The Sun.
London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SITI,,—As many of your readers may feel anxious to
know the result of the corn averages tor the seven years
to Christmas last, published by authority in the Tendon
Gazette of this evening, viz. :
Wheat.. Os. 111 d. per imperial bushel ;
Barley 3s. 111 d. ditto ;
Oats
I beg to state, for their information, that each 1001. of
tithe rent-charge will, for the year 1857, amount to 991.
13s. 71d., which is a little more than 51 per cent. above
the last year's value.

The following statement from my " Annual Tithe
Commutation Tables" will show the worth of 1001. of

tithe rentLcharge for each year since the passing of the
Tithe Commutation Act, viz. :
For the year 1837
18.33
1839
1340
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1860
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855

1856
1857

21)2,070 6 2

General average for 21 years £9B 13 71
I am, &c., CHARLES M. WILLICH,
Actuary University Life Assurance Society.
25, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, Jan. 9.

GAMBLING IN FRANCE.—The authorities of Perigueux
(Dordogne) some time ago found it necessary to take
strong measures to put an end to gambling in public-
houses and cards ; and at the same tinit they requested
the members of the club of the town, called the Cercle de
la Philologie; which had been in existence Upwards of 50
years, and to which almost all the principal inhabitants
of the town and neighbourhood belonged, to abstain
from gambling—in which they previously indulged very
freely. A. promise was made that gambling should cease,
but it was soon departed from. The authorities? there.'
fore, in order to act impartially), mock] the pollee one
night to make a descent into the Clubhouse, and as
upwards of 50 pereons were found playing at baccarat; it
was determined that one Boisseau, the steward of the
club) and who supplied it by contract with the different
things it required, should be prosecuted for keeping a
clandestine gambling-house. Ito was tried by the U.
bunal of Correctional Police of the town, but acquitted
on the ground that he was not the " keeper" of the
house within the meaning of the law. The public pre•
seoutor appealed to the Imperial Court of Bordeaux
against this decision, but it was confirmed, He then
appealed to the Court of Caseation, where the judgment
was quashed, and a new trial ordered. The new trial
took place before the Tribunal of Limoges, but it ended
in the man's acquittal on the same ground as before, and
on appeal to the Imperial Court of the same town the
acquittal was confirmed. On this the public prosecutor
determined to abandon the prosecution of Boisseau,
and to proceed against seven of the principal
members of the club. The Tribunal
of P erigueux,
however, after examining the evidence which it was pro.
posed to adduce, decided that there was not sufficient
ground fur the prosecution. He then, by authorisation
of the superior courts, sent the affair before the Tribunal
of Correctional Police of Bordeaux. The trial took place
before that tribunal three days ago ; and as it appeared
not only that gambling had been carried on in the club
on a very large scale, but that strangers had been admit-
ted with scarcely any difficulty, the 7 defendants were
severally fined 25f.