so definite a term as is generally supposed : it may eithara
me-an gold of half-standard purity ; an alloy of copper,
gilt ; or a fine yellow composition metal, consisting of cop-
per and zinc in about equal proportions. One or more of
these alloys is named .' Birmingham gold." Nor must
the dark colour of gold articles be taken as a standard of
for this appearance is obtained by dipping the ar-
purity ;
ticles in a solution of copper. Foreigners are astonished,
and with good reason, that the English Government per-
mits the sale of that nondescript substitute for gold, called
" Jeweller's Gold," which does not even stand the ordeal
of aquafortis. It will rarely be taken, 'even in exchange
for similar articles, abroad. w here it is called " English
compound." Mosaic Gold is an alloy which does not
contain a particle of gold, as its name implies ; it being
merely tin and sulphur. The imitation of gold sold with
the taking name of Petit-Or, is nothing ntore than the
alloy formerly called Pinch-back, which is made by melt-
ing zinc in a certain proportion with copper and brass, sO
as its colour to approach that of gold.—Po]ider Errors,
by John Timbs.
The joint-stock banks beyond the 65 miles frosts ,
London must register their partners at the Statup-offiea,
and take out a licence. The London joint-stock banks
afford 119 such protection to the public.