The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-29 00:00:00

HAMBURG

GR.
Wheat, Marks 420 to 519
Magdeburg
- Anhalt, white 444 to 52.51
red :196 to 515
Brunswick 420 to 519
- Mecklenburg 390 to 519
---- Polish 456 to 525
- Holstein
Rye, Mecklenburg
- Uantzic
- Elbing and Ko-
nigsburg
--Upland
-- Riga

COT":
Carolina and Tennessee 74 to 9,4
Georgia, Ist colt 7 7
2d.... ..... . ... 634 7.
3d and 4th 534 01,4
111telns.: 13 to 1334
Batavia 434 5%
Cumatra
5%
Bahia
1% 5%1
511— OVA
liavannali, Whits .1./6A..... 3 to 37,4
Brown :2t4
Itio, White ')%.,
Brown
Manilla. Brow

THE CLERGY.---There is not a single great mea-
sure of reform or amelioration of the condition of the
people that our Establishe&Church has not strenuously
opposed. We challenge the Churchman to point out one
measure of human progress that has been instituted or
supported by " the Church:, The Bishops defended
negro slavery tc the last ; they resisted the amelioration
of the penal code ; they 'refused emancipation to the Ca-
tholics
odpr
; they voted against the Repeal of the Test and
ea
Corporation Acts ; they helped -to pass the Corn-laws ;
they opposed the Reform Bill ; they have always been
h and abettors of Government, in. its wars with
they are steady and invariable opponents
t iey ipe
ofof"niagtniopneaople ;
l edu cation ; they hate the name of reform ;
a free press is their detestation and abhorrence ; they
are the enemies of freedom and civilization all over the
world.—bred.. Timer.

MEXICO.

FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—The Star packet, Lieutenai t
Smith, arrived this morning from Mexico, having sailtd
from Tampico on the 7th, Vera Cruz on the 16th, and
Havannah the 26th of November. She brings 155,000
dollars on freight, all on merchant's account.
In politics we have little news from this quarter ; ai el
as regards commercial matters, the reduction of the
consumo duty to the old scale had given a new impulse
to the'trade of the country, and considerable quantities
of manufactured goods of all descriptions had within
six weeks been sent into the interior, and in some mea-
sure relieved the heavy stocks on the coast. Neverthe-
less the market still continued in a state of great depres-
sion, and sales had not improved ; consequently prices
in general were very low. A new law had been pub-
lished in Mexico, according to which all ordinary cotton
goods imported, and which came under the Act of pro-
hibitions, were henceforward to be burnt by the Custom
House, the importers being liable not only to the duties,
but also to a fine equal to, the value of the goods at the
places where they were imported. It is not expressed in
the law whether it is to take effect immediately, or whe-
ther its application only begins after the expiration of
the six months usually granted for any alterations in the
tariff. On the other hand some reforms in the tariff
beneficial to foreign trade are spoken of ; but no one can
yet say how far they may be carried out.

The Montrose steamer, due the 17th inst., with the
Peninsula mails, has not yet made her appearance. his
generally supposed an accident has occurred to the ma-
chinery, and in consequence of the Braganza breaking
down on her outward voyage and putting back, there is
no steamer due from abroad this week.

The weather is now a little more settled, with the
wind from the northward, which will give the outward-
bound an opportunity of clearing the Channel.

THE DUhES OF BUCKINGHAM
AND MARLBOROUGH'S AGRICULTURAL
LABOURERS.

The condition of agricultural labourers around the
Duke of Buckingham's Wotton domain is deplorable.
In Waddesdon, an adjoining parish to Wotton, at
this time upwards of thirty able bodied labourers
—some with wives and families—are unable to ob-
taM work, and are now on the verge of starvation,
their only means of subsistence being begging from
door to door. Marlborough and Buckingham are the
Lords of the soil in Waddesdon, the greater portion of
the parish being the property of these monopolist Dukes.
A correspondent writes us as follows :—On Friday af-
ternoon, two half-famished looking men called on me,
soliciting my assistance by a trifle of cash to enable
them to purchase some food, or a bit of broken
victuals from my hands. Their appearance con-
vinced me they were not regular tramps. I called
them into my office, and found they were from a neigh
bouring parish. In answer to my questions, the fol-
lowing mournful tales were told me. They came from
Waddesdon—a place with which I was acquainted
—one of the parishes adjoining Wotton, the re-
sidence of the Duke of Buckingham. The first I
questioned gave me the following replies :—" My
name is Daniel Turner ; I am 23 years of age ; be-
long to Waddesdon. I have tried to get work in the
parish, but cannot. I have only had two days' work
within the last seven weeks. When in work the farm-
ers would give me a shilling a-day. As I could not
get work, and was almost starved, I applied to the
guardians for relief; they say I am an able-bodiedchap,
and must shift for myself'. They would neither relieve
me nor let me go into the workhouse. I would rather
be in a workhouse, or even in a gaol, than to be obliged
to beg from day to day for my living, round the coun-
try, as 1 am." The other individual gave me, in
answer to my questions, the following distressing
tale :—" My name is John Bull, of Waddesdon. I
am twenty-four years old. I have had only four days'
work for the last eight weeks. When in work I would
earn a shilling a day. There arc as many as thirty
out of work in Waddesdon. I have, with Turner,
been begging for the last month for my living. I have
neither father nor mother ; as I cannot get work I
must either beg or starve. The parish will nt t
assist nie ; they say I must get work,' and
that I cannot do. If the farmers of our parish would
only employ one man to every forty-five acres of land,
there would not be one of us out of work. They
will not employ us ; the parish will not assist us ; and
I suppose I must be starved. If I go to Waddesdon
I have no home or place to lay my head, nor will the
farmers give me work. If they would, I could get lodg-
ings, and work for my living." I told him he was liable
to be imprisoned for begging from place to place. This
brought from him the following energetic reply :
" Yes, Sir, I know it, but what am I to do ? I
keep myself to the truth, and if I am take'n up
for so doing, I cannot help it. In a prison I should
not be starved ; and begging is the only
thing that I have to save me from perishing."
He declared he had never been before a justice
in his life. Is not this a bad state of things ? The
Standard says, " Bucks is the pattern county." I pre-
sume it meant for beggary and starvation. Devonshire
is said to be bad for agricultural labourers .1 doubt
whether it caw be possibly worse than'Buckinglaamshire.

THE SPANISH PRESS.
MADRID, DEC. 13.—The election of officers of
Ayuntamientos now in progress throughout the thousand
pueblos in Spain that enjoy that privilege has afforded
occasion for the devtlopment of political views decidedly
at variance with the well• being of this kingdom, and, if
their dissemination proceed unchecked, likely to lead to
foreign interference as well as civil discord. An extract
from a recent number of the Republican journal, El
Huracan, now published in Madrid without a name to
of this periodical, and the boldness to
evade the law of libel, will suffice to show the unscrupu•
has attained in the capital :
wlohuischteintdsepnacryty
" Fortunately we have in Teruel a worthy colleague,
La Ccntinela de Aragon, who relieves us of a consider-
able port:on of the weight of our task. In Barcelona
there is another of our colour, although somewhat pale
and sickly, El Conslitucional ; and in other points
journals are about to be established. Here, in Mad-
rid, on the Ist of January next, El Peninsular, a peri-
odical of principles similar to our own, will see the
light, edited by our political friends, and likely to do
good service to the cause. Already we find it acquiring
high consideration in the important and populous cities,
and even in the hamlets and solitary farmhouses they
talk of a republic, and discus its possibility and ap-
plication in Spain, losing all fear while entranced with
the idea of the beauty and perfectibility of the system.
What all agree npon is, that nothing worse than what
exists could be invented, and that it will be impossible
to sustain it ; neither can it be abandoned to its own
natural course of decomposition.
" Already we are adults, already we can resist,
combat, and coequar the dangers that rise around
us, since we have been able to overcome
those that threatened us still more furiously
at the epoch of our new-born liberties. Inva-
riable in our principles we aspire to destroy the
Constitution of 1837, the Throne, and the
Regency of General Espartcro —. to realize
the union of Spain and Portugal, and establish be-
tween both countries, on the basis of perfect
equality, a federal Republican Government upon the
basis of a Constitution formed by ourselves after
the most deliberate meditation, which is al-
ready prepared, and which we shall publish at
the proper time. Let nobody imagine that we wish to
impose this Constitution upon the people ; we only pro-
pose it as the complete explanation of the system which
has been advocated by us for so long a time, and that the
public may, if it pleases, adopt it, or amend or modify it,
or reject and burn it, in the exercise of their sovereignty."
This treasonable style must, at present, go free and
unpunished, as the law of libel stands ; but it
is known that the Minister of the Interior is pre-
pared with a Bill to submit to the Cortes to remedy
the serious deficiencies which exist in this department ;
and then we may hope to see something like trinity
restored to the periodical political literature of Spain.
Preparation is making in various tribunals, both
civil and military, for attaining a better state of things.
Don Jose Diaz Gil has been appointed Ministro Togado
of the Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine (the
council of appeal in military trials) ; Don Francisco
Valdes, Mariscal de Campo, has been named Gefe Po-
litico of Huesca, and various appointments have been
made in reference to Cuba, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines.

THE LAST or TIIE TEMPLARS.—The re-
sidue of the Templars retired into the large tower of the
Temple, called " the Tower of the Master," which they
defended with desperate energy. The bravest of the
Mamlooks were driven back in repeated assaults, and the
little fortress was everywhere surrounded with heaps of
the slain. The Sultan, at last, despairing of taking the
place by assault, ordered it to be undermined. As the
workmen advanced, they propped the' foundations with
beams of wood, and when the excavation was completed,
these wooden supports were consumed by fire ; the huge
tower then fell with a tremendous crash, and buried the
brave Templars in its ruins. The Sultan set fire to
the town in four places, and the last stronghold of the
Christian power in Palestine was speedily reduced to a
smoking solitude. A few years back the ruins of the
Christian city of Acre were well worthy of the atten-
tion of the curious. You might still trace the remains
of several churches ; and the quarter occupied by the
Knights Templars continued to present many interest-
ing memorials of that proud and powerful order.—.4ddi-
son's History of the Knights Templars.
EDMONTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—On Wed-
nesday evening •last the annual examination of the
scholars of this school took place at the school-room at-
tached to the institution in Silver-street, Upper Edmon-
ton, E. D. Markham, Esq., of Bridport Hall, the late
Principal, in the chair, who, on his ascending the plat-
form, was received with much applause from his
late pupils. Mr. J. E. Adams, the present Principal,
opened the proceedings in a-- very able speech, in
which he detailed the principles of instruction adopt-
ed in this very popular establishment. He was much
cheered. The Chairman, with his usual ability,
spoke at-some length on the benefits arising from early
education, which he illustrated by familiar comparisons.
The pupils then went through their examination, in
which they fully displayed the great attention that had
been paid to them by their instructors. The whole af-
ftwded the most lively satisfaction to a numerous and
highly respectable audience, who repeatedly attested their
rpprobation by loud applause.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR.
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, &c. &c. &c.

LONDON, TUESDAY, DEC. 28.
Number Dividend Price
of per --CANALS. On
:hares. Annum. Paid. Share
4,766 7 per cent. Ashton & Oldham...Average97l.lBs.sh. ega
1,482 41. Ashby.de-le-touch Average 1131.5 h• "72
4260
_Basingstoke.... ....................„10oLee. e
L 065 sel. Brecknock and Abergavenny ...1501.5h. 92
leooll leletla. 101. Birmingham, 1-16th share ...,811. & 711. 200
4000 •
600 :::37: Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.sh. Billie .-
100 51. Chelmer and Blackwater lOOl.lll. 105
300 32/. Coventry ...... e... .. 1001. sh. 300
Cr0yd0ne........., Avenge3.ll.2B.lod. sh. -
2, 60 51. Os Dudley eseitiosse•••••••••••••••••1001.sh. 94
600 131. Derby lool.sh. 120
20,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d.pd 30
3.575 e 4' Ellesmere and Chester Avertge 133 l.sh. 75
231 021 Erewasn • 0000000000000 ...-..•••.. .. •••1001•sh• 735
,207 351. Forth and Clydo....Averaye 400/. 16s. b. 61`0
11,600 71. Grand Junction 1001. en 113
2,79494 255. Grand Onion lool.sh . 26
,500 .. ...... Grand Surrey . .. ..... ......1001.sh. 15
1,0001 41:percent . Ditto (optional) Loan'.. 1001.
996 e ... Grand Western
800 131.72.1. 9d. Glemnrganshire, Aver. cost 1721.138.4 d. '230 1
749 12s. tiranthsm ..... lsol.sh. 22'4
3 238 21. Os. Huddersfield Average 5/1. 6s. 6d. eh. 210(,
100 Kensingtoe lOO sh. all pd 1014
25:324.3 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185. 10d. sh 9(1
11,6994 U. 7s. Lancaster Average 47/. 6s. Sd 27
2,8970 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 730
5451 111. Leicester 110/. it 150
.897 5L es. Leicester k Northampton Aver KU 40s 7134
2,409 101- Monmouthshire lool.Bl' 200
250 101. Melton Mowbray ..........100/.sh. 117
500 25/. Mersey and Irwell lool.sh. 510
3,000 21. 10s. Maceleseeld lOOl. sh. all pd '23
247 171. Neath .
1001. sh. 325
2,400 51. Peak Forest Averege about 781. sh. 71
1,418 SS. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.163.8 d. eh. 934
1,669 St. Kochdale Average 8/51.4h. 62
500 81. Shropshire 1251.8h. 137
:800 111. 100. Somerset Coal l5O/. sh. 176
3,6001. 6 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121.105. sh. 11 4
700 36/. Stafford and Worcester 1401.8 h. 650
500 151 Shrewsbury
300 91. 3teurbridge......-..... 145/.sh. 396
3,647 21. Os. Stratford-on-Avon es 5er....7411. 9s. fel. sh. 33
533 1811Swensea lOOl. sh . 265
3,762 21. 12s. Severn and Wyc &Railway Ay.241.95. sh. 45
2.600 f eh. 321. 10s. Trent and Mersey, e share lOOl. sh. 500
8,149 .. ..... .. Thames and Medway Av. 191. ss. Sd. sh. g
11°CiNh'i 161. Warwick and Birmingham lool.sh 203
I,oooesh.
910 131. Warwick and tsapten' lOW. sh. 117
7,000 41 Worcester & Birmingham Av. 761.85. sh. 55
5,000 361. Wilts and Berks Average 671. 108 Bd. sh. 28%
100 6s. W;ilev and Essington 1251. sh '74
.26 .....:: Wiseeacri .••t .......... •••••••••••;,3ZOI. 3h. no
905 le Wey and A TUT 1•••••• 1101. en. 20
DOCKS.
'2,000 & 3p. C. Commerc al
1,06545h.1
5 per rent. East and West India
3,2.38,31041. 31.p.et. London ...........Stock 74
Ditto Bonds
2,209 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol Average Ic7. 9s. sh. 75
66,324!. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts lOB
352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 92
500,4100 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds ... lOO4
200.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ~...
eee
8R7.130E3.
1,600 IL Hammersmie 5Ol. sh. 2134
1,231 Southwark, Old Av. 0:31.25. Bd. sh. 31
1,700 1/. 15s. Ditto, New, of 74 per cent., 50/. sh. 15%
e,OOO Waterloo 100/. sh. 3
5,000 225. Od. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. pa 21
5,000 19e. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. 4Ol. pd 183¢
10,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds
5.848 27s Vauxhall .........Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
2,000 3110, Albion 5OOl. sh. 501. pd 72
ree s 6 percent, ~..
5 .einanceßritish&Foreignlool.sh. 11/. pd 13%
"'""" / and 15s.
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 5%
24,000 41. per sh. Atlas 5Ol. sh. 51. pd 14
1,20045 h. 5!. Birmingham h ire..... ..... ..2 50Lsh. 55/. pd 10734
(0,000 41. percent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 40
12,000 61. percent. British Commercial .... .... .504 sly. 5/, pd 6
5,000 51. per cent. Clerical & Medical Life, 1001. sh. 2110 s pd 1%
4,000 310 s County lool.Bh. 10/. pd 1'
9,000 ss. Eagle 501. sh. 5!. pd 4%
000 f 5 per ent..?
/and 301 bee Economic Life 1000/. sh. 2501, pd 406
2,271 22e.percent. European Li..' 001. sh. all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New 001. sh. 21. p 4 I%
1,000,0001. fl. per et Globe Stock 115
20,000 51. Guardian
30,000 4s. W. Hope 5O/. sh. 51. pd 54
2,400 5!. 12s. fid. Imperial Fire 5OO/. sh. 501. pd 135
7,500 12s. Imperial Lite ... ........ lOOl. sh. 101. pd 11
13,459 5/. percent. Indemnity Marine lOO/. sh. 8/. pd 29
2,020 31 10, Kent Fire 5Ol. sh. all pd 92
31. Ditto Life 5O/. pd 66
10,000 les. Law Life lOOl. sh. 10/. pd 31%
5,000 101. London, Firs 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18%
3,900 10s. London, Ship '2sl. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18%
1,000,000/. ... ..... Minerva Life 1001. sh.
2%000 51. per cent. National Loan Fund... 201. sh 2/. 100 pd 2%
moon as. per cent. Palladium Lite ao/. sh. 2/. pd 216 s
50,0(10 5/. per cent. I'roteetor life 20/. sh. 21. pd 18s Od
10,0(10 4 per cent. Protestant leissenters ....160/. sh. 5/. pd 534
2,500 11. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 101 eel 20
200,000 4s. Od. Rock Life
89,220/ 5/. per mit. Royal Exchange Stock 180
8,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd 8%
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 74
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
25,000 Agric. and Com. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
15,000 8 per cent. Australasia 101. sh. 40/. pd 53%
10,008 10 percent. Bank of Birmingham 50/. sh. 104 pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5Ol, sh. 101. pd 1:344
37,000 8 per cent. London & Westminster 1001 sh. 201. pd 21%
60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/, sh. 104 pd 12
.1,000 4 per cent. Lancaster lOOl. sh. 201. pd 50
25,000 Its per cent. Liverpool 1001 sh. 1241. pd 1614
50,000 74 percent. Manchester and Liver ] 504 sh. 151 P d 10
pool Distriet
20,000 7 per ceet. Manchester lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 5
20,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of lrelandlool. sh. 25/. pd 41
10,000 6 per cent National Bank of Irelend 50/. sh. 1741. pd 17%
10,000 6 per cent Natienal Proviecial Eng.loo4 sh. 35/. pd 34 ,
10,000 Ditto New 102. sh, 101. pd 10
10,000 Gloucestershire 501. vb. 10/. pd 32
6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 5O/. sh. 54 pd 9
GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
2,500 16s Od Bath 201. sh. 101. pd 22
5,000 British -4401. sh. lel. pd 18
5,000 Ens:lle:T..3 Ditto Provincial ~..:..,.201. sh. M. pd 24 Ni
928 51 10s Birmingham- 50'. sh. 96
1,250 21 Os Bristol '.0:". sh. 36
2,250' 31 IN Brighton . ................ .................29!..h. 135
730 31 105 Ditto, New "('t, st?,
.iht. I,d li
2.471 44 per cent. Brighton (leucral QT. 31i. all pd 9%
• 4,000 7/.103. Continental Consolidated ....751. ti 24 ~ pdllo
1,000 101. City of London.. ....... ....lON. ill. all lei 195
1,000 6!. Ditto, New 1001. 5h.,751. pd 150
4,000 31.05. Equitable eol. pd 20
10,000 31. per cent. Imperial se/. sh. 59
800 51. per cent. Isle nt Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 183 G
8,350 61. per cent. independent 30/. sh. elle, 56
9,000 41. per cent. Phoenix 5O/. 811. 39/. pa 33
1,000 4/. per cent. Ratelifi .......... 100/. sh. 801. pd 013
4,300 Seuth eteropolitan 50/. sh. 3%/. pd 17
9,000 51. per cent. United General 50/. sh. 411. pd 84)
240 5/. per cent. Warwick 5O/. sh. 50
400 V. per cent Wakefield ..
....., ...... 25/. sh. '22
2,000 ' 3/. Westminster Chartered
6,000 12s. Ditto New 5ll. sh. 10/. pd 1134
780 3 per cent. Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. 184 pd
WATER WOKKS
1,800 345. Birmingham 2e/ sh. 25/. pd 21
1,433 71. East London 100/. sh. 18234
5,500 21 15s. ' Grand Junction. Average 411. 13s. 4d. sh. 55
1,000 2/. Kent e. 1004 sh. 5234
372 1(11. Liverpool Bootle 220/. sh. 325
1,500 2 /10s New River London Bridge WaterA rm... 60
6,486 2110. Manchester and Salford lOW. sh. 54
1,000 5 per cent. South London , 100 L sh. .98
3,294 441. West Middleset Average 631.'125. 9d. sh. 90
1,360 11141 York Building Go. Lessee Prop. 1001. sh. 35
IRON RAILWAYS.
6,300 2!. Os. Birmingham and Derby ..... lOOl pd 47
9,530 ......... Birmingham and Gloucester 1(0!. pd 65
15,00 1/. 4s. Bristol and Exeter lOOl. sh. 60 pd 28
7,500 Cheltenham& G. Western 1001.5 h. 72e, e 2234
3,000 .... ..... Clarence 1004 sh. 100/ pd 23
8,000 ......... Dublin and Drogheda 1001. sh. 51. pd
50.000 Eastern Counties 25!. sh. 23/, pd 5%
10,000 Great North of England 100/. sh. 90/. pd 6734
10,918 141 per cent. Grand Junction lOOl.O. all pd 194
25,"00 :3 per cent. Great Western 1601. sh. 651. pd 86
25,000 Ditto New 501. sh. 80!. pd 60
6,000 5 per cent Gosport Junction.. 504 sh. 501. pd 56%
2,000 6 per cent. Hartlepool 160/. sh. 1001. pd 14535
8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 50/, pd 3J
2,100 4 per cost. Leeds and Selby 100th. 6534
5,100 10 per cent. Liverpool& Manchester 10( /eh. 100/.0 199%
7,908 10 per cent. Ditto Half Shares 504 pd 90
11,495 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares 25/. pd 45
36,000 ......... Landon and Brighton 50/. eh. 50/ pd 39
24,000 ...... ... London and Blackwell 25/. sh. 25/. pd 1130
10,000 3 ner cent. London and Greenwich -201. sh. 201. pd 6%
25,000 81 per cent. London & Birmingham 1001. sh. 901. pd 169
25,000 21. Os Ditto Quarter Sharps 25/. sh. 5!. pd 2534
31,250 Dit o New Shares 324 sli. 321. pd 50
36,000 5 per cent. London and S. Western Av. 38/, 17s. 9d. 5934
33,900 .... ..... London and Croydon] 12
Av. 13/. 155. 9d.
Ditto New Scrip-. 12
13,000 5: per cent. Manchester and Leeds...loo/. sh. '704 pd 673¢
13,000 .. Ditto Half Shares 501.:51. pd 23%
10,000 Manchester anti Birmingham 70/.s h. 40/. 2854
. ...... Ditto Extension 7l. pd 2%
10,000 2/.ls. Midland Counties ..... ...lOW. sh. 100/, Al 8514
15,000 31. Os. North Midland ........ s.Ol. sh. 100! pd 7034
11.10 s. Ditto New 4O/. pd 3i
10,256 ..... „,. Northern and Eastern.... 50/. sh. 1351. pd 22
~641t1 Preston and Wyre 5Ol. sh. 304 pd 36
184000 South Eastern and Dover ......... 381. pd 203;
1,000 101. per cent. Stockton and Darlington IOW. sh. 265
9,000 ......... Thames Haven .50/. sh 5/. pd
moo ..... .... York and North Midland 50 . sh. 501. pd 90

- - -
MINES.
8,000 Albion Copper 5/.i `i 34/. rid IV
4,000 11. ss. A 'ten l5l. sh 12/, Ii spd 10
10,000 ....,.... Anglo illexican,iss. 5/ pm.lool. sh. al 4 d 134
Ditto Subscription .......... ..... , . .25/, pu 1)4
2,000 10/. Bolanos l5O/. sh all p 1 35
10,000 U. 108 Brazilianlmp. iss. 5/. pm.„Jr3sl.sh. 204 pd , 7;,,
0,000 ..„...., Macaubas & Cocaes United 251.5h.25/. pd 414
11,000 „... ..... Ditto St. John Del Rey 2O/. sh. 14/, pd 1%
IC ,000
10,000 0••••••• Ditto Scrip lOl. sh. 101. pd 2
20,000 British Iron lOO/. sh, 601. pd
,000 ......... British Copper 51. sh. 441. pd 1%
.... ..... Cats Br.mea 641. pd 6h
Candorgl ...
10,000 11 Coptapo .... 2Ol. sh. 1:i/. p 4 10
8,500 ... Columbian, iss. si. pm 551.5 h. 551. pd 0%
2,50 q/. English
20,000 General Mining A szociation2o/. sh.lBl. pd 134
6,155 Mexican Company 1001. sh, 6e; 'xi
3,000 Polberou Console .. lOl. Sll. Al. pd 4
11,500 Real del Monte, Unregistered 2
Ditto Loan Notes 150/. pd 160
30,000
......... United Mexican, iss. 2 pm. 40/. sh, pd
Ditt‘ Scrip l%
Ditto New Scrip. 4/. psi 3
West Cork 5Ol. sh 50/. pd 36
LITERARY INSTITU'FIONS.
1,000
1,500
700
King' College l6Ol. 1934
MISCELLANEOUS.
0,70+1 15s. Australian Agricultural.loo/. sh. 281 pd 39
6060 1. per cent. British American Land Company 354/. pd 9
w ooc 61. per cent. Canada Company 1001. sh. 3241. NI 28
vita 51, per cent. Upper Canada Loan
City Bonds, 4 p4r cent lOO
20,000 11. Os. General Steam Navigation 151.. h. 141. pd 24
101. per cant. Hudson's Bay Stock
,008 I/. London Coin. Sale Rooms ....Av. 751. sh 19%
,000 ......... Caoutchouc Company 1241. pd 1234
New Brunswick Land Conapat.y...so/. pd 12
1,:54 5/. per cent. Reversionary Int. 50c...1001. sh. 100/. IA 9234
Q.,633 5/. per cent. Ditto New 1004 sh. 1004 pd 107
4,003
.0,000 6s. Van Die..nen's Land.... 1001. all. 1841. psi 734

LIST of SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES
DEC. 26, 1841,
BANKS.
1.000,00 e p. ct. Bank of Scotland ...83/. to. Bd. oh all pd 54
11,000,00(, el. p. ct. Rcyal of Scotland 100/. sh. all rd 151%
500.000:. 8/. p. ct. British Linen Company 100/, sh. all pd
500,0001. tit p. ct. Commercial. 5001. sh. 1 00/.pd 165
500,000 t. r, et. National 'OO/.sh. 10/. pd 14
50 0001. 81. p. et. Glasgow Union 250/, Oh. 501. pd 84
,000,0 01. 15 p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 40/. pd 71
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
50.0005 h. p. et. Scottish Union "0/. sh. It. pd 243.0 d.
7,500 10 P. ct. Hercules .00/. sh. 10/. lid 13
100,000 10 p. ct. Insurance Co. of Sec tlancl.lo/. sh. all pd o
50,000 lo p. et. North British • ??i;8!/. sh, IP/. pd 17%
1,000 10 p. ct. Calcdoniim Fire • 'lOO/. sh. 101. pd 20
5,000 10 p. ct. Edinburgh Lite ... .. lOO/. sh. 10/, p 4 15
100,000 3h p. et. West of Scotland. lO/. pd
MISCELLANEOUS.
4,818 ..... Edin. wnd 0130. Conalso/. sh. all pd 8
Ditto Allocat,al 90/. ob, all pd 46
4%401. ri per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water 25/.sh all pd :34
1,110 Mb 2j per cent. Shotts Iron Founcierv......so/.sh 48/ pd 40
0,000 d per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass.2ol. sh. 161. pc.l
4,500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 25/. sh. all pd 50
5,450 10 pet cent. Glaogow Gas
780 7} per cent' LAth Coal Gam 2O/.sh. all pd 21
1,154 Edinburgh and Dalkelthrlaihvay 50/. sh 30

• THE DOVER HORNBLOWER. A diligent
sportsina:i in the antiquarian field may easily find some-
thing to attract notice amongst the preserves of Dover.
Few places have been more rich in antique bits, and there
are yet many perishing records, which - require the fos-
tering care of the antiquary to prevent their being lost
fbr ever. ':Every lane, shop, and church (as Shakspeare
says), yields matter for a hot brain ; and the book-worm
will find in Dover, what is frequently wanting in other
towns—a general desire amongst men of all parties to

afford every information connected with its early history.
The horn,blci ver has been, time out of mind, a functionary
of.some importance' in Dover; and a special fee has al-
ways been allowed whenever his services were required.
Formerly almost every official announcement was made by
sound of bugle, but by degrees the custom became less pre-
valent, and the horn gave place to the drum and hand-bell.
The drum was used to, summon the inhabitants to re-
move the beach from the haven ; and the band-bell be-
came the peculiar attribute of the Town-crier. In good
old times, when horn-blowing was in its zenith, monks,
friars, mayors, and lord wardens revelled in sack and
venison ; theatrical entertainments were given at the
private houses of the Mayor and Jurats, and the ex-
penses of such representations were defrayed out of the
corporate funds, without any cavilling on the part of
their fellow townsmen, who were liberal by riture
rather than by name; the morris•dancer, with his
jingling bells, enlivened the quiet unpaved street ;
lads and lasses tripped it merrily round the may-
pole ; trade flourished, and tradesmen ranked high
in society ; commerce was not looked down upon
by great people in a small way ; taxation and machinery
had not reduced the bold peasant of England to become
the creature of charity or voluntary exile ; the artisan
and labourer earned an independent livelihood ; poor-
laws were unheard of, and there were no guardians to
advertise for beef and coffins for the pauper! Men were
content to hear a sermon at the parish church on Sunday,
and return to business on Monday. Your parish busy-
body was a thing unheard of : but, tempora mutantur
England appears in this respect but the brilliant reflec-
tion of what she was. " There is something (as my
aunt says) rotten in the state of Dunkirk!" A truce,
however, to croaking : this is the season of beef; pud-
ding, and compliment, therefore—
" Gentle, simple, great, and small,
A merry Christmas to you all."
—Dover Chronicle.
SOUTHAMPTON.—The Hon. Admiral and
Mrs. Bouverie and suite arrived on Monday at the Dol-
phin Hotel, in this town, from visiting at Colonel Buck-
ley's and Mr. Compton's, in the New Forest. In the
afternoon the Gallant Admiral and party went on board
his yacht, and proceeded to Portsmouth, there to resume
his command in the Dock-yard.
Lord and Lady Palmerston are still at Broad-
lands, where Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord and Lady
Lansdowne, Admiral Bowles, Colonel and Lady Cathe-
rine Buckley, Mrs. L. Fox, 'the Hon. Sydney Herbert,
Lord Duncannon, and others from the neighbourhood,
are expected.--Southampton Gazette.
The two City Pleaderships about to become
vacant are likely to be the subject of considerable com-
petition. Sir Walter Riddell, of the Chancery bar, Mr.
Forsyth, Mr. Charnock, Mr. Hildyard, and Mr. Webster,
are mentioned as probable candidates.
FATAL A CCI DENT.—Yesterday a young
man of the name of Wilkes, a painter, who resided in
Princes-street, Leicester-square, was drowned in the
river near Battersea-bridge. The deceased and three
companions had been on a visit to a friend at Put-
ney, and were on their return a little before eight o'clock,
when one of the party let his oar fall out of the rowlock
into the water. Wilkes, who was rather the worse for
drink at the time, leaned over the side of the boat to
endeavour to reach the oar, and unfortunately was drown-
ed. One of his companions laid hold of his foot as he
sank, but his shoe came off in his hand, otherwise he
might have been saved.

STEAM v. SAlLs.—The Toulonnais of the
2l sti nst publishes a long article, in which it proves the
superiority of a steam navy over a fleet of sailing vessels,
and calls on the Government to lose no time in arming a
considerable number of steamers of 450-horse power and
upwards. " This," it says, "is a question of life or
death for our maritime power, and we cannot but deplore
every instant lost in realizing that object. The superio-
rity of steam is so incontestable, and it is so clear for us
that a float of 30 steamers of 500-horse power, and 20 of a
lesser force, carrying an army of 20,000 men, would com-
mand the coasts of the Mediterranean, in spite of all the
fleets of Europe, that we scarcely conceive it to be neces-
sary to adduce reasons to prove it." The Toulonnais
then contends that the expedition of Bonaparte against
Egypt would have produced a very different result, if
the expeditionary army had been seconded by a naval
army of steamers. " France," it says," would be still in
possession of Egypt, and the East would not be at present
on the eve of a revolution." The Toulon Journal after-
wards proceeds to demonstrate with what ease the trade
of Great Britain could be destroyed in the Mediterra-
nean, were the Government to adopt the plan it proposed;
and concludes by showing the immense advantages
afforded by steam, in making an invasion on the enemy's
shores, or in defending one's own coasts.
The number of persons who visited the British
Museum on Monday was 14,763, being a much larger
number than on any "Boxing-day" since the Museum
has been open to the public on those days. On the same
day last year, Christmas-day falling on Friday, and the
Museum being closed on Saturday, the number of visitors
was 2,531, whilst last Whit-Monday it was 9,031. In
the first three-quarters of an hour after ten o'clock in
the morning upwards of seven hundred persons were
admitted, who gradually increased during the day. The
police arrangements of the Museum were under the di-
rection of Police-constable Reason, A 131, who was
assisted by a sergeant and ten constables of the
same division. Notwithstanding this large concourse of
persons, consisting chiefly of holiday folks, but three
were refused admission on the grounds of intoxication ;
and it may be added, that not a single robbery was com-
mitted, on account of the vigilance of the .police, who
timely discovered three of the swell mob, who were im-
mediately removed. Not a single instance of damage
occurred during the day.
ROYAL. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.—Up-
wards of three thousand five hundred, persons visited
this popular place of amusement on Monday, one of the
principal attractions being the new dissolving views,
which were exhibited nine or ten times during the morn-
ing and evening. -The illuminated clock in front of the
institution, which is worked by electricity, went on Mon-
day for the first time.
" Alas, we have got perhaps a still harder thing to
settle than the Divine Right of Kings, the Divine Right
of Squires. Did a God make this land of Britain, and
give it to us all, that we 'might live there by honest la-
bour ; or did the Squires make it, and,—shut to the voice
of any God, open only to a Devil's voice in this matter,
—decide on giving it to themselves alone ? This is now
the sad question and ' divine right' we, in this unfortu-
nate century, have got to settle ! For there is no end of
settlements ; there never will be an end ; the best
settlement is but a temporary, partial one. Truly,
all manner of rights, and adjustments of work and
wages, here below, do verge gradually into error,
into unbearable error, as the tie:le-flood bears us
onward ; and many a right, which used to be
a duty done and divine enough, turns out, in a new lati-
tude of the time-voyage, to have grown now altogether un-
divine ! Turns out,—when the fatal hour and necessity
for overhauling it arrives,—to have been, for some con-
siderable while past, an inanity, a conventionality, a hol-
low simulacrum of use-and-want ; which, if it will still
assert itself as a divine right,' having now no divine duty
to do, becomes a diabolic wrong ; and, by soft means or
by sharp, has to be sent travelling out of this world !
Alas, intolerabilities ' do now again in this new cen-
tury cry to Heaven;'—or worse, do not cry, but in low
wide-spread moan, lie as perishing, as if in Heaven there
was no ear for them, and in earth no ear. Eleven-
pence-halfpenny a week' in this world ; and in the next
world zero! And sliding scales,' and endless wrigglings
and wrestlings over mere Corn-laws:' a governing class,
hired (it appears) at the rate of some fifty millions a
year, which not only makes no attempt at governing, but
will not, by any consideration, passionate entreaty, or
even menace as yet, be persuaded to eat its victuals,
shoot its partridges, and not strangle out the general life
by mis-governing ! •It cannot and it will not come to
good."—Mr. Carlyle.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An alarming and fatal
accident occurred at Edgbaston-pool on Sunday morn-
ing. A number of 'boys had assembled for the purpose
of skating. ,Owing to the sudden thaw which took place
on Friday, 'and Saturday, the greater part of the ice
was covered with water. It was again frozen over, but
when the boys ventured upon it, owing to the rotten
state of the ice, it separated, and eight or nine of them
were instantly immersed in the water. All except one
succeeded in getting upon certain portions of the ice,
and eventually reached the shore ; but we are: sorry to
say that one unfortunate fellow was unavoidably drowned
in sight of thirty or forty persons,. who stood near the
spot without the means of rescuing him.
Interest of money was twopence per week for
205., in 1260, and 45 per cent. in 1307, and reduced from
ten to eight per cent, in 1624 ; it was reduced by the
Rump Parliament to six per cent, an,d was confirmed at
the Restoration at live per cent. in 1714. It has since
then undergone other changes, and a few years ago gave
rise to inany'debates in the house of Commons, the late

Serjeant Onstow, and other members, contending that
money, like every other commodity, shoniJ be suffered to
find its own level as the best means of preventlng usury;
this principle to a certain extent is recognised an 4 legal
at present.

LABOUR AND RECREATION.—It is said,
that in the town of Marblehead, United States, the girls
have made an improvement in ironing, which beats the
steam-engine on common roads all hollow ! They spread
out all the clothes on a smooth platform, and fasten hot
flat-irons to their feet, and skate over them. This is
combining the recreative with the useful and ornamental.
DISTURBANCE AT THE BILSTON COL-
LIERIES.—A report is ix circulation, which we have every
reason to believe is correct, that two troops of the Ennis-
killen Dragoons, stationed in this town, have been order-
ed to Bilston, in consequence of a fear being entertained
of an outbreak on the part of the colliers in that neigh-
bourhood. We have not heard whether any actual riot
has occurred, but there can be no doubt, from the above
circumstance, that apprehensions are felt by the audio-

rities of the town.
The Protestant Memorial, Oxford, now erect-
ing, in imitation of the Eleanor Cross at Waltham, is
said by a correspondent to be intended to commemorate
the extinction of Protestantism. It is calculated that
about the time the memorial is finished, the conversion
of Oxford to Catholicism will be completed, and Pro-
testantism anathematised and banished, as a disgrace to
the true Church. Mr. Palmer, it is added, is to write
the inscription for the Memorial, which will record the
feeble existence and final death of Protestantism at Oxford.
On Monday night a gentleman took his place
in a first-class carriage in the London and Birmingham
Railway train to proceed to Manchester. On arriving
at the latter place he discovered that, in his journey thi-
ther, his poOket-book, which contained Bank of England
,notes to the =bunt of 9504, had most mysteriously dis-
appeared. The following is a description of the num-
bers and dates of the notes, viz. :—a 500! note, No.
5,337, dated Sept. 2, 1841 ; a 3001. note, No. 498,845,
Feb. 3, 1841 ; a 1004 note, No. 81,846, dated Feb. 0,,
1841 ; and a 501, note, No, 19,806, dated Oct. 6, 1841.

MORNING SUN

THE MARKETS.—YESTERDAY•
COLONIAL MARKET.
There was little done, but prices were sustained. Th g
imports were fair.

TEA MARKET.
The operations in Free Trade Tea were few, and th e
public sales went heavily, but prices were supported.
Common Congou Is. 9d. cash.
TALLOW MARKET.
A good demand, and prices firm at 48s 6d on the Spot
and 49s for delivery next year.
OIL ivIARKET.
A fair business done and prices were firm. Cod Oil
311., and Linseed Oil 365. 3d.
WTHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET.
The supply was plentiful. The trade but middling ;
prices without alteration. Clover, 3/. 10s. to 5/. 135. ;
Hay, 21. to 4/. Bs. ; Straw, 11. 10s. to IL 14s.
(From the London Mercantile Journal of December 28.)
SUGAR.—The demand for West India Muscovado
Sugar was extremely dull last week, both the grocers
and refiners having limited their purchases to actual
wants, and prices further gave way about 6d per
cwt in all cases except for the finest samples with colour,
of which there are yet few boards to be met with. Ja-
maica, middling strong yellow, has sold at 645, Antigun'
fine bright yellow at 725, and low middling and middling
ditto at 61s to 63s per cwt. The marketclosed en Thurs-
day last for the Christmasholidays. and will not re-qe"
until the Tuesday, the 4th of January.
MAURITIUS.—The demand for this description has
also been dull, and the coloury samples only have main-
been
tained their former value. No public sale has
brought forward, and the transactions by private treaty
are unworthy of remark.
EAST INDlA.—There has been increased heaviness in
the demand for Bengal Sugar, even the white deserir
tions have with difficulty met with buyers, and Alt°ge-
ther prices continue to wear a gloomy appearance. a.
The market for Foreign East India descriptio
ans ohe
tinues inactive, but the holders are very firm, ed t
quantity on offer is yet small.
either
FOREIGN.—There is not much inquiry after ",
white or yellow Havannah ; at the same time, ,'-tbve.
ever, there are few parcels in the market, few 0,1
holders being disposed to realise at present. uLue,.
and fine yellow at 21s and 21s 6d, and good ""
at 28s, being. about is lower than previous transaetiells*
Brown qnalines of Brazil are still inquired after by the
refiners, but the market being yet without a supply, 1)11-
siness is precluded ; tine brown Bahia 17s per cWt• 4 ea
REFINED:—A steady demand has existed for Bet'
cods-from the home trade this week, and full rates ha
ye
paid : standard Lumps at 81s 6d, and brown LunlPs
at 74s to 79s 6d per cwt. Bastards and Pieces at rat:
duced rates. Bonded Crushed Sugar at 29s for the beg
Hamburgh Loaves steady ; 101bs 32s to 328 6d, and
141bs 31s to 31s 6d per cwt.
MOLASSES.—There is no further variation to noties.,l,l
the value of this article, but the demand has become duds'
and scarcely any business has been done.
inand
COFFEE.—There has been a somewhat better dewiest
the clean, and, particularly the good samples M "oly
13
India, the supply of which is still scanty, and 61:4-re-
business has been done, though the market has ,"—ll:ave
sented an active appearance ; the inferior
however been neglected, and the value is
than nominal. Berbice, good and fine Ini" orj,
at 115 s to 120 s, middling at 104 s to 110 s, and at 663;
nary and low middling at 81s to 90s 6d. CeY
inyochs of
to 68s for good ordinary pale and coloury. t with;
fine quality is wanted, but no parcels are to be mew for
inferior kinds not asked for. Laguayra 40s 6d to Java,
good ordinary pale and mixed. Good ordinary
from Singapore, bought in at 45s ; good Padang 519
34s 6d per cwt. qualitteea.
Sub,The Foreign Coffee market remains quid ; , fin
at 30s, Padang at 34s and 34s 6d, and
at 38s to 38s Gd per cwt. ' eon'
Cocoa.—The demand for West India descriPtlnnbe
tinues dull, anti to effect sales lower prices In
cepted.. re few
The Coionial markets being closed, there
's°
anSfie-
persons at the usual places of business, ancl.ne tr
tions worth reporting took place. • rtisedt
TEA.--The sales were brought forward as ads e up
and were but thinly attended ; the quantity
pcusold.
good ordinary
was 8,000 packages, about 4,000 of which wer '
_nd
at prices assimilating to those of last ThursdattY_•_
0%,
there was a better feeling amongst the trade th
expected ; the remainder was bought in at full
.13T1`,"eaf
Congou, but middling rather coarse rather blachisin
our
sold at is 9d to is 91-d, do. rather burnt Pek Son filing
is 10Id to is lid, do strong is lid to 2s, 11;uu;.0,..
blackish leaf strong full flavour 2s 2d to 2s 3ia; ,00a
'nvo wd
ber ciiong 2s .10d to 2s 10-td ; Follellang ordinary
is 41t.1 to is 10. d ; Imperial 2s 7d to 3s Id ; 'Ju
2s
In Company's 3d to 2s 6d per lb. n
Is Sid and
Congo a few transactions at
Is 9d per l cash. no alter-
,
Pim continues dull of sale, but we nave
ation to notice in its value. oth become
CASSIA LIGNEA.-This article has at fella, st. ceased
ahno
rather a heavy sale, the shippers havws' ration can be
purchasing for the present ; but no alte
quoted in prices.
Pepper is again a shade lower, and the demand igsniond
active; Malabar good fair rather dull at 3d, _v. su.
light at 34-d; fine bright heavy bought in at 3.t."
3d per lb
rea,ra at ,ad per lb. White Pepper is 2d to
lower ; Long Pepper went at 13s to 15s per cwt.
Sago continues to be pressed upon the market, and is
Consequence prices continue to recede, with a dull mar;
!ca. Pearl at I is to 155.6 d for ordinary to. middling, and
at lOs to ,10s 6d for repacked.
RICE:—' There is still little' demand for Bengal, but
the holders refuse to accede to lower prices, and the few
transactibns Support the previous value, Its to 12s for
middling and good white. For Java the dem an dis 3r
dull 1; in prices no variation has, occurred. Carolina o
consumption at 30s to 36s per cwt.
Setarrs.The demand fur Bum continueLlitnquali-
SPIRITS.--Theand the few transactions are confined to the
p',i-e-ess
fit,
ties, which have realized about former
parcel of dathaica 31. to 34 over proof, sold at 5 The
and Demerara 34- per Cent. over at -4s'per gair,• rices,
low qualities are unsaleable, except at retitle P
sed to
which the holders at present do not appear wards is
accede to, and the nominal value of proof Lee
reels
s 9i per gallon. Of Bengal Rum a few smalr p7l
have been sold at about Is 3d per proof gallon, 1:111t
s
casks imported from Sydney were taken in at
there
per gallon for 25 to 34 over proof. For Brandy
ii -a steady demand, and the market is buoyant withA
man,.
stiffer prices in some instances. Geneva in
• t at 10b
at former prices. British Corn Spirits gine
per gallon. the market
OILS.—As usual at this season of the year, in
is quiet generally, and little alteration can be ptpte`_•.,s.
prices. For common Fish Oils prices arc firmly trio
tained, indeed .in some in: tances a slight advanoce_ 1,;n0
fair de
ma
paid ; pale Seal held for 431; Southern
It rue.
quality 351 to 361; best Cod Oil is held for 311 Ptite few
The demand for Sperm Oil is wry limited, and lower
parcels that have changed hands establish rather but
prices. Linseed Oil continues in slow reeiteesa, 36s
prices remain much the same as before tirsnt, but
to 36s 3d accepted for small parcels on tee tor enter
for future delivery the crushers are unwilliagnd prices
into contracts. .Rape Oil in limited request, °(1 '
at for-
barely supported. Cocoa Nut Oil is in dertoinut 325 for
mer prices. Palm Oil goes off slowly at ab° and• the
fine quality. Olive Oil is again rather to .
demand is quiet. continued
TALLOW.—The prices of this article have ~ ow the
firm throughout the week. Fine yellow Canute price
The
spot has realized 48s Gd and 48s 9d per cwt•
for delivery in the spring months is quoted at 493. The
Tallow remains firm, with a moderate dem° t.
closing price on the spot to-day was 48s 6d per en.

Upon taking the amount of the twelve months,
it it appears that the depth of rain for the whole yeare-: ;
at Aberdeen, was 24.627 inches ; Empinghool, 1`;;;i8r,
Epping,' 20.767 ; Falmouth, 31,511 ; Gosport, 25'.:
Greenwich, 18.24; and at the city of York, 24.72 inches;
making the Mean annual fall 23.424 inches, or 9,9'
hogsheads per acre, which in weight is nearly two tirti:
sand three hundred and sixty-six tons.—Moore'sllza
nach.

PATENT LEVER SILVER WATTI-1.6°,1
—E. J. DENT, 82, Strand, Chronometer, watch, 1:1„
Clock Maker, by special appointment to her AlajestY an
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, o,,,ffrerkts
ASSORTMENT of these superiorly constructed Sir?ii— 5
jewelled (six holes) movements, and: at 61. 6s. caeh. They have double-bottomed flat silver cre.
whilst being wound, with other Modern tool4inents : correct
performance guaranteed. Their particular advantages,
al
entipu. to perform,
strength, moderate price, capability of bearing much extreatTos
motion without derangement and small expense of reps ,
..„,'
if they meet with injury. Gold cases from 81. to 101. extit%
82, Strand, three doors west of Cecil-street. ---

Vl's'
SILVER•PLATED CORNER DISH—„:
T. COX SAVORY, Manufacturing Silversmith, N 0.47, "t
C
tni s
hill, London (Seven doors from Gracecharch-street), 5,-6,1/4,,,,
the prices of the following patterns of strongly Plata ti,,virfnert
Dishes, with silver handles and edges, and silver ibleiL:Tf -
engraving the crest or coat of arms : if
The Gadroon Pattern. f
o ii 0
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Four Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and Covers... .I
Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes and 'IF o
Covers .................. 12 1 ,
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The Flower Pattern. 1
13 -
Four Extra Strongly Plated Corner Dishes ang ,
io. 0
Covers .............................. ................. . so tot
any Np. Be
r. t Theo
fcoversGre
at
Britaina re moard
Ireland,
owl
aigtnhd ,
postage
vs e abl e
... band' L
viaraol t°
tage free.
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es,
they form extra dishes. Drawings of the above for

On the 27th inst., aßt I
Brighton, • of a
the Lad; fy!ers•
daughter. the
On the 23d inst., at Lock' t Hall, Leicestershire,
lady of J. B. Story Es . _mg on .
Ontl o(i,l1 • -r, il son. ,
le _ inst., the lady of the. Rev, .Edward Banker,
of a daughter. . f
On the 23d inst., at Illaida Vale, Edgyvare-road, the wife
o
A. A Maekey ,iEsq., era dughter.
On. the 25th nst., in 0111 a Burlington-street, the lady of pr.
Aldis, of a daughter.
On the 24th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Led 9
Graham, of a daughter.
On the 20th of September, at St. Thomasw ', s Mount, near
Illadr, the lady of Captain Augustus F. Oakes of a son.
_____---------"!

MARRII?D.
orence,
On the 16th inst., at the British Embass
oung
y, obert
et
Archibald Campbell Dennistoun, Esq., son of the late R
.Denmstoun, Esq., Dunbartonshire, to Mary, yestdaughter
of the late Peter Vere, Esq., of Grosvenor-1;1 • London.
Fl

DIED.
bter
On the 25th inst., Laura Augusta Sophia, eldest drag
of the late N. A. Austen, Esq., of Ramsgate, aged 1$
On the 23d inst., at Leamington, the Rey. W. J. RIO"
Curate of Eltham, Kent, aged 46.
On the 25th inst., at Arrow Hall, Cheshire, W. F.
son, the infant son of J. R. Shaw, Esq.

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LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY
COMPANY.—Notice is hereby given, That the next
HALFYEARLY MEETING of the PROPRIETORS of
this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act of Incor-
poration, on THURSDAY, 20th January, 1842, at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the City of London, at One
o'clock precisely, when the Five following Members of the
present Direction will go out of Office, and being duly quali-
fimi, will offer themselves for Re-election, viz.:—Francis
parker, John Gould, Michael Gibson, Newman Smith, and
John Entwistle, Esqrs. And, at which Meeting, Certain
Shares upon which the Eighth and Ninth Calls have not been
Faid, and which have been in consequence thereof declared
orfeited under Minutes of the Board of Directors of 19th No-
vember, 1840, and 6th May, 1841, will be submitted for con-
firmation of such forfeiture.
The Transfer Books of this Company will be Closed on the
6th of January, and remain shut until after the Meeting.
JOHN HARMAN, Chairman.
London and Brighton Railway Company,
Ne. 10, Angel-court, Throgmorton street, Dec. 24, 1641.

POOR-LAW COMMISSION OFFICE,
SOMERSET HOUSE, December 3, 1841.
STRAYED CHILDREN AND INSANE PERSONS.
am directed by the Poor-law Commissioners to
'eequest that you will call the early attention of the Board of
Guardians, to which you act as Clerk, to the subject of the
beans which the Commissioners have determined to ath,pt for
erecting the restoration of strayed children, and insane per-
sons found wandering abroad, to their friends and relatives.
After conferring with the Metropolitan Commissioners of
Police, and the Commissioner of Police for the City of London,
the Poor-law Commissioners have determined on issuing the
order, of which three copies are herewith transmitted to you.
You are requested to place one of those Copies in the hands
of the Master of your Workhouse, and direct his attention to
its provisions.
The Commissioners of Police for the Metropolis and for the
City of London, will respectively take care that all possible
Publicity is given to the notices forwarded to them by affixing
the same at the principal Police Stations, and the Poor-law
Commissioners do Rot doubt that the Guardians will zealously
co-operate in promoting the speedy restoration of children, and
helpless persons, to their parents or friends. Independently of
the obvious humanity of such a measure, the Peor-law Com-
missioners conceive that it will have a tendency to prevent the
prolonged chargeability of parties found destitute under such
circumstances.
The need of some measure for this purpose is proved by the
fact, that in the six months of the year 1840, from March to
August inclusive, no less than 349 children were found by the
Police and sent to different Workhouses within the Metro.
?<Allan Police district.
It will be necessary that-the Master of the Workhouse and
the Clerk to the Guardians should be furnished with a
sufficient number uf printed notices in the proper form.
The Commissioners will take care to give due publicity to
this circular, and to their order, by advertisement in the public
papers. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient
servant, EDWIN CHADWICK, Secretary.
To the Clerk of the Board of Guardians of the—
To the Guardians of the Poor of the several Unions and Pa-
rishes under a Board of Guardians named in the Schedule
hereunto annexed.
To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the several Parishes
and Places comprised within the said Unions, and of the
several other Parishes named in the said Schedule.
To the Clerk or Clerks to the Justices of the Petty Sessions
held for the Division or Divisions in which the Parishes and
Places comprised within the said Unions and the other Pa-
rishes named in the said Schedule are situate ; and to all
others whom it may concern.
In pursuance of tile authorities vested in us by an Act of
Parliament, passed in the fifth year of the Reign of King Wil-
°am the Fourth, intituled, " Au Act for the Amendment and
ibetter Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in Eng-
land and Wales," we, the Poor-law Commissioners, do hereby
Order and Direct, as follows :
Art. I.—Whenever any child supposed to have strayed, or
any insane person wandering abroad whose friends or relations
are unknown, shall have been received into any Workhouse be-
le ing to any of the Unions or Parishes mentioned in the
Schedule hereunto annexed, the Master or other person having
charge of such Workhouse shall properly fill up four Notices
in the Forms marked A or B respectively, hereunto annexed,
and shall forthwith cause one of such Notices to be affixed on
the outer gate of the said Workhouse, and shall forward one
other of the same so filled up, to each of the three Police Sta-
' ;,'"s• whether of the Metropolitan or City Police, nearest to
the place where such child or insane person shall be understood
to have been found.
Art. 2. If at the expiration of twenty-four hours from the
"zseeption of such child or insane person into such Workhouse,
Ile claim or inquiry respecting the same shall have been made
at the Workhouse in which such child or insane person shall
have been received, the Master or other person having charge
of such Workhouse shall send a copy of the notice already
Shed up as hereinbefore directed to the Clerk to the Guardians
of the Parish or Union to which such Workhouse may belong,
`led such Clerk shall immediately cause to be prepared forty-
eight copies of the notice so filled up and forwarded to him,
and shall forthwith transmit thirty-six copies of such notice to
the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police, at their Chief
ffice, and twelve copies of such notice to the Commissioner of
police for the City of London at his Office.
Art. 3.—ln the construction of this present Order-
-I.—The word" Child" shall be taken to signify ever y per-
son being or appearing to be under twelve years of age.
2.—The words " Insane Person" shall be taken to signify
any idiot or other person of unsound mind.
SCHEDULE Contain ing the NAMES of the UNIONS and
PARISHES to which the present Order applies.
LIST of UNIONS and PARISHES.
UNIONS.
Poplar.
Saviour's, Saint
Stepney.
Strand.
Wandsworth and Clapham.
WhitechapeL

Hackney.
Holborn.

Kensington.
London, City of
London, East
London, West
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