The Sun.
London, England, 1835-12-28 00:00:00

SCOTCH MARKETS.

Wheat. -Barley. Oats: Beans. Oatmeal.
Aberdeen 2S to 32 2? to 25 14 tJ 19 —to 24 to g 2.9
gertVick '22 2; 15 19 , 13 _l3. 22 24 28 32
Coldstream -
Cupaf (Fife -
Dundee 4B 58 30 33 20 21 30 31
40 50 24 20 16 20' 23 3)
Inverness 3O 40 23 I'o 20 24 32 33
Kclsc. 25 29 17 21 14 16 19 21
Kirlcaldy
50 Ni 23 26 20 -22 22 25
The siz.: of the measure varies throughout the country.

EDINBURG.
We haul r m &Ling supply

CORN MARKET.
' all kinds of Grain t(

.Dec. 23.
lay, and !hi

le sales wer

rather heavy.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
408. d.. 21s. 6d. 248 Oct
..... 3; 0 2i 0 u •
Third . ... 32 0 23 0 18 (1
Average price ui Wheat IL
PRICES OF PROVISIONS,

Pease. B.ans
1.45. (1/41 34i. 9d.
3. 0 32 0
30 0 30 U
16s. 40.
C.

Hee', per lb. ««« Os.
0

4d. to 05.6.4. b'reshliutter,lb......os Bt. to s. 10d.
4 0 6 i Salt Ditto— 0 8 0 10
6 0 8 Ditto, per 0 9../
3 0. 5 i Eggs, per tips-- 0 .41 1 1

per -- 0 (I 0 0 OzitSt.rawtlip.)-- 8_ B ,10 0
0 07 0 iVheat S 0 10' 0
1,0 a(» ;./ 5 0 5.1. ILrley Ditto...—. 6 0 7 0
I -- 0 -f 0 0 0 11 1 0

EMNBURGII- SIEAI
There was a middling supply of Oi
i,alea were rasher heavy.
Per Sack of zBilin. Imp.
f irst Oatmeal
,tSecond darn..,.

L MARKET.—Dec. 22.
latineal at this day's market, and the

1 Per Stone of 141 b Imp,
First Oatmeal £0 I 8
Second ditto , 0 1 0
13arleytneal
Peas,nteal
I, 12..-3.1, I4s —4th, 16..—Peal I, Is.,
MARKET.—Dec. 23.

-15arleyzneaL_..,. ...... 1 3 0
Peasett,eal 1 3 0

I'.arley—N•. I. ti,.; c,vt.

GLASGOW CORN

A moderate business doing in
Wheat, pa !•;,*(31), s. d. • s. rt.
British, old ' 21 0 to 22 0
—,--- new • 140 190
l'anada, free 230 25 0
Irish
• Barley, per 3201 b
English 2.3 9 26 0
Scottish,.. 2O 0 21 0
lrtwh

ra;n little alteration in prices.
Oats, per '2641b. s. U. s. (1,
Irish l5 to 18 0
British
Beans, per 2601 b.
English
Scottish l6 0 19 0
Pease, Scottish 15 0 18 0
Oatmeal, per 14411 b 14 0 17 0
Flour, per 280 lb ..... 0 32 0

CORNWALL MARKETS.
Calculated at :24 gallons to the bushel.)

Wheat. Barley. Oats.
8. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. s. (1. to d.
•
Truro.. : — 0 16 0— 0 9 0— 0
Helstone
S:. Austell...
Unchain
T,iskeard 0 13 0— 0 6 3 0 ti 0
Launces'on — 0 19 6 = 0 9 0— 0 0 0
Camelford l4 0 16 0 8 6 .9 .0 6 0 6
P.mzance :6 0 16 6 0 8 0 0 '7 6
MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt. Qrs
Guantit.• of Cc,ppet Ore sold 2 095 21 0
Quantity of tine Copper .176 18 0
Average Produce Bl4
Amount of Sale, 11,562:. I.ls. W.—Average. Standards 113/. 14s. 04.

874
,5112:. l's. Gd.—Average. Standards 1131. 14s. ot.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS TO-MORROW.
B. Ridge. general factor, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury 2 at 1
A. Molony, wine-merchant, Sherard.street, Soho o 11
2
J. Bevil, auctioneer. Harleyford.place, Kennington l2
W. 1?. Ogilvy, grocer, Oxford-street ' 2 II
J; It'Jernyn, hosier, Threadneedle.s•reet
J.-Grant end Co., ship-owners, Mansel-street, Alinories 1 11
It. W. Walli,, engraver, Colebrook-row, Islington
J. 11111, woollen.araper, Cheltenham

MINCED PlES.—ChristtTias Day being esseutially
a day of feasting and merry-making, it may not be. amiss
to give some particulars respecting that ancient and. delec-
table mixture the mince-pie, which is de riguer, upon the
occasion. The origin of this famous dish, like that in the
heroic in all kinds and classes, is involved in fable. By
some it has been supposed, from the oriental ingredients
which enter into its composition, to have a reference to
the offerings made by the Wise Men of the East ; and
it was anciently the custom to make these pies of an oblong
form, thereby representing the manger in which on that oc-
casion those sages found the infant Jesus. Against this'
practice (which was of the same character with that of
the little image called Yule Dough, or Yule Cake, formerly
presented by bakers to their customers at the anniversary
of the Nativity) the Puritans made a vehement outcry, as
idolatrous. Of course it was supported by the Catb.oEce
with a zeal, the larger part of which was derived froln
the opposition of their adversaries ; and the latter having
pronounced the mince-pie to be an abomination, the eat-
ing thereof was immediately established as a test of or-
thodoxy by the former. Sandys Mentions, th:at even
when distressed for a comfortable meal, they would refuse
to partake of this tempting dish, and mentions Jr,hn Bun-
yan, when in confinement, as an example. H e recom-
mends that, under such extreme circumstances, they
should be eaten with a protest, as might be 'done by $
lawyer in a similar case. The delicious compound, the
mince-pie, however, has come down to our days (stripped
of its objectionable forms and most mystic n leanings, from
the moment when they ceased to be topi cs of disputa-
tion), and is freely partaken of by the most; rigid Presby-
terian—who raises no question thereon for " ccrascience
sake."

CORONER'S INQUEST EXTRAORDINARY.---DUV
ing the week before last, a sensation was excited in Chatham
and its neighbourhood, by the fact of some bones, together
with an axe, having been accidentally disin'terred in the
Maidstone-road. Various conjectures -were afloat, as to
who was the unhappy person whose remains Lid been so sin'
gularly discovered, and it was confidently asserted, that some
fearful murder must have been committed, Ly,id that the
assassins had buried their victim in that sr,ot, where his
bones had so long remained undisturbed. Th ,e Coroner was
informed of the circumstance ; and to res' Ave the doubts
which were prevalent, and if possible to br iJag to light the
shedders of blood, a Jury was summoned for. the purpose of
holding an inquisition on the sad remains of mortality. The
Coroner and the Jury assembled in the vicinity of Chatham,
fully impressed with the solemnity of the duties they had to
perform. The bones itad been entrusted to a suron,that
he might decide on the sex, and on the prob. ible ge of the
murdered party, and now his certificate only was requisite,
prior to the commencement of the Inquest. At length his
certificate appeared, and it at once destroyer .1 the romantic
interest which had been created, by declarin: the bones to
be those of a greyhound !

COTTON NANUBACTURE.—An en terprising
dividual at Dursley has resolved to approp kiate his mill'
hitherto used for woollen goods, to thiamin; 'facture of COt'
ton twist.

(ADVERTISEMENT.)
KING'S PATTERN SILVER HANDLED
CUTLERY. The durability of which is near] ), double that 0(
ivory, is now offered at the following reduced price ;: Silver-handle,'
Table Knives 3 Guineas per Dozen; Dessert K: lives 2i Guiaeo
per Dozen ; Carvers 155., per pair.
T. COX SAVORY'S, Working Goldsmith, Silversmith, anJ
Watchmaker, 47, Cornhill, London.
A pamphlet giving a detailed list of the prices of Plate, Plato.'
Goods, Watches, Clocks, &c., may be had gratis..

BIRTHS.
On the 27th inst., in Wyndham-place, the 11 sight Hon. Ladl
Charles Churchill, of a son.
On the 26th inst., in Montague-square, the lady of Edward
Mills, Esq., of.a daughter.
•
On the 25th inst., the lady of John Barnard, :sq. , Cornhill,f
o
a son.
On. the 26th inst., at the Earl of Derby's, Gros frencr-square, the
Right Hon. Lady Stanley, of a daughter.
On the 23d inst., in Albion-street, Cumberland !-gtite, the lady 1:4
R. Du Pre Alexander, Esq., of a son..
IA
On the 25th inst., Mrs. William Bradshtv.v, c if Hackney, °'
daughter.

MARRIED.,
On the 25th inst., at St. John's Church, Mai gate, Jesse Catl
Esq., of Russell square, London, to Sarah, dal tghter of Edward
White, Esq., Marine-terrace, Margate.
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DIED:
On the 24th inst., at .Tunbridge Wells, Lieut Rnant •General Sitr,
John Hamilton, Bart., G.C.T. S., Colonel of t/ le '69t li Regln'e!'
and Governor of Duncannon Fort.
-On the 24th inst., in Dorset-street, Port ni as:-2quare, 311+
Lewis, relict of J. Lewis, Esq. ber
On the 23d inst., at Datchet, Mrs. Catherine e e la Vaux, In
78th year.
On the 22d inst., at Kiddington House, Oy lordshire, Sloll'
wife of. D. C. Webb, Esq.
On the 25th inst., Mr. C. H. Simpson, late Ti taster of tne Care'
monies of tli6 Royal Gardens, Vauxhall.
0111:1
On the 19th inst., at Dunglass.• North Br', ;tin, Anna,
daughter of S:r John Ar.:l Lady Hall, aged H.
On the-21th inst., at Kilburn, the wife 0f.1!,1r. I.:ch. Salter, 'eft.;
On the 2,i!h inst., in his year, Jtr.ne.:a, chi: at sots of
Wilson, Esq., Greek-street, Soho-square
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