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London, England, 1846-12-24 00:00:00

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London and S. Western.... 411.6 s 10d 63
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Lynn and Ely
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Manchester and Leeds B2 .. ... - -
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Ditto Quarters -
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Manchester and Southampton 2 - to -
Midland 100 129
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- ' b'IS SHIPPING—(THIS DAY.)
"tathu -'/, DEC. 24.-Wind E., light breeze and thick hazy
Opp ti;
bDg " tirrSTABLE, DEC. 23.-John Gassier, New York.
L',.litabett DEC. 23.-Wind E, to S.E., fresh, thick.-Arrd.
k-7; ireteb,i,,..l3r_own, Quebec ; Somersetshire, Dumpster, Que-
tuentate:' one, Quebec, and both sailed for Hull. Sld.
..ilierold, "art Elphinstone, Thompson, Sydney, N.S.W. ;
' etl, Strnith, Antigua ; Helen, Mumford, Tobago ;
to s, St
tnlistil...r,„.'Thomas. A small boat, painted green, a brokeno
i'itton "'"" of a vessel of about 200 tons, several bales f
the.. : .112114., and broken spars, were passed 14th lat.oq.,in
D'ow°4- 82 W., by the Charles Kerr, Hart, arrived
tiptlvE Linl.
i.iee,ithlP-_°t., DEC. 23.-Wind N.N.E. .-A.rrd. Crishna,
g750e1, Aitnritius ; Commodore, Valparaiso, sailed 2d. Oct. •,
et ; Items, Arica; Mermaid, Monte Video, sailed `2sth
New Ori olution Evans Maranham ; Medemsch, Baysen,
_w
4 aelaile;at,,,'; Roscius, Eldrige, New York ; Lesmah
glittay, 1N.8.; Eliza, Wilson, St. John's, N.B. ; A.17915a,
1,,,,1'ebe; .t. John's, N.B. ; Eagle. Hayes, Miramichi ; Ceylon,
C44Ciii ii'lbigail. Daly, Quebec. Sld. Indus, Gibson, Omoa ;
41c- tin; p
.kf . utta; A . tench, Shanghae ; Duke of York, Chandler,
b `lltriteeell;ane,aipnalerittoYo', Allen Rio Janeiro ; Huddersfield, Lyon,
troY,,al•v °A' Demerara; Maid of Mona,
r Palace Royal, Dugmel, New Orleans;
b r-, oiiriv Victoria' --tunter, New Orleans • St. Lawrence, Hage-
Uttoo to,9tleano;
Liu ',lute, /3 Sap'pirus, pints, Johnston,' New Orleans: Ash-
-114„ N0p.....,E Boston ; Sea Bird, Morrison, St. John's, N.B.
)(4`etitly A 88' DEC. 21.--A vessel, of about 500 tons, ap-
kletl°ggeldllerican built, was passed, totally dismasted and
6, 4latie ~,' °n the 23d ult., in lat. 48, long. 23 6 and the
-Ipre, t',;" mtnerick, waterlogged, and apparently consumed
4, amod',lhe Atlas, arrived in the Downs.
Illerton,l'sl; DEc. 23., Wind N.-Sid. Mountain Maid,
nt.l-1107,'„,caPe of Good Hope.
Cllalsc,""lltaln,,l4l, EC. 223.-Wind, Port Adelaide.
1y....:(11q, Dec. N. to N.W., fresh and
4.41ei Off Port John Boynthon, St. John's, New c k
ve-,..4....,..,
?ow. wind N.N.E.-Off port, Cairo, New York, for Li-
DILL, DE
Ne2atiqu c• 22.--Arrd. Canton, Quebec.
(.11ra Is' DEc. 21.-Arrd. Fawcett, Flinn, St. John's,
Nt.\-nt:lelvik,
Ort eti, tfiriEc- 22-Wind N. W.-Arrd. Primrose, Gillespie.
ketios; I,,,,odostan, Pack, Bombay; Cassandra, Gull, :New
._ il.etleat;°odstock, Draper, St. John's, New Brunswick ;
St „utir../(q I,lYier, New York.
foho,' -,,,"'Ec. 22-Wind W.-Arrd. Favourite, Leach,
41"11Eta"evr Brunswick Sailed, J. Willis, Demerara.
FLltrey emu' DEC. 21.-The Auchintorlie, M'lntyre, of
ii.,. 7.0.411:0111 Ayr, sunk 10th inst, ; crew saved.
klid abanalt"all, DEC. 22.-The Fairy, Walker, of Whitby,
• Oweri°.'led in a sinking state 19th inst., oft' the Leeman
teroltirto,it crew saved by the Samaritan, arrived here.
off le krt l', Drcc. 21. --The Oak, M'Kinlay, from Dublin
and brought ' on shore near Mowbray 21st ult., has been got
in here.
kAlt
, t,..,_ .k'ET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
.tegiropi. TSAT IVEARSZITS.
11,q4 tO .ti cetl3*-111eadow Hay, 215 s to 3/ 158 ; Clover ditto,
otage „ us ; and Straw,l/ 12s per load. A full
litrilsoi"PPlY, and a heavy demand.
kit( °' 3/ 6s-Nt". -Meadow Hay, 215 s to 31 18s ; Clover
Oily
‘_ ,o 4/ 15s ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 13s per load.
iii,ylll.l,7u, and trade dull.
Straw,
arB-11Aps L.-Meadow Hay 2/ 5s to Si 15s; Clover
41143, t° si; and Straw 1/ 8s to 1/ 12s er l and Straw moved off ;lowly, at barely late rates.oa d.

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY

3IARLBRO'-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
1 homas Douglas, a mere child, who was committed
for a month from this office, for stealing cigars, was
again charged with committing a theft yesterday, in
Tottenham-court-road, having left prison only a short
time before.
Police-constable 130 E said he noticed the prisoner,
in company with two other boys, lingering near Mr.
Simpson, the bootmaker's door. Saw the prisoner bend
down and pick up a boot from within the door-post and
put it into his trowEers pocket. Was walking away,
when be took him into custody. The other two boys
ran away.
Mr. lIARDWICK sent the case to the Middlesex
Sessions.
George Turner, who had something of the appearance
of a coal-porter, was charged by Nice-constable Leaps
with lifting a hat from a peg at Mt, Wild's doer, hatter,
266, Oxford-street, which he immediately put on his
head, with the price ticket (75.) 'still sticking in the
band, and walked away. Ile had only got some ten yards
from the door when tho constable,Svho saw him take the
hat, took him into custody.
The prisoner said he was in liquOr at the time
Mr. HARDWICK committed him for trial * at the Mid-
dlesex Sessions.
SOUTHWARK.—(THIS DAY.)
Thomas Brady and James Sullivan, two
young
were charged with stealing a firkin butter, the lads,
ro-
perty of Mr. Osborne, a cheesemonger in the*borough,and William Payne, a marine store dealer, in Bermond-
sey-street, was charged as the receiver of the stolen
property.
It appeared that on the preceding afternoon a firkin
of butter, the property of Mr. Osborn, was stolen from
a waggon while in transitu from Carpenter Smith's wharf
in Tooley-street. The firkin was subsequently seen by
two persons in the possession of a man in the company
of the two first named prisoners, and they went into the
marine store dealer's with the intention of disposing of
it, The prisoners, however, perceiving they were
watched, ran out of the marine store shop, leaving the
butter behind them, but they were subsequently taken
into custody.
The marine store dealer attended as a witness in
Court, but the magistrate, on being made acquained
with the fact of his being about to purchase the stolen
property immadiately ordered him into the dock with
the other prisoners.
Payne, the marine store dealer, endeavoured to get
cwahmicehinwtaoshiins
shop and threw baumttaenr,
out of the difficudltLbnythsaeyfiitil-kginthoaft
a bag, and then ran out,
leaving
it behind him. That
he (prisoner) was quite ignorant as to the contents of
the bag until afterwards, d and he declared that he had no
intention of puch Q a.,in°. such an article, but was about to
call in a policemen to relate the circumstance.
the policeman and a witness, who said the other pri-
soners remained some time in the marine store shop,
This latter assertion, ho wever, was contradicted by
and were about bargaining with the other prisoner
(Payne) had not the discover .3r taken place.
Mr. SECKER said he shou Id certainly send the pri-
soners for trial, but that as other evidence was required
to complete the case, he should remand them till next
Wednesday.
The marine store dealer
to decision,give
bail,a n
tohn subsequent she
hours'
applr exclaimed. loudly against the
appear at this
Court on the next ex " aminati on. ec.rititoon he was allowed

CLERKEN W
John Simston, a lad of
LA-7-----(7.7H1S DAY.)
rernarkafAy gentlemanlike ap-
pearance about 17 years of Greenwood with attempting charged;,
the opening of the new churctc, h inob s
several persons at
day evening. Gowen-street yester-
It appeared from the statement of
G 16 that the new church called thepohliucrec-
Thomas, Charterhouse, was opened for
the divine worship yesterday with more than ucspuatichrlopnoso.osielatiabbin'olte-i
nit), the Lord Mayor arid members oefuthmeoborr)osration attending in state. A gang of the
seen to enter the church and station themselves at various
points. The prisoner was observed most prominent. Miss Eliza Lloyd, who was accommodated with a seat
on the bench, said she was leaving the church about a
quarter past five o'clock with a, number of other persons,
as the Lord Mayor and other members of the corpora-
tion, were also going. She was leaning upon her fa-
ther's arm when the prisoner forced himself between them
and her attention being attracted by his rude conduct,, she turned round and saw her gold watch in his hand.
It was not detached from the chain, but he must have
taken it out of a kind of fob or pocket in the breat of
her gown. There were a number of other persons around
them, to whom she said that the prisoner bad attempted
to steal her watch ; but instead of rendering her any
assistance. they seemed rather inclined to facilitate his
escape. The beadle found her purse empty on the floor.
It had been taken from her pocket, but by whom she
could not state.
Another lady, also, state that she missed her purse
in a few minutes after the prisoner had been standing
close to her, and pressing against her, without any ap-
parent reason.
The prisoner was remanded till Monday.

LUCILE GRAHN.--L afters from Rome of the Ist
inst. describe the extraordinary sensation created in that
capital by the Danish danseuse. Her last appeararco
was an unexampled triumph. The theatre was illumi-
nated a giorno, and decorated with flowers, and a por-
trait of Grahn adorned each of the 200 boxes of the
theatre. Tho prices of admission were more than
doubled, yet, nevertheless, the house was crammed.
Every pas was encored. After the ballet Lucile's car-
riage was drawn by the enthusiastic crowd, and escorted
by 100 persons with torches. Mdlle. Grahn has since
left Rome for Venice.
'We understand that some immediate changes are
in contemplation in the royal establishment. Major-
General Sir Henry Wheatley !.-ias been permitted, at his
advanced age, to retire from the office of Keeper of her
Majesty's Privy Purse, on a most liberal pension, and
the dignity of a baronet. The office of the Keeper of
the Privy Purse, and Iv, of the Treasurer of the
Prince's Househultl, are, to be united in the p; rains of
Mr. Anson. The gen.cleman to fill the office of Private
Secretary to his Roy 41 Highness, hitherto !Rid by Mr.
Anson, has not yet, been selected.

ROMFORD, DEC. 23.—We had rather a dull general
demand to-day, yet prices were mostly supported. Beef;
from 3s to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s to
4s 6d; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd per Blbs. Suckling Calves,
18s to 29s ; and quarter-old store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and
Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 161 to 181 each.
HAILSIIAM, DEC. 23.—Prime Beasts and Sheep moved off
readily at full prices, otherwise the demand was in a sluggish
state. Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d;
Veal, 4s to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd per 81bs.
ARUNDEL, DEC. 22.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; Mutton,
4s to 5s 4d; Veal, 4s to 4s Gd; and Pork, 4s to 4s 6d per
81bs. A limited supply and a sluggish demand.
CittcnEsTEn, Diec. 23.—We had a slow trade here to-
day on the following terms :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 4d;
Mutton, 4s to 5s 4d ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s Gd; and Pork,
4s •to 4s 6d per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 295;
quarter-old Store Pigs, 16s to 18s ; and Milch Cows, 161 to
181 each.

tical tendency, his object he tells us is " moralP and
not political—to show that while class is perpetually
crying out against class, the fault all the while is in
human nature; or rather, in that misdirected educa-
tion of the general mind, which cramps its best
powers, and darkens it with prejudices." The object
is certainly most commendable, and is, to a certain
extent, well carried out. The first chapter, "It
strikes twelve," discovers a party of villagers cele-
brating New Year's Eve in the parlour of the Black
Lion. These individuals in their own opinion were
" a set of the most ill-used, miserable rascals possible.
The word rascal, be it observed, had no reference
whatever to any self-depreciation of their own moral,
or other qualities; but to the way in which they were
used by the rich and powerful, those insatiable tyrants
of the P

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended Dec. 24, 1846, made up ;rom the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.

.and, who by some odd jugglery had got pos-
session of every thing, fed high, and slept soft, while
the rest of the world were working for them. A
pleasant set of fellows were these liberals." This
chapter is by far the best in the • book, the
whole scene is very forcibly, and, alas, naturally
pourtrayed. Led on by Tom, the poacher, the,com-
pany indulge in much abuse of their " betters,' and
in an enumeration of their own grievances. After
contrasting the good things in the squire's hall with
their own humble fare, " sitting in a hole, drinking
muddy ale" (to which comparison, however, the land-
lord strongly objects), Tom indignantly asserts that
he and his companions have the best right to all the
good things, " we it is who make every thing and do
every thing. It would be long enough before any co!•
them ploughed the lard." "If we did not work for
them," he continues, " the lazy hounds would starve."
" And why do we work for them ?" asks another;
" that's what always puzzles me." " Because w
can't help ourselves. Because they are tyrants, and
we are slaves," &c., &c. The next chapter " the
metamorphosis," shows Tom in a totally different cha-
racter ; by an unexpected inheritance he is himself
become a squire--he is himself one of the " tyrants,"
and one not only in name and station, but in heart
and conduct—the metamorphosis is complete. Now,
if the object of this tale be simply a moral one—if it
be merely intended to show how virtue and vice, hap-
piness and discontent, are " fixed to no spot," and
confined to no class or community, it is well enough ;
it is a good idea well illustrated. But if written
with any political object—however, the author
denies all such intention—so we will not allude
to it, yet, in any case, we should have
welcomed a companion picture to Tom's meta-
morphosis. Let us agree that " patriots " and
" republicans" would, too many of them, become, in
like situations, the very characters they denounce.
Let us agree that complaining tenants and fault-
finding poachers would, if raised to the squirearchy
themselves, be the sternest and strictest of landlords
and game-preservers. But, en revanche, let us also
believe that this whole " Tale of the Times" might be
carried out in a very different manner. Turning
from the grumblers in the ale-house, let us join the
group gathered round the Squire's board; let us listen
to their complaints, to their abuse of poachers and
idle vagabonds, &c., and then let us take the loudest
complainer of the whole and place him in the situa-
tion of the wretched man he contemns—let him learn
the cruel sufferings of poverty; above all, let him
feel the bitter sense of humiliation, let him know
that he is despised and looked down upon, and let
him believe that he is wronged, and then—and then,
may we ask—will the censorious, that strictly vir-
tuous man, be only a poacher, or only an idle vaga-
bond ? The answer is obvious. And we must con-
clude, with the author of this little volume, " while
class is perpetually crying out against class, the fault
is all the while in human nature," or rather, as he
adds; in misdirected education. Perhaps when this
truth is generally admitted, when the evil is fully
acknowledged, a remedy will be sought for; in the
meantime, we gladly welcome all things which tend
to propagate this very desirable belief, and among
others the little volume before us (though we cannot
but think it to be somewhat one-sided). There is, of
course, a little story connected with the incidents we
have alluded to, some parts of which are improbable,
but the whole is sufficiently interesting, and is told in
an interesting manner.

WHEAT. 1 BARLEY" OATS. RTE. BEANS. PEAS.
PRICE .. 59s 10d 42s 11(1 26s 3d 43s Id 44s Sd 48s 10d
DUTY... 4s Od 2s Od Is 6d 2s Od 2s Od 2s Od

DELL V. NAY AND STEWART.
This was an action to recover the sum of 11/. 16s. 2d.,
for work and labour for the defendant. The defendant
May suffered judgment to go by default ; the other de-
fendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
Mr. J. GRAY stated the case. The plaintiff is a
carpenter at Sonning, near Reading, and the defendants
in 1843 and 1844 were ironmorgers, &c., in Holborn, and
contracted for some work done at Reading gaol. May
superintended that work, but he thought he should be
able to prove that, at the time the work was done, the
defendants were in partnership. Although it was true
that the plaintiff was not aware at the time that Stewart
was a partner, and his dealing had been with May, yet
if Stewart was even a dormant partner, he was liable.
It would be shown that when the contract was completed
at Reading gaol, Stewart received the money in the
names of May and Stewart, and shortly after this the
defendants took contracts for Wanstead Asylum, and also
for works at the Royal Exchange. The work done by
the plaintiff was in February and March, 1844, and he
had to contend, that although Stewart's name might have
been concealed in the contract, he was liable. He under-
stood that the defence would be that the partnership
did not commence until a few days after the Reading
contract was entered into, and that a partnership deed
would be put in evidence ; that, however, would not dis-
prove that a partnership did not exist before, and such
documents ought to be looked upon with caution, as it
was easy for persons to create evidence for themselves
to protect one partner. It would also be set up that the
money for the Reading contract had been received by
Stewart under an assignment of the debts of the firm,
May being in embarrassed circumstances. He should,
however, be able to show that even in September forty-
three actions had been brought against May and
Stewart, and a set-off of that firm was pleaded; other
aetions had been brought against both parties, and
which were settled ; and even while the work was
going on, Stewart ordered materials, and sent them
down to Reading. To set uo that the credit was given
to May would be no answer to the action if there was
a partnership, which defendant May had admitted, by
suffering judgment to go by default.
A great number of witnesses were then called, to show
that both before and after the plaintiff did the work
Stewart acted as a master in the shop and over other works.
A letter signed by defendant Stewart, signed for May
and Stewart, in which he excused themselves from pay-
went of a bill, on the ground of their having the works at
Reading and Aylesbury gaols was then produced.
Mr. OGLE, for the defendant Stewart, put in the deed
of partnership, dated the 25th March, 1844, and that
the whole of the work was done before the 14th of March,
and that previous to the 25th of March Stewart was
only acting as an assistant to May (his brother-in-law),
who was in the country. lie did not dispute the law as
laid down by his Learned Friend, but denied that the
evidence was at all conclusive that there was a partner-
ship at the time.
(The case was proceeding when our report left.)

DANIEL DENNISON AND THE CUMBER-
LAND STATESMAN. By the late Mrs. .1-lewd.
3 vols.
In pronouncing judgment upon any work, the
critic has a duty to perform, not only towards the
public, by satisfying them as to the merits of any
new claimant upon their favour, but towards the
author. It is his pleasing or painful office by hearty
eulogium or kindly reproof, to, bestow commendation
or censure upon the present effort, and afford encou-
ragement or warning for the future. But such a
task is dispensed with in the present instance, those
four letters on the title-page—" by the lute Mrs.
Hofland"—precludes all criticism, our comment shall
consequently be very brief. These volumes, being
her latest work, will doubtless be valuable to Mrs.
Hofland's admirers ; they are certainly more valu-
able on that account, being as it were a parting
legacy, than from their intrinsic merits. The
authoress was justly celebrated by her writings for
the young, and the attention to minor details and the
extreme simplicity, so 'attractive in juvenile works,
are prominent features in her later and more ornate
compositions. This is, especially, the case in the first
of the tales contained in the volumes before us.
Daniel Dennison, the autobiography of a country
apothecary, which is rather a narrative than a novel,
but, perhaps, that is rather an advantage for a
biography, a simple relation of supposed facts. The
second story is greatly the superior; there is more in-
terest
in the plot, and it contains some very graphic
sketches of the men and manners of the north of
England,nes in all
srendered
m
retheirstriking s simplicity p
bl icy i tay
feawndscekniendhsoefarLteodn:
Lon-
don life, in which such qualities are strangely deficient.

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CHURCH PREFERMENT.--The Right HOD. Lord
Ward has presented the Rev. Charles Girdlestone, M.A.,
to the valuable rectory of Kingswinsford, Staffordshire,
void by the death of Dr. Penfold.
THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—The telegraph from
the South-Western Railway has been laid down as far as
Waterloo-bridge, and upon reaching that point its course
was changed from the west to the eastern side of the
bridge, crossing the Waterloo-road, close to the gates of
the bridge on that side.
There has recently been an instance of shipwreck
caused by fair weather. When the sea is agitated, it
always breaks on the rocks lying at the mouth of the
Charente, and sailors can thus avoid them. But one
night lately the sea was so calm that, by the light of the
moon, no symptom of peril could be perceived, and the
English brig the Ann, proceeding from England to Cha-
rente, came right on the rocks and was wrecked. For-
tunately the crew escaped.—French paper.
PUNCH'S PLUM-PUDDING.—Eggs (Golden) from
the bird, the property of Mother Goose ; with the Egg
of a PhceniN—the only one ever laid—taken from a nest
of Cinnamon-sticks, and found in a Nutmeg Tree, ill
Arabia Felix. Beat well in a crystal bowl with a spoon
of satin-wood. Suet from the Ten Thousand Prize Oxen
fattened by order of the Poor-law Commissioners, for
Christmas Fare in all the Unions. Chop with the Sword
of Justice. Flour ground from wheat grown in every
corner of the world, presented by Ceres, the Goddess of
Free Trade. Brady, benignly winked at (" on this oc-
casion only") by Father Mathew. Lemon Peel from
the Gard ens
of the Hesperides. Raisins from Valencia,
,
and packed in liquidated Spanish Bonds. JamaicaPePi
per
freely contributed by free Negroes (all grateful an
Company, as a sample of the untaxed
enlightened readers of Punch). Salt sent to Punch by
the East India b
Currants (from
dostan.
l'uatisoanaslmvvalils,dbounit
material henceforth to ezenajnotyoe,dtbbye tghieftlolyf oKtsinogf
01 it
hi no
,
—sti
es of Punch." Spices that
derived by him from the
Majesty;s:fwthbewocrodns
pages
for ages. Milk—of
sincere iliTnhoiwaledgmen
will embalm wit and good ,
when got,
make the most of it.--Punch.
.
human kindness ; get it where you can—and,
CAUTION TO PERSONS PURCHASING JEWELLERY
Not only the public, but the whole of the jewellery trade,
will do well to be upon their guard when purchasing
articles of jewellery set with brilliants, as a great
number of imitation ones, of a
very novel and ingeni
ous construction, are now in England, and offered for
sale. So well is the deception managed that many
competent judges have not been able to distin
guish the deception. It is generally known that in
jewellery set with brilliants, the atone is from twenty
manship, which, therefore,
to thirty times more valuable than the gold and work-
description. So it is with •'
*.nese imitations. The supe-
rior quality of the
and exquisite workmanship,
warrant an ordinary •
a:e always of the best
that it would u-
hjave been wasted on anything but a
fudge in coming to the conclusion
real stone. rf
stones are what are termed doublets,
that is, diamond and half paste, and are never
f
set is .If
These imitations are made in the
sat,
manner :—A rose diamon (which is
out half the thickness of a brilliant, and has
a flat bottom to it) is taken, and the pointed top polished,
forming the table top always on brilliants ; a back or
bottom is then cut out of Paste to fit, and is placed,
cone downwards, into the chamber intended for its re-
caption. This has a flat top, the entire circumference of
the diamond, and forms the other half, or that part of
the brilliant which lies beneath the setting ; the flat
back of the diamond is then laid upon it, and the settings
firmly burnished over. It is impossible to detect the de-
ception until the stone is unset, and then the imitation
back becomes apparent. The diamond being uppermost,
it will cut glass and stand the usual test of a brilliant,
whilst the silver foil used beneath the paste, being tinted,
makes it appear like a jewel of the first water. It is
calculated, that upwards of 6001. per cent. profit will be
realised by the sale of them.
VICTORIA PARK APrnoACH?Es.--=A, meeting of
inhabitants was held yesterday in the committee-room,
Hackney to memorialise the Col nrnissioners of Woods
and Forests to make an approach -to the Victoria ?ark
from the high-road of that parish.

7611ENITGATE .A.ND I.3BII.IIENM.A.Xti.. LITERATURE.
The supplies of Meat on sale to-day was very extensive,
yet a good business was doing, at our quotations. Beet; from JANUARY EVE. A Tale of the Times. By George
3s 2d to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to Soane, B. A.
45 8d; and Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 10i1 per Sibs by the carcass. j The names of the three chapters of this little
btE&T 11ff.211R.Z.Z7. S. I volume would lead us to suppose that, like the gene-
SOUTH ALL, DEC. 29.—Our market to-day was fairly sup- rality of Christmas tales, it has some dealings with
plied with each kind of fat stock, which moved off slowly as the supernatural. However, on perusal, we find it
follows:—Beet; from 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d;
Veal, 43 to 4s 8d ; and Pork, 4s to 4s Gd per Slbs to sink the no fairy legend, but an only too probable " Tale of
offal. the Times, " yet the author assures us it has no poli-
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