The Sun.
London, England, 1847-12-29 00:00:00

MANCHESTEIi, DEC. 28.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bolton, Blackburn,
Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire, Preferentiala (s), dis.-
-Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 114 c-
dis.—Lanceshire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2%
dis.—Ditto( Preston and Wyre), Halves (B), 5-16 p.—Leices-
ter and Bedford, 4s. 6d. dis.—London. Manchester, and
Birmingham, 59 Ditto,Quarters (A), 3:Xt p.— Ditto, ditto,
(B), 33A p.—Manch ester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Pre-
ference, 1-16 p.—Ditto (Sheffield and Lincolnshire), 4 13-16
North Staffordshire, 14 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,
dis.—Wharfilale, 2 1-16 die.
BIRMINGHAM, Dzc. 23.

STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—London and North-
Western, 149—North Staffordshir,e 60. 3d. dis.— Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15% dis.— Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (A), 3 dia.—Shropshire Union, 2A die.
LEEDS, Dac. 27.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market continues very flai.
The only sales announced to-day has been at the following
prices :—East Lancashire. New, 31. 16s. 3d. dis.7Laacashire
and. Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 61s. dis.— Leeds and
Thirek, 16% dis.—North British, Thirds, 4s. dit!.—llitlO,
Quarters, 10s. dis.—North Staflordshire, Bs. 9d.— South
Yorkshire, Doncaster,, &c. 40s. dis.—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick), 375. p.—York and North
Midland, Preference, 5% p..
YORK, Dim. 27.
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STOCK EXCHANGE.-The salesare- Great Northern, 41. 7s.
-North Vritith, Quarters, 41. Bs.-York, Newcastle, acrd
Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 12.
EDINBURGH, DEc 27.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Caledenian, New,
21s. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, New, 121. 7a. 6d.-Edinburgh
and Northern, 15/. 15s.- Ditto. New, 305.-Edinburgh and
Perth, Halves, 43.-Great Northern, 41. 55.-North British,
251. 10s.-Ditto, Quarters, it4g. 6d.--Ditto, New Quarter
Millis; 355. 6d.-Scottish Centrals, 28/.
GLASGOW, Dac. 27.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Glasgow, Silrnar-
nock, and Ayr, 981.-North British, 24/. 58.-Scottish Ces.-
tral, 271. 12s. 6d.

THE WAY IN WHICH FRENCH WINE IS MADE.""
M. Lalande, secretary of the Free-trade Association of
Bordeaux, communicates in last Saturday's Econonii,i
the following:—Wine is made in a very
simple and
cheap manner. I shall mention the simplest, which by
many persons is also considered the best. When the
grapes are ripe they are gathered, and placed, either
with or without the stalks, in large vats, where they fer-
ment during a few days—from eight to fifteen. At the
end of that period, and when a great fermentation has
taken place and ceased, the wine is entirely in the lower
part of the vat, the other parts of the grape are at the
top of it. The wine is drawn from the vats and placed
in casks. There it must be allowed to remain for some
time without being disturbed. After three or four
months have elapsed, even before very often, immense
quantities begin to be consumed by the working classes
in our country, and by far the greater proportion of a
year's growth is thus consumed during the twelve fol-
lowing months. But wines, to be consumed by the
middle and rich classes, must be kept in cellars for
several years (from three to six years) in casks, and re-
quire no other care than to be drawn once or twice a-year
from the casks, in order to separate the wine from the
dregs. When by such simple process, and after a certain
time, wine has become sufficiently old, it is drawn from
the casks and put in bottles. The longer even French
wine remains in the bottle, contrary to a common opinion
entertained in England, the better it is. Its quality is
thereby improved to an extraordinary degree.
INloxsy-MARKET.—The premium on gold at Paris
is 13 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of
3/. 17s. 10iel. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.47 ; and the exchange at Paris on London
at short being 25.65, it follows that gold is 0.70 per
cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advises from
Hamburgh the price of gold is 435 per mark, which, at
the English Mint price of 3i. 17s. 10id. per ounce for
standard golf', gives an exchange of 13.10 ; and the
exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being
13.111, it follows that gold is 0.80 per cent. dearer in
London than in Hamburgh.

IMAMS.
On the 26th inst., at Stockwell, Surrey, Mrs. Thomas Liusi-
herr, of a son.

On the 25th inst., at Corston Cottage, near Bath, the lady
of Henry Eden Jones, Esq., of a son.
On the 26th inst., at Champion•hill, the wife of Thome
Hilton Bothamley, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., Mrs. John E. Cooper, of Great Coram-
street, of a eon.

On 'the 26th inst., at Sydenham, the lady of S. Laing, Esq..
of a son.

On the 26th inst., at Blackheath-park, Kent, the wife of
Joseph Underwood, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 26th inst., in Chester• square, the lady of Henry
Ley, Esq., of a son.
On the 27th inst., in Grosvenor-square, Mrs. Puller, of •
daughter.
On the 27th inst., in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, the lady
of William Strahan, Esq., of a daughter.