The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-14 00:00:00

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HAMBURGH MAIL.
FRONTIERS OF GALICIA, Nov. 28.—1 t is affirmed in
Cracow, th.tt Russia writ obtain r ,m Austria great com-
mercial advantages, with !aspect to its commerce with
Cracow. Cracow has obtained the right to establish in
future -magazine of goods, the produce of the States of
the Union. From this circumstance, it may be conjec-
tured that the earnmercial r. lations of Cracow and Pod-
gorze. where the population loses its privileges, stipus
lated by the act of the Vienna Congress, in consequence
of the incorporation of Cracow, will be regulated by a
separate convention. In the rest of Galicia tranquillity
everywhere prevails ; but the nobles and peasants are
animated by the tries' deadly hatred to each other. The
nobles are, in the most literal sense of the expression,
beside themselves at the incorporation of Cracow.
CRACOW, Nov. 30. —The greatest vigilance appears
now to be ex- rcised in respect to travellers. At the
barrier which they had to pass, on the way to the
Prussian frontiers, the diligence was yesterday stopped
by an Austrian police officer. The diligence was sur-
rounded by soldiers, the passengers obliged to alight,
and to follow the police officer into a room of the Cus-
tom-house. Here their papers were demanded, and mi-
nutely examinel. A Pole, in whom the police officer
thought he recognised the person whom he sought, was
arrested. We afterwards learned that, some days ago,
the Prussian diligence was stopped, not however at the
barrier, but at the last stage before Cracow, likewise by•
a police officer, but on that (evasion no one was arrested.
STocKHOLM, Nov. 28.--The Aflonblad corrects, to-
day, some part of the statements in the account given
by itself, and other papers, relative to the circumstances
of the attempt of Von Platen. It was not Col. Beyron,
but an artillery officer, who wrested the first pistol out
of the hands of the madman. The King himself came
,just at the time when the assassin was surrounded and
arrested by the guard ; and as soon as his Majesty was
convinced that no person was injured, he immediately
retired to his apartment, leaving the further investiga-
tion to the War Department, and an hour afterwards
took airing in a droschki. The King had declined to
receive several deputatipns, which the elders of the
citizens, and some other corporations, intended to send
to him, because no personal danger had occurred to him
in that affair.
STOCKHOLM, DEC. I.—The day before yesterday their
Majesties, with the Duke of Upland and the Princess
Royal, visited the theatre, where, after the first act, the
national hymn was called for; and again at the close of
the performance, and sung amid enthusiastic exclama-
tions of " God save the King."
For some days past the snow has been sufficiently
deep for sledges ; and we learn, from all quarters, even
from the west coast, that the cold winter weather has
fairly set in.
In the very industrious seaport town of Gefle, a new
society has been formed, in which the citizens of all
ranks are invited to concur in deliberating on " pro-
moting the principles of free trade."
BERLIN, DEC. 2.—The German powers of the second
rank are said to be in part very unfavourable to the in-
( orporation of Cracow. (With respect to Bavaria the
conduct of the Bavarian papers, the Augsburg Allgemeine
Zeitung indeed excepted, seems to confirm this conjec-
ture.)
A Berlin correspondent of the Weser Gazette, which
had reported that the negotiations for the incorporation
of Cracow had been conducted at St. Petersburgh, b'
the Prince of Prussia, now affirms that that Prince took
no share whatever in the negotiations for the incorpora-
tion of Cracow. and had even manifested an opposition
with re,pect to this question.
LEIPSIC, DEC. 3.—The principal merchants here on
the firs information of the changes of Cracow, made
representation to the Government, concerning the in-
terests of the trade of Saxony. The Government had
already taken steps in conformity with these representa-
tions. The business done with Cracow at our fairs has
greatly diminished, and it is probable that it will not
exceed in manutaetured articles one million.
BERLIN, DEC. 3.—We understand that the superior
authorities are engaged on the means of regulating the
relations of the Catholic, Evangelical, and of the Jewish
dissenters. Legal measures in this respect may be very
shortla expected.
MUNICH, DEC: 3.—lt has lately been announced in
several papers that the intended notice of the termina-
tion of the treaty of the 2d March, 1841, between Eng
land and the Z 'therein States, has bten chiefly occa-
sioned by a Government of southern Germany. We
can confirm, on the most unquestionable authority, the
accuracy of this view. The preparatory measures are
so far advanced that the official notice may be given
within four weeks.

Newport& Abergavenny 2%
Newry and Enniskillen 7 --
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor OO 5
Norfolk ..•
100
Ditto Half Shares .. 9
Do. Extension
Northern Counties Union 2IA l%
North British ... ... ... 25
Do. Half Shams
Do. Fifths
Do. Quarters
_15% 15. •• • .....
14 3:34
Do. Extension
Ditto Thirds 1 —•-• 3%
Northern and Eastern... 50
Do. Scrip (issd. 5 dis.) 45
Do. Quarter Shares... 12% —
8
Do. New ......• ......... I
North Staffordshire 5 ...... 8144%
North Wales .. ........ 3% _.—
•
Northern and. Southern
North Western. .......... 2% —
Oxford,poxCrftoornmdn Portsmouth
ucti Wolverhamptonn Worcester,giptni
re.
Direct...,,.
t and.a..tt.. ..d. 1372:5: 1-2
N .
Roystonßl
Richmond
iecC Prestonah dh
mi Cheltenham..,. e,annGhdua
Imiivd
f.;
or.
r.e d i .
and ... I %
41,:;
25
Do. % Shares ......... 6%
Reigateoidnn
dcl neoo.
nd.iivit :lls.ria..:iii ircite::
eh.:
j.e.nel :ins. . .tnifeo!,
Shares...
: .100411112,251 L; .. .
......... . . . . . . . . . . .
74 4
Scottish Midland ......... 12% ••
SSe4hDpetoflot.i.je:
•• * Do. Quarter Shares... 8
Do. & Great Grimsby. 10
Shrewsbury and Birth... 3 ....
Shropshire Union ...... 42& 44 dim
...... **" •• •
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
&S. Staffordslf. ,Tans. 21/ -
South Devon... ~,• . ... 40 —
South StaffordshireJunc.. 2%
-,outh Eastern & Dover. 33%
Do., No. 1........ .. .... 20
Do., Na . 2 ............ 12
Do., No. 3 ............ 1.5 ' — ..... ••• - ••••
Do., No. 4 ............ 2% — ••• ..... "*" '
St.Alban's, Hatfield,sind
Hertford Junction ... 425.
Staffordsh. & Shropshire 2%
South Wales..... ..... ... 5 ...N.— .....• .• • •
Swans. & Loughor &Ca-
meron's Stm. C0a1.... 2 ' ....., ... ...... ..
Taw Vale Extension ... 2 ...... 1
Vale of Neath ... .. ...... 2 .....
Wakefield, Pontefract. &
Goole 22%...... ... —
Warwick and Worcester 423. f....
Waterford and Kilkenny 11 ......
Waterford and Limerick 22%
Waterld,Wxfrd,Wicklw, •.•
and Dublin
Wexford, 1r aterford, and
V alentia -
Waveney Valley ...... ... 2 ...... --
welsh Midland
West Riding Union 423. ...... -•-•
West Cornwall
Nexford and Carlow -
"'mouth
York and Carlisle 23/4 ......
.. York and Newcastle. .
.. . ..
Ditto New 5 ...... 12
Do. Preference
'ork and North Midland 50 ......
Ditto 1,4 Shares ..... ... 25
Do. Selby 4O ......
Do. Extension 2O ...... 384% 38
Ditto, Preference ...... 2 ...... 124
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Anglo-Belgian 4 ...... ..-•
Barbadoes • 1
Belgian Eastern Junctn. 214 ......
Boulogne :Ind Amiens... 16 ...... 1314 ..••
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 ..
Do. (Espelete's) . 2 ....
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Calcutta and Diamond
Callao,llr 1)
Lima,ou r .
a. .
n. .d.
p. .
a.
c. .i .ft.
c. 73. .... . . _.

and COMM R (JAL NEWS.
MONEV
?he Sun of Se ,tutda
The sales ofy
(From
lotton at LiT'l ?001Yes'.erday were 22,000
`l3tl 7*
to We re both taken on
bales. Surat ttn""". rates. bh. Ires were somewhat
speculation at ad,

firmer. at Liver pool this week have
The sales of cott, '3l
vaer IS still due.
amTohuentGedretaottv2vl,esotoeorolb m
st
r)lrectorr ;
glsaond have diminished the
%xtent e
again this week, and
iws
tTuhehi soe oßfaa notes to Eg tonht m
•oulat ion has been circum-
scribed to the extent of abt 'lit 350,0001, although the
bullion has increased nearly f ,0001. Is this prepara•
i the el,
tory to making money scarcer ti and raising the terms for
accommodation in Threadnee fie street? The features
in the return from the 28tt tdt. to the sth inst. are
briefly these:—
Notes ssued ....
Decreas 9......••• • ••
Rest decrease ........•
Other Deposits increase •••
Public Deposits increase ..•••••••..
Seven Day and other Bills
crests e
Other Securities increase....
Notes increase

NEW ARRANGEMENT OF POST-

OFFICE SALARIES.
Within the last few days, and since the introduction
of Mr. Rowland Hill to the control of the executive de-
partment at St. Martin's-le-Grand, several valuable im-
provements in the way of new arrangements have been
made with respect to salaries in the executive depart-
ment of the Post-office.
On Saturday a deputation of the stampers in the es-
tablishment mi t Mr. Robert Smith, the superintendent
president of the London District Department, for the
purpose of representing to that gentleman the claims of
this class of mini, who stated to him that their scale of
pay was far below the slim to which they were entitled
in consideration of the duties they were compelled to
perform. Mr. Smith entirely agreed with the nature of
the petition presented, but still he thought it would be
better if the applicants made no mention of the decision
granted by her Majesty's Lords of the Treasury with re-
ference to the General Post office, lest the comparison
might appear invidious. The men consequently agreed to
withdraw their memorial for the purpose of amending it.
2.1 r. Smith stating that if they did so, he would forward
it to Mr. Rowland Rill, who now has complete control
over such matters. After thanking the superintending
president for his kindness and urbanity, the deputation
withdrew.
During the last few days several applications to Mr.
Hill have been made by the different officers of the de-
partment for an advance of pay. The claims of the
clerks have been admitted, and a new scale provided
and accepted, of a most liberal character, by the Lords
of the Treasury. The following are the terms agreed
to :—Each clerk, upon his appointment, is to receive 801.
per annum ; at the end of three years' servitude ten
pounds per annum more are to be paid ; and so on for
every successive three years, until the offi, er, by virtue
of servitude and seniority, is entitled to 4501. per annum.
We are glad to state that a similarly liberal scale is pro-
posed for all the other classes in the establishment, and
that the new scale throughout the department will take
effect from the sth of January, 1847. It is understood
that the claims of the London district post letter carriers
will be considered in the course of the ensuing week.

£28,269,105
44,440
47,764
285,132
164,928
3,128
290,390
76,555

Bullion
Decrease

15,002,873
5,259

The transfer books being nc tvvclosed, there is but little
scope for business in the E! tglish securities, and the
market is dull. The New Tree-and-a-Quarter per
Cents. are 96 to ; and th e `Three per Cents. 94k-.
Bank Stock is worth 206 k 20 7 ; and India Stock 258.
Exchequer-bills have been 11,s• .to 14s. premium, being
well supported.
The Foreign Bonds ilntve be en quite neglected.
Mexican are at 231 for the A ctives, and the Small
Bonds have been rnarkei 24. Span ivh Stock is nominal,
and Portuguese is called only .30 6 ) 371, at which rates,
however, there have been no Liktr gains. Brazil Bonds
are 87.
Shares are steady this =mini ;, but with limited sales

or Th
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. 0' CLOCK
Bank Stock ......... ...... ..... 2C E;4/. 207
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns 9 pm
New 314 per Cent. Annuities 9 V.i
Long Annuities toexpire Jan.lB6o 1 la
Ditto 30 years, Oct. 10,1859
India Stock 258
India Bonds, 1,0001
Ditto under 1,0001...
Consols for Opening
Exchequer Bills, 10001. 11,ld. ... 11 - 14 p 14 p
I &to, 5001
Ditto. Small .. 11, l4 ;-- p 14 p
nrE CLOSINt,
RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. 0' CCE
••• LOCK PRIS
Brazilian Bonds
87
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent .. ..... 95% 95%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846
Ditto, Account .
Ditto Small
Russian Bonds • •••••

CLOSIN G
TRICES.
207
94%
96%
97/g
9 11-16
258

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCI-
ETY OF ENGLAND. . .

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On Saturday the annual meeting of the members of 11
this society was held in the society's rooms. Hanover-
square ; the Earl of Egremont, president, in the chair,
'
supported by. Sir H. Price, (;art., Sir J. Godrell, Bart.
Messrs. Pusey, M.P.. Brampton, M.P., Hobbs, Barker,
Smith, Kinder. and Hylyard, the Rev. R. James, Colonel
Austen, :M.P., Colonel Challoner, &c.
Mr. JAMES HUDSON read the report, which, after de
tailing the succ,s. fill progress of the soc.stating
that the Duke f Novinimberland and td
enlarhe Marquis
theof
Downshire, and Major Curteis, M.P., haged
prizes for reports and essays on agricultural subject.,
announced that during the past half-year 302
been
789 had new mem-
bers had been el-cted, 56 had died, and
struck off by order of the council. The society con-
sisted of 89 life governors, 201 annual governors. 587
life members, 5,532 annual members, and 20 honorary
members ; 6.429. The stock in the funds was
7,0001 ; and the cash at the bankers' amounted to
1,3951. ; the arrears due by members, from 1843 to 1846,
inclusive, figured 5.3751.
Upon the motlon of Colonel AUSTEN, M.P., the re-
port was ad .pled, and the meeting shortly afterwards
separated.

23%14
24
111%

231 A
24
11!1e

Ditto, Account lll4 1114
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto. Account ..... ...
Dividends on the above pa: 'able in London.
Dutch, 2% per Cent .
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certifioates 92%4% 92%
PRICES or PAID. BITS EN "ESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES AT ON) : O'CLOCK. PRICE,.
wen:teen
Amber.. Not., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 2%..... 2:', ii 2%
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush. . ...... 1% -- -Belfast & County Down 4% - -
Birmingham andnudley 425...... - - ,•••• • .....
Birmin. and Gleucester..loo l') 6:
Ditto New 17% - -
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire June.... 2% .
Boston, Stamid, & Birm. 225. --
Bristol and Exeter 75 -
Ditto, New
Bristol andiGloucester... 30 .......
Bristol and Liver. Junc.. 214....... --
Buckinghamshire
ualedonian

' alll2

Ditto Half Shares......
Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s

CROYDON ATMOSPIIERIC.—The frost, which set in
so very suddenly, cauittig the chermom! ter to sink from
40 to 25 degree:; between Saturday and Sunday, created
douhtr as to whether the trains could continue to run,
with the same regularity as bofore. The trains
(thirty-
six daily) are still running, and so far as th, trial has
yet pine, the sealing composition is said to have served
its purpose. The mercury registered as :ow as 24 de-
gryes on TueM,y week.

• hester and Holyhead... 27% .—
Claurnet and Blythe
Chester and Manchester 425. —
Cheltenham and Oxford 2 - • •••

Clarence lOO ..•
Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct 10
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 ..
Do. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. lO
Clydesdale J unction.. 20
Cork, Blackrock, and
Passages -
Cork and Killarney -
Cork and Waterford
:omwall
Ditto, Half Shares -
Direct Lincoln, East Ret-
ford, and Sheffd. J unc. 2% - -
Direct Northern

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EAST AND \V EST YOUICSEIDIE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Saturday last, the remaining portion of this line
along with the branch of the Leeds and Thirsk line
from Star Beck to Ktiaresborough. was let to Messrs.
Wilson and Be►,son, contractors and masons, Knares-
borough, upon very favourable terms for the shareholders.
This portion includes the tunnel under the town, and
bridge over the river Nidd. The works upon the eastern
portion of thsi line are in active progress.—Leeds

UirectNorwich
Dublin and BelfastJunc 12% — •
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4 -
Dundalk & Enniskillen 10
'o:astemCounties 141. 16s. 2 23/4
Ditto New
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1. 61.135. 4d
Ditto ditto. N 0.1.. 61. 13t .i 1
Do., York Extension.. 2
EastDereh'in andNor'ch 1
~astern Union
Ditto, Quarter Shares 8N •
Do. Exten.(Harwich) 17,8 — .........
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2;./2
East Lancashire
Ditto. New
Do., do. (late Preston
and Ormskirk)... .. 5 ......
Do., do., New Scrip... 114 —
East Lincolnshire . 114-- 174 2
r4,ast & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...• • •
Ditto Half Shares ... 10
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121,E •
Edinburgh & Northern.. 12% — ••
Edinburgh and Perth... 3 ......
Ely and Huntingdon ... 12% 13%58 13%
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21,E —
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 514 —
Glasgow, Kilmer., & Ayr 50
Ditto, New .. 15
Do., Shares (5 per
cent. guar.) ......... 12% —
Goole, Doncaster, kc. .. 2 ......
Grand Union (Notting-
and Lynn
Great Eastern &Western 2%...... .
Great South. and West.

__
(Ireland)
Great Munster ... 2%....•.
Great North of Scotland 2 th......
ireatNorthof England..loo
Ditto New 5 —

Ditto, New
Ditto, New . l% —
Great Wester:. B5
Ditto 1h Shares
Ditto 4 Shares lO
Ditto Fifths 2O
Ditto, New . 2 —
Huddersfield & Manches. 13
Ditto, Extension
Hull and Selby 5O
Do. Half Shares
Ditto 14 Shares
Ipswich & Bury St. Edm. 11%
Do., do., and Norwich 2;¢ `2%1/
Lancaster and Carlisle... 50
Jo. New
Leeds and Bradford
Leicester and Bedfird... 225. ......
Leeds, Dewsbury &c.... 22% _
211

Mercury.
DEXTEROUS ROBBERY IN A BANK.-.-011 Wednes-
day last a clerk of Messrs. Munn and Co., the well
known commission agents in Manchester, went to
Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.'s bank, and presented a
cheque for payment. He received in payment ten 51.
notes and the remainder in gold. As the notes were
first tendered him, he put them into an outside pocket of
a Chesterfield coat, and whilst he was holding a purse
into which the clerk at the bank was to put in the gold,
some dexterous knave or other having seen Messrs. Munn's
clerk so carelessly deposit them, contrived, whilst the
gold was being put into the hag, to extract the whole of
the Si. notes, wth which he got clear off.
FALL OF A. BRIDGE ON THE NORFOLK RAILWAY.—
A serious accident occurred on Tuesday night by the
falling of a bridge on the Wymondhatn and Dereham
branch of the Norfolk Railway, which has jeopardised the
lives of about a dozen men. This line was opened for
goods traffic on Monday last, and about three miles from
the Wymondham station, in the parish of Kimberley,
the seat of Lord Wo,lehou,e, there is a bridge over the
rail-say. This bridge-was con,idered not to be safe, a
sinking haviio taken Otte.. in one of the buttresses; and
Mr. M.,-rritt, the ,tth e,e.tr...ct-r. was ordert.d to takt it
down. 10 removlne ir, +.ho men ,ere kept at work
itfc.r dark, :11111 10 :iff,rti them tight two fires, were kept
burnititt twos, tf eci own ,if the bridge. Late at night,

3%
53%

9%
87R
2

2%

18%

7%

44

-
53%

24

7514

Do., Branch (13lue) ... ~4 _
Do. Extension(Green) 2%
•• •••
Leeds and Thirsk ......... 17% 15%. •
Ditto, New ............. 5
•••
Lpool., Mnchstr & New
castle Junction ...... 2% ......
L .ndon and Bla.ckwall. 161. 13i. 4d.
Do. New ............... ... .. ••
•••
„
Ditto Extension . .... 71/2•••••• - .. ......... .. :::
London, Brighton, and
South Coast ..... - ..... 50 .. .. W4'3
Ditto, Fifths .........40 ......
Do. Consul. Eighths.. 10
Do. G,:arant. 5 ver ct. 9 -
London andGresnwich 1211554 d
Do. Prderance ...ISt 17s 2d ......
London, Hotuislow, and
Western ............ ... 2
London and N. Westernloo 193 •• ..... • , ••• .....
193
2
Do. Quarters .. .......
DDDioot..tOisFoift.s,
hNhaserwes...;.....
J.......; 225
Do 40/.Shares(L.M.) 40 8 ......
Do ......
Do. . 101. ( (M. & B.) A. 5 ...... 121/
Do. 10/. (51. & B.) 13. 5 ......
Do. 101. (51. & B.) C 1 ......
London, Oxford, and

15%

58%

. ,
Coast. 1 .. ...
•••
Central. of Spain ... . ... 2
Ceylon .. . .. .... ss.
Demerara 2%
~,
Dendre Valley 4— ..
Direct Bombay and ,
Madras
Dutch Rhenish 6 —
East Indian ... ..... •••• ss.
Fampoux & Hazebrouk 4
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 314 ......

Italian and Austrian.... 4 ..
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 114 1,4
Jersey
Louvain ala Sambre ... 6 ... .
Luxembourg. 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
Madras
Madras, Nellore, and

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•
Arcot %
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
Mauritius ..
Namur and Liege
Nn of France Constituted 5 ...... 101,E
North Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon ~;.• 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ...... ...... ....
Over Yssel 4l3s 4d
Paris &Lyons Constituted 5
Paris and Orleans 2O —
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
Constituted
Rouen and Havre 2O
Sambre and Meuse ...... 10 .... 41,4
Strasbourg and Bale .. • 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic .....
fours and Nantes Con-
stituted
..
Tournay, Jurbise, 'Au-
den, and Hasselt....... 8
Trinidad ......... 21,
West Flanders ......•••• 6

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
Australasia ............... 40
London Joint 5t0ck...... 10 - ••• ...... ••• • •
National of 1re1and...... 221 - ••""' ......••

143%

74%
12%

from the removal of to o chief supprters, the reuudning
part of th.• e.ll in, aori al4Out a d zen men, who
were at work upon it. tall also into the line beneath, and
were mingl4 d with the ruins and fires. Great conru,ion
and alarm existed, and several of the men, when extri-
cated, were found to be seriously bruised and burnt.
The paniei found to be seriously hurt were taken to
\lr. Rudram's, of limberi7y-hill Lodge, belonging to
Lord Wodehouse, where all possible attention was paid
them, and there is a hope that none of the injuries sus-
tained will pr ye fatal.

MINES.

Cheltenham
Long. & S.Western 411 0 10d...... 63 ...............
Do. New Consol. Bths 40 ...... -- ........... "*.
Do. New
Do. New
Ditto Tenths
Ditto Tenths ... ..... 4
Ditto Scrip
Ditto ditto ....... .... 4
ndon and York 2% 2% .••••
Do. Extension

5%
414
53/4
2%

London and Windsor .
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil
Londonderry &C;ilerain l5 .........
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ...... 15
Lynn and Ely
Lynn and Derehain l 5
Nfanchester and Leeds 82
Ditto tb Shares
Do. ()neuters 2
Do. Fifths
Do. Sixteentlii . 7'44
Do. Extensioii 42s. — p
Do. Liverp and Bury 24
D. eV. Fifths ... 1
Man,the•ster.Liuxton,and

•

163/4

481 A
6%

36%
15
3%
1%

12%

7%
- P
28%

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414

Matlock 425....... p
--- P
Manchest. & Southampt. 2 ....:. 11,i, PA
Midland lOO 1261,2 127........ 128
Do. Fifths 2 —
Do. New
Ditto, New

311
6

1214
17%

13%

TATION RENrnEw.—Colonel

HEPRESI.-- _
Caldw, e t Nle.nber 01 Par h
mont fur Ow c,,unty of P.nfeew• in tile room of the late
P. M. Ste \A, 4. .used. Them vr tu no opposition.
Glasgow Courier of Thursday.

%

4%

12

1 0 1/1

.....
5%

44

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THE SAN, LO. !i_ri.)ON, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER

LITERATURE.

BENTLEY'S STANDARD NOVELS, No. CIL
Belford Regis; or, Sketches of a Country Town. By
Miss Milford.
The series of re-publications of what are termed
" standard" novels, is a valuable addition to our lite-
rature, furnishing, as it does, a collection of the best
works of modern fiction, in a convenient and attrac-
tive form, and at a very moderate price. It is valua-
ble, moreover, as tending to place such works within
reach of the generality of r.2aders. The volume be.
fore us contains Miss Mitford's " Belford Regis," a
work peculiarly adapted for such a series, because it
is calculated, both as regards manner and matter, to
afford interest and entertainment to the extensive
audience to which its reduced price will now give it
introduction. These " Sketches of a Country Town"
form a companion work to the deservedly popular
work entitled " Our Village." Like it, their chief
characteristic and great charm consists in their ex-
treme truthfulness and close adherence to nature. 'I h")
whole appears not a work of fiction, but a chronicle
of facts, narrated in the most simple and natural
manner possible. In the preface, the authoress most
emphatically assures us that she has avoided all indi-
vidual portrait painting, and that not one word of her
sketches must be believed from beginning to
end. Such an assertion was indeed necessary
for so life-like are all the characters, and
so probable all the incidents, that we could
readily believe the whole volume to be a cor-
rect description of the men and manners of her own
"country-town." Yet if Miss ,Mitford's assertion be
correct, if her book contain nothing of the vrai, it is
at least vraisemblable—if its heroes "exist only in its
pages," they are characters such as most certainly
might have existed; if they are not portraits, they
might have been ; and herein lies their great attrac-
tion. For instance, when we regard with wondering
admiration the master-pieces of art where the figures
seem to live and breathe upon the canvas, what is it
that elicits that wonder and admiration ? Is it the
beauty of the features, the grace of the figure, the
magnificence of the apparelling ?—No, but the ex-
pression which beams upon those features, the motion
visible in that figure, the folds in which the drapery
falls—it is not the symmetry otthe form but the life
which animates it. Real living-beings are before us,
yet we are told the painting is purely imaginative—
granted, yet it is true nevertheless. The picture
itself may be ideal, but its component parts are real;
and even in the combination, reality has been studied.
Individuals may not have been copied, but nature has
been followed—portraits have been taken, "not of
the man, but of mankind." So it is with works' of
fiction (so called) their adherende to nature is their
greatest merit, and it is this adherence to nature for
which Miss Mitferd's works are chiefly conspicuous.
The heroes and heroines of her " sketches,' taken
separately, have each an individual character,
clearly defined; while in portraying the various
groups in which they are mingled, or in chronicling
the adventures in which they take part, by a careful
attention to trifling minutiae, by the introduction of
numerous descriptions, short anecdotes, awl' appar-
ently irrelevant particulars, an air of probability is
given to the whole, a general impression of truth is
conveyed—in the same way as the faithful delinea-
tion of every trifling object in the back-ground invest
the pictures of Wilkie with such an air of reality.
The sketches contained in this volume are of varied
character—varied as regards matter, for the same easy
natural manner pervades them all, We have descrip-
tions of the town itself, and of its principle inhabi-
tants from the " Belles of the ball-room," and " the
absent member," down to " Mrs. Tomkins, and the
Chessemonger," and Stephen Lane, the butcher," the
most interesting individual in the whole book.
Stephen Lane is a conspicuous character in Belford,
conspicuous by his gigantic appearance, good heart,
and love of Radicalism and Reformers—" all the
Tories hated Mr. Lane."
"With that vast breadth of chest and limb assigned,
So oft to men who subjugate their kind."
He " pushed broad-shouldered on " at the
head of the Reformers of Belford, denounc•
ing every municipal abuse, and encounter&
ing very determined opposition. He had a
hard and desperate struggle to maintain, he found
(as all reformers must find) how strong is the force
of old estcblished evil. However he prospered, he was
himself "invested with a little brief authority" as
parish overseer, and then being placed in a situation
to carry out his own plans, he found (as many a
minister has done before) how much more difficult it
is to practise than to preach. The difficulties of the
good butcher are excellently well described, as are
also the many traits of his generosity and good-
heartedness. But not only are the characters of the
townspeople of Belford given ; the volume is rendered
more interesting by the relation of many of their his-
tories, and those of strangers who had visited them;
of the latter are "The old Emigre" and the " Young
Sculptor," perhaps the most beautiful of all the
sketches, both somewhat mournful, but both full of
feeling and full of interest.

CHRISTMAS in the OLDEN TIME, or the WAS-
SAIL BOWL. By John Mills.
The name and appearance of this little volume are
quite in keeping with the season. There is some-
thing attractive in the title, bringing before us, as it
does, the general festivities which were once wont to
celebrate Christmas—the gathering in the great hall,
the performance of time-hallowed ceremonies, the
unaffected mirth, the contagious hilarity—above all,
the truly Christmas custom (alas now transient in
duration) the mingling together of rich and poor, of
high and low, with neither pride on the one hand, nor
fear on the other, to raise an impassable barrier be-
tween them ;
" The heir, with roses in his shoes, -
That night might village partner choose.
Christmas gambols oft could cheer
The poor man's heart for half the year."
To chronicle the doings of such a time, we could
hardly desire a more fitting writer than John Mills,
not only because in his " Old English Gentleman,"
and other works, be manifests a great partiality for
old customs—old English customs—but because his
writings are more or less filled with kindly and gene-
rous sentiments, and pervaded in a genial and sym-
pathetic tone, indispensable requisites for a Christ-
mas book. Consequently, in taking up this little
volume, we felt assured that its contents would
be as much in accordance with its name
as is the cheerful hue of its gold-be-
decked binding, or the green holly wreath
wound around the title-page—nor in this re-
spect have we been disappointed, although from
some defects in the construction of the tale, our ex-
pectations have not been wholly realised. The au-
thor has avowedly had two objects in view, he wished
to give us a Christmas moral tale, and also to exhibit
" the sports and pastimes of the olden time at this
festival period of the year." Both objects are excel-
lent in themselves, but they have not been well
interwoven, or rather they have not been inter-
woven at all. The book commences and concludes
with a description of a Christmas festival in olden
times, and the moral tale is introduced only as a
story narrated at this same festival, and the fact of
its narrator being also its hero, somewhat diminishes
from its romance. Nevertheless, the story itself is
good enough, and conveys a good moral lesson, il-
lustrating, by an only too common example, the
rapid progress of crime, and the fact of one fault,
however trivial its nature, leading the way to many
of a far more serious character. An indugtrious and
virtuous youth, first indulging in harmless recreation
at the alehouse, is gradually led astray by the cor-
rupting influences of intemperance and evil company,
till his character and situation gone, he is reduced to
beggary, turns poacher, and is led to the very brink
of crime. The moral of this tale is most obvious ;
the interest is somewhat heightened by slight
touches of the supernatural, but this very ad-
dition, which is intended to render it more
of a Christmas tale, somewhat diminishes its effect,
because it invests it with an air of improbability.
Not that we object to the introduction of super-
natural agents (in such a- tale) but only to the
manner of their introduction. Part of the story is a
dream, and part a very incredible reality, but so con-
fused is the distinction between the two, that we con-
clude the book without hardly knowing which is
which. The poachers adventures are narrated with
much force and vigour; here Mr. Mills is in his
element. The scene in which they are betrayed into
an ambush of gamekeepers, and %%here, although sur-
rounded by the enemy, they, by a bold move, escape
from ruin, is very vividly portrayed, and is full of
interest. The style of the whole volume is very
simple and unaffected ; • the dialogues are natural
and truthful ; and suggestive reflections are occa-
sionally to be met with ; among others, on a man
observing that he " can't " do a thing proposed, he is
answered, " Can't! pshaw ! Man can do more than
he ever has done, and will, when he thinks he can."
And again—" Unless we profit by our sufferings, un-
less the pains and penalties with which the past be
chequered teach us to avoid that rock-ribbed shore
where so many human hopes and joys are
wrecked and shattered, of what avail are they ?
Trials and heart-aches are not ordained for the
mere purposes of temporary anguish ; but as
impressions from the hand of stern experience, in-
tended to warn the wayfarer from the hidden shoal
and quicksand. " He who heeds them not must perish."
When the evil spirit under the guise of a friendly
stranger stands at the elbow of the unfortunate hero
urging him to further sin, he tells him that he has
only come to him because he has been summoned—
summoned not by mysterious incantations, but by
" unheeded warnings, broken resolutions, repeated
crimes, and postponed repentance, which are, all and
each, welcomes." " Men's tongues oftener conceal
their thoughts than give expression to them," he con-
tinues, "and, therefure, in words I put little trust. It*
is by their works I judge whether my presence be
desired or not." In his description of Blindman's
Buff, Mr. Mills his plagiarised (almost to the very

r selection and arrangement,of the expressions) from a
passage in the "Christmas Carol" of Boz—where
old Scrooge is carried by the spirit of the present to
the drawing-room of his nephew. As inculcating
virtue and good fellowship this little book is right
welcome : it will not detract from the fame which the
author has already acquired by his "Old English
Gentleman."

,ITHE ILLUSTRATED MUSICAL ALMANACK.
Edited by F. W. -IV. Bayley. Cheapness has latterly become so essential in lite-
rature that an extraordinary number of publications
have been issued so ephemeral in character, so mere-
tricious in appearance, and so meagre in talent as to
threaten the deterioration of public taste. This is
lamentably apparent in those productions which may
be styled "seasonable." Annuals, almanacks, Christ-
mas stories, Easter offerings, and the like, are espe-
cially remarkable in this particular. There is so
much competition nowadays in the book trade as well
as elsewhere that a vast nu mber of periodicals have been
palmed upon the people having no higher claim upon
attention -than showy decorations, evanescent merits,
and moderate price. It is refreshing, therefore, when
anything appears possessing intrinsic excellence as
well as external beauty—real ability as well as posi-
tive cheapness—elegance as well as novelty. " The
Musical Almanack" is an exquisite production.
Without any puffing, without any adventitious as-
sistance, without a vain glorious announcement of
any description, it has been published, and its extra-
ordinary amount of talent must necessarily ensure for
it every success. Its lavish embellishments by the
first draughtsmen and its musical compositions by the
first composers of the day, demand the very highest
praise. Among the illustrators are —Pbiz (the
inimitable Hablot Knight Browne), Kenny
Meadows (the Shaksperian),. Doyle Weigel],
Hine (the most comical of
,the caricaturi-ts
in outline,) Hammerton, Warren, and Crowquill.
Among the musical composers are—Balfe, Wallace,
Alexander Lee, Crouch, Hatton, and Florimel. With
such contributors, guided by the enterprising origi-
nator of the publication, Mr. F. W. N. Bayley, it
is not surprising that " The Illustrated Musical Al .
manack " is immeasurably beyond anything of a
similar kind hitherto produced. Taking the songs
in succession :—" Her Heart is the Prize I will
gain ;" written, in four sharps, by Florimel,
is a sprightly and agreeable air, with an
accompaniment of most appropriate simplicity,
The embellishment by "Phiz" is right fanciful,
from the centre group, where the gallant is
pledging the health of his mistress in a bumper, to
every separate figure in the margin. " The Lay of
the May," by Wallace. This charming song, in A
flat, is daintily conceived. Throughout the music is
most happily illustrative of the words, and both are
graceful, almost beyond measure, The concluding
bars of the first verse are a felicitous adaptation of the
idea :

" Oh, laugh at the winter gone ! Mine is a melting eye,
Smiling at frost till its heart is lost,
And its ice goes weeping by."
In the concluding verse again there is a freshness and
delicacy which is imbued with the very essence and
spirit of May. The engraving of "May," by Kenny
Meadows is a masterpiece. " I then will breathe my
vow," by Hatton, a love song in G major, beginning
with an allegretto movement, possesses no marked
originality, but is singularly pleasing nevertheless.
" Love and Prayer," in B flat, by Balfe, may be
almost regarded as a sister melody to " The light of
other days." The pathos for which the former
writings of our eminent composer are so geneL
rally remarkable, is the pervading characteristic of the
present, and the words themselves by F. W. N. Bayley,
are fraught with sentiment. The most exquisite
ballad in the collection, however, the gem of the
entire book—the picture by Phiz—the poetry by
Bayley—the music by Crouch—is "My Heart will
be broken for Erin." This is written in three sharps,
commencing dolce, espressivo, as the very title itself
would suggest. Every break, every note, every pause,
has a beauty of its own ; they seem to be the veritable
utterances of a breaking heart. The abrupt swelling
and falling of the melody, the transition from force to
feebleness, from the crescendo to the piano, from the
lamentavole to the declamato, from the espressivo to
the lamentavole again, ar: all done with infinite art,
and yet, be it said, with infinite nature. Crouch has,
if possible, exceeded all our expectations in this
delicious ballad; he has given us here a companion to
his " Kathleen Mavourneen," that song which, deli-
vered in a musical voice and uttered by Irish lips, has
such a ravishing melody. " Hearts may warm the
winter," by Alexander Lee, in the key of D major,
is doubly welcome, first as an addition to the many,
delightful compositions of Lee, and, secondly, as pe-
culiarly appropriate to this festive and domestic
season. The frontspiece, by that distinguished
artist, " Phiz," entitled " Love is a Sly
Boots," is the most highly finished drawing we re-
member to have met with from his pencil. Without
any disparagement to his confreres, it is immeasur
ably the best illustration in the almanack. Those
who only know " Phiz " through his masterly little
etchings to the works of Charles Dickens, will be
amazed at the exceeding grace and delicacy of this
drawing;` the grouping is admirable; the counte-
nance of the damsel with the white plume in her hat
is beautiful—no wonder love is a sly-boots! It
would be
'impossible to do justice to the profusion of
facetious embellishments and fanciful conceits scat-
tered over the pages, both by the draughtsman and
the editor, without encroaching to an impossible ex-
tent upon our columns. We must allude, however, to
the extravagant caricature of the Prime Minister and
Sir Robert Peel, the former being represented as
squalling at the highest pitch of his voice, "Robert,
toi que faime !" The preservation of the likeness
upon the distorted face is one of the drollest things
imaginable. Mr. F. W. N. Bayley merits every
commendation for the admirable manner in which he
has performed the very arduous duties of editorship.
The almanack would be cheap at six times its price.
It is the most beautiful and valuable gift book for
1847 yet published.

WHAT GENnTs Is.—A. disorder which, like the
pearl in the oyster, destroys the possessor, while it en-
riches others.—Library of Secrets and Wrinkles.

NOVEL SPORT.—OnTriday week, as two gentle-
men were proceeding along the road from Avoch to
Fortrose, their attention was arrested by observing the
fins of a large fish which was swimming slowly within a
few yards of the shore. Having examined the object
more closely, they were persuaded that it was a marine
visitor of no ordinary size. One of the party, fortunately,
had a gun with him, and advancing cautiously to the
water's edge, discharged both barrels, wounding the fish
severely on the back. A powerful Newfoundland dog
that accompanied the gentlemen, then sprang into the
water and seized the fish by the tail, when a furious
struggle took place—both combatants disappearing re-
peatedly ; at last, however, the dog succeeded in drag-
ging his antagonist towards dry land, when, to the as-
tonishment of the observers, it proved to be a fox-
shark, or thrasher, upwards of five feet in length, and
supposed to be a year old. As a proof of the tenacity of
life possessed by the shark it may be mentioned that,
notwithstanding the wounds received from the gun and
the dog, it evinced signs of life for nearly an hour after
being taken to Avoch. There was another of this vora-
cious tribe taken at Chanonry Point by Mr. Hogarth's
fishermen about three weeks ago. It correwonded in
size to the one above-mentioned.—lnverness Courier.

EFFECT or RAILWAYS.—On Thursday the Bedford
coach, which for above half a century has run on th.•
road between London and Bedford, with harness, horse-,
&c., was disposed of by auction. The coach was given
up on account of the opening of the railway from the
London and Birmingham line to Bedford. There were
40 horses belonging to the coach.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BLACICFRIARSBRIDGE.—
On Friday an accident of a serious nature took place.) by
which the life of a youth named Michael Malsager, aged
15 years, has been placed in great danger. It seems
that he obtained a livelihood by selling pies at the foot
of Blackfriars-bridge, on the Surrey side, and whilst
standing with his machine at the edge of the kerb, a cart
came swift down' the hill, and before the driver could
prevent the accident, the near wheel caught the machine,
which was capsized on to the unfortunate boy, who re
ceived a wound of the scalp and concussion of the brain.
He was taken to Guy's Hospital, where he lies in a dan-
gerous conditioa .
Ax EARLY WEDDING.—On Monday week an
impatient couple from Dundee, were united at Perth, in
the holy bands of matrimony, by one-of our dissenting
clergymen at the unwonted hour of six o'clock in the
morning. It appears that the gay Lothario—a man of
high standing in the faith to which he gives credence,
and of fair mark as an enterprising citizen—had previ-
ously known the sweets of connubial love, but by the fiat
of fate, was unfortunately made a widower within the
previous month. The bustle consequent upon the fune-
ral being over, he began to, think himself a solitary man
indeed, even although his evening hours were partly en-
livened by the prattle of three children, " the sweet me-
morials of his former bliss." Monday passed listlessly ;
Tuesday, heavily ; Wednesday, fidgety ; Thursda',
restlessly ; Friday, feverishly ; and on Saturday he Wes
altogether so out of sorts, that seizing his hat, he sallied
forth, and, going directly to the residence of a young
lady, whose many qualifications he had previously noted,
instantly "popped the question" of immediate marriage.
The lady was at first startled : but the wooer being im•
per, tunate a bargain was soon made, and the happy
couple, in a few minutes afterwards, were rattling in a
drosky towards Perth. Arriving here, they instartly
waited upon a clergyman, when, to their horrqr, they,
found that they had, in their haste, forgot the necessary
proclamations of their intention. In vain was the minis.
ter earnestly solicited to tie the knot for once without
" the lines''—the panting lover was obliged to hurry
back to Dundee for the needful. Arriving again on
Sabbath afternoon, he now confidently hoped for an in-
stant realisation of his blissful visions ; but to his un-
speakable chagrin, the minister inexorably refused to
perform his functions on the Sabbath, frankly proffering,
however, his willing services by six o'clock the following
morning. As better could not be, the bridegroom re-
luctantly consented to the postponement, when the pro-
• drastinated ceremony was at length happily solemnized.
We believe the friends of the bride followed the trip to,
Perth to veto the proceedings if possible, but her afftc--
tions were too firmly rooted to be shaken,—Perthshire
Advertiser.