The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-24 00:00:00

... 97 97e ex d.

ONE
PRICES OF BRITIMI ruND9 O'CLOCK.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Ants. ... 97%1,4%
New 34 per Cent. Anns..... .. ...... 99 99v,
Gong Anna. to eixpire Jan.lB6o 73/i
India Bonds, LOOM_ ...
Ditto under L00M."... B3 84 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto Old Annuities,
.!ons,‘ls fur Account 97 971
Exchequer Bills. IW. PR 2,1
1,000/. June ... . ....... 64 67 p
5001. June
am 11, June 64 67 p
ONE
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK.
Dl;.atean, 5 per Cent.lBlo, with Coupons—
Ditto, Ex Jan. Coupons ... ......
Ditto, Account ..... .... ...... 36 35%
R issian Bonds ..
Ditto, 454 per Cent
S )anish 5 per Cant. 1840 17% 18
Ditto, Passivo 3%
Ditto. 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 21,-4 per Cent
Dividends on the above payable in London
French 3 per Cent
Exchange
Beligan, 4% per Cent.
i.,atch 21/e par Cert., 12 Guild.

CLOSING
PRICES.
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973/4
99
73/4
85 p
85 p

9 7 IA

67 p
67 p

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CLOSING
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LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G.—( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, DEC. 24.—Wind at noon S.W., light airs
and dull hazy weather.
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 23.—Accounts from New York
state that a large American ship, with two anchors out
ahead, and ten wreckers near her, was seen on the 19th
ult. off Gunkey.
AYR, DEC. 20.—Three boxes of muslin handkerchiefs,
marked 8.A.M., No. 434,441, and 444, have been washed
on shore, supposed to have been shipped by the Adeline,
Liverpool to New Orleans, which was wrecked on Black-
water bank.
AMSTERDAM, DEC. 21.—The Emma, Africa to Ant-
werp, got aground off Zaulitanue 15th inst., and remains.
The Enterprise, Antwerp to Guatimala, aground near
Rammeken, has floated off. The Teela, Newcastle to
Lisbon, put into Flushing 15th inst. to repair damage.
Halmos, DEC. 23.—Wind W. to N. W.—Arrd. Two
Sisters, Shields, for London, assisted in with loss of bow-
sprit, &c., from contact with a schooner, name unknown.
FALMOUTH, DEc 23.—An English ship, with scroll-
head, painted ports, name on the stern in gold letters
on a blue ground, light loaded, was passed abandoned,
with colours flying in fore and main rigging, 9th Dec.,
in 34 N., 11 W.
DUBLIN, DES. 23.—The Georgians., Limerick to
Gloucester, on the rocks near Skerrier, has broken up;
about 200 to 300 barrels of cargo saved. The Jane, of
and for Cork from Glasgow, rnakes feet water per hour.
The fire on board the John Bryant, from Savannah, has
to all appearance been extinguished, and the cargo is
now being discharged.
WESTPORT, DEC. 23.—The barque Sea Nymph, New-
castle to Monte Video and Callao, has arrived in Black
Sod Bay, with decks swept, cargo shifted, &c.
ARCHANGEL. DEE. 7.—The Rose, of Waterford, hence
to Colchester, has been surveyed and condemned, and
sold, with her cargo.
DEAL, DEG. 23.—Wind N.W., foggy.—Arrd. Nicola
Jean, Richibucto and Miramichi.
BRISTOL, DEC. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Whitehaven,
St. John's, Newfoundland.
FLEETWOOD.—Arrd. Perthshire, Miramichi.
QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 22.—Wind calm.—Arrd. Ca•
rena, Demerara, making water; Zephyr, Laguna. Sid.
Lucy Ann, Valparaiso; Albion, Jamaica. Off port,
James Ifurt, Bfrbiee, for the Clyde.
The Unicorn brig, of and for Londonderry from Phi-
ladelphia, Ras abandoned in the 10th nit., in 36 N., 10
W., in a sinking state; crew saved.
WATERFORD, DEC. 22.—The Laura, Campbell, of
Prince Edward's Inland, Miramichi to Liverpool, has
been assisted in with loss of mainmast, sails, &e., and
very leaky.
FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind Jessee, Hon-
duras; Aiolus, Panama.
BRIDGEWATER, DEC. 23.—Wind N.—Arrd. Ophelia
Ann, St. John's, New Brunswick.
LtvEnpeon, Dsc. 13.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Arthur,
New Orleans; Josephine, Charleston; Ellen Maria, New
York; Thomas, St. John's, Now Brunswick. Sid.
Phoenix, Llavannah; Cr( ssida, Calcutta. Off port,
Eleanor, Thompson, St. Domingo.
SHIELDS, Dec. 23.—The Britannia steamer, from
Leith, got in contact with the Ann and Elizabeth brig,
of this port, in tow of a steam-tug towing her out. The
brig had her bowsprit carried away, her bows stove in,
had to put back, and will probably have to discharge.
The tug also received considerable damage.

BIIEMEN, DEC. 20.—The Lucifer barque was
seen
abandoned, 10th inst., in 48 N., 9 W.
NEW YORK, DEC. 10.—The Janet barque, hence to St.
Stephen, put into North Quaddy Bay, 2d inst., to stopstop5
leak. The Curlew, Cornwallis, to Boston, was on shore
on Cape Split. 23d tilt.
HALIFAX, DEC. 9.—A schooner is repo; ted sunk, with
top of mast above water, between Torbay and New'
harbour; and a schooner is on shore in Sheel Harbour.
The Don schooner has been wrecked at Whitehead;
crew saved. The Unity from Burin to this port, woe
totally lost on the Frying Pans, 23d ult.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY')
RAY AZARILIrrb. l
,
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 31 15s; lover
•
31 OA to 4/ 2s ; and Straw, 1/ Os to 11 63 per los
A moderate supply, and a dull trade.
CcJMrERLAND. Meadow Hay, 21 103 to 3/ 13,
Clover, 3/ Os to 4/0s; and Straw, 1/ Is to 118 s per load.
Trade dull, at late rates.
WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to Si 159 d!
Clover, 3103 to 4125; and Straw, 110 s to 116 s per loa
Supply good, and trade dull.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY') a
A juvenile prostitute, named Smithers, was charge
with th e followin
nag robbery:—
A gentleman mcd Levy, residing at Bru else
Belgium, stated that last night, between ten and he
o'cicck he was on his way to Norfolk-street, where d
was
visiting
a friend, when the prisoner came up
asked him to treat her. He declined at first, but shera
became so troublesome and annoying that he gave be h
shilling to get rid of her. This, however, was not heroo
to induce her to go away, and she at length threw ;
arms round his waist, and succeeded in extractingod
purse from his pocket containing 71. 10s.
two 51. notes but before she could eonceal it b®
nstc° of
it from her hand. The two notes were safe, but 4" „.
the 71. 10s. were missing, and he therefore called Po'
'iceman and gave her into custody. At the station,rh
was searched, and the 41., with some foreign coins w 0"
bad been in the purse, were found upon her. must
Mr. JARDINE said it was a clear case, and
in gold, and

send it for trial. v She
The prisoner denied having stolen the u3ol2°*
picked it up in the street, and the complainant In
have dropped it when ho gave her the ls. •
inv
The complainant said his presence was requlti
mediately at Bruges, and it would be a serious n°
venience to him to be detained here to prosecute.'
t° die
Mr. JARDINE had no alternative, then, but
charge the isonr.
e money pr
havieng been restored, the prisouer
Wss
accordingly liberated, much to her own surprise'

of
WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOULE tv
meeting of the members of this society, who, by Prllrialsef
position, are entitled to allotments in the East the
Estate, near Hampton Court, recently purchased ler
ballotsg
society, was held last evening, for the purpose of
for choice of allotments ; J. Duncan, Esq., in tbi.ee
The Chairman said, that he had been selected by t---,,,c° be-
mittee to occupy the chair on that occasion, chiefly -ego
lieved, from the fact that he was not an allottee,ad to
a member of the society, but he had with pleasure ae°e land
their invi • tenon, believing, as he did, that freehold _ot
pre rltr,
societies were destined to be one of the nose
agents in accelerating social and political progressiow;
.tood
bHugget, the secretary, then read the restrictions es rr;orsl
y the committee, which appeared to give ggnebjec
bair.
satisfaction. After some discussion on the - "tor
of restrictions, Mr. W. Geesinand Mr. f•
ston were appointed by the meeting as
r.
superintend the ballot ; the ballot having been cufr,,,, an
the members adjourned to the Exeter- hall Hotel, Tipe,,,i'oficl
iexcellent supper was provided. After the cloth wag ire,;;:,f J.
r. Vine, who occupied the chair, proposed the hesgst',.lents
Duncan, Esq,, who bad on all occasions devotedthe
to every description of rational reform, and greatly sidedoe of
extension of the freehold land moveraent. In the tubiente-sti-
Mr. Duncan, Mr. Huggett, in returning thanks, be,e„„iated
mony to the devotion of Mr. Duncan in every cage cliTtbs of
to elevate the position of the working classes. The 103-
council)
Messrs. Vine and Pemberton (two members of the iog
who had distinguished themselves by their activity:
out the estate for building purposes was proposed, 0,
the health of G. E. Dennes, Esq the solicitor, 50" IA
Ifuggett, the secretary, which being duly acknowledgad'oetd.-
meeting adjourned, evidently much pleased with the levc
ings of the evening. JO'
APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Mr. James Her.e.o.
na-
wood was amongst the gentlemen who passed their e
tion on Thursday last.
01
HER MAJESTY'S ROUTE TO BALMOR.."- b MO"
l'xita.—At the anniversary meeting of the Edinburg sr.
rayshire Mechanics' Society, last week, the chairicrit the
J. Thomson Gordon, sheriff of Edinburgh, in pretPl.„,—novif
health of the Queen, said—"l have had occasion be1e.`".,,n191
in this room, to tell you my belief, that graduallP,s''"rros of
step, her Majesty would at last touch the favoured_ en
I.be-
Moray; and I am in possession of information, IvlLchuly, we,
'eve to be tolerably correct, that next year, probar.„''al:
shall find her landing at Burghead, on her way to 13,,11"-Tigt
This would lead to the inference that the lung pro)etrif
to Dunrobin Castle will be next year carried out, f,„'"50028
jesty proceeding to Sutherland by sea, and after stegrtiaoriaad,
time with their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Sati, the
will cross in the Royal yacht to Burghead, and
.d COr
Highland road to Balmoral, by Rothes,Tomantouly
grail.—Aberdeen Journal.
To :commiserate is sometimes more them mhobe-
,
for money is external to a man's self; but be cook'
stows compassion communicates his own soul.—Folia
Journal.
IriSb
IRISH REPRESENTATIVE BISHOPS. *""-T 1".
prelates who are to sit in Parliament the ensuing aer :q°ll
,-,-rik, an
the Archbishop of Dublin, Bishops of Ossory, "
Killaloe.

41 WO°
SOHO THEATRE.—Last evening the .„ Fele,:
tragedian" made his first appearance on any stage+ rodigy
tions from Hamlet and Richard the Third. This " sone
has had no professional tuition— at least so the ievorbt, for
inferma us ; this we beg most respectfully to de la the
tuition is apparent in every sentence, and that too ll° wres ,
highest order. The only thing that created any: dear
surprise was the little fellow's retentive memory.
NO 105'
INTERESTING AUTOGRAPHS.—The late auction
tison'4 collection of autograph letters were sold
by
last week by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, of ri4riodaf.
The sale extended over three days, concluding on Sel auto'
The bulk of the collection consisted of common-P..11 seti"
graphs, but there was a good sprinkling of rarities :an es'
des of more than ordinary interest, as the folloebviagt tee
tracts from the catalogue, with the prices realizetlAiato
sale, will sufficiently show :—Lot 91, a letter of, app
Camden, 3/.38. Lot 103, a letter of Charles V. of Arles
signed only, 1/. I Is. 6d. Lot 107, a letter of Crtia Clive to
of England, 1/. 13s. Lot 122, a letter of Kitty ,-.1.003"
David Garrick, 21. Lot 137, a signature of Oliver vomal
well, 21. Lot 157, a wardrobe warrrant, signed by alp
VI, 11/. Lot 159, a letter of Queen Elizabeth, sigete 7j, Ss'
21. 12s. Five letters of David Garrick produced 24 60,
Lot 260, a letter signed by Queen Henrietta Mar.y. :I'o, 11
I"
Lot 296, a letter of James 1., signed only, 24 ' eat, 11
short note of Dr. Samuel Johnson, 2/. Ils.
letter of Louis XIV., 2/. Lot 359, a letter of Loaie,3rticic/
41. Lot 441, a letter of Madame Necker to David 'Roe&
21. 4s. Two letters of Sir Robert Peel, 21. 55. Two 3/. 60.
of Pope, 4/. Lot 549, a letter of Nicholas Poussino letter
Two letters of Samuel Richardson, 1/. 17a. Lot 564 " 159.
of J. J. Rousseau, 1/. 15s. Lot 562, a letter of Rubeus,.,L es•
Lot 615, a letter, with poetry, of William Somervinea! the
Lot 692, a very interesting letter of H. Kirke Whibs2.°o oa
Editor of the Monthly Review, remonstrating wit/i P,l yot
his unfavourable criticism upon " Clifton Grove,'"hivg to
eii4, a quaint letter of the Duke of Wellington, dectilloo3ll'
present a gentleman to her Majesty before he koolys -t the
thing about him, " even though he be a gradnetA,Asviard
University," 143. Lot 717, a charter, signed by •D'ois
Duke of York, son of Edmund Plantagenet, 51.7 - 6,c1" f 11 et
document was signed a few months before the Drake
the memorable battle of Agincourt, A.D. 1415.
THE
THREATENED STRIKE ON THE LONDOrfa that
Nolan •IVEsTERN RAILWAY.—It is generally believe eria
the men will continue quiet for a fortnight, but ut 0100
of that time a more general strike is looked for 01011 the
first anticiated. In the mean time the direct ° ere'
London and North-Western Railway are taking ever;see,
caution in their power to guard against, or at least
~eci
the danger and inconvenience which may be appeeh
enlic i 4
the postal communication and to the travelling P'lll'
general.
THE ARMY IN NORTH AMERICA.--Vri Sow,
Brunswick papers, under the head, " Generous and iZeie'
Conduct," state that the Ist battalion of the First ,or •-ape.
Regiment, at present at Halifax, Nova Scotia, 115_11 Ad of the
rously subscribed the handsome sum of 72/. 10s. in pl7l'
sufferers by the late conflagration at Fredericton.
6d 1
tion given by the officers was 59/. ; the sergeants, 4"•1,-e2130:
and the privates, 9/. Bs. 6d. A private soldier of t'-',.ernsi,
regiment, named Arthur M•Quade, was shot in an a." 1,10
to desert at Cape Breton on the 3d of October las'
died of the wound on the 9th of November.
A S$
DANGEROUS ENCROACHMENT OF THE SEA stand",
ronp.—The recent heavy gales and tides, we (Surrey full ll'
ard) regret to say, have considerably weakened the I,.erv".
beach at some places in this bay, and is particularly
able at the boat-houses, one of which is in imminent danger/
the road in front being completely washed alveYe'veraL
threatening the foundations of the building. For 9-herel''
years past the sea has been found gradually to encroach #116,4
and those best acquainted with the powerful action eltjti,
tides along the coast have serious apprehensions of the
coins,
mate consequences to property situated near, unless eve
effectual steps can be devised before long to form a sll°ther,
barrier against the fury of the waves in tempestuous w-, se*
The bank of beach, east of the martello tower (where t"—ar
broke through in November, 1124, and deluged
part of the town, &c., causing much damage), is nn',
equal to resist a similar attack, should such a calataitl,ao,
fortunately occur here again at the height of spring, tfin 00
It is far from our wish to create any unnecessary alt,":fili
fall
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ST. GEORGE'S
y° I
ful stone scree
vhiadveed restoredco n.tras
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screen enclosing the first cloister having Colon-
deca d A
Campbell
, the families of two late k
military tar r
and Major toget" dl'
Wathen, have combined . is
too of the compartments into which it tv
lookin window which has been recently opened In",rettt
favourably with a very ugly ande.
ddeelan'sgresidence close by: within the chapel itself a q.ch..
I has been done within the few last years in eniheltee•
called
ds and improvements; both colour and gilding hap e "*",,, tl
ineding,latawidihdofowthheases very praiseworthy. objectsn:d oft; te
stained been erecteu at the east e
south aisle, and the whole of the windows on the south si •
n
are now being filled in, in the same manner, and when cO
plated will add very much to the adornment of this celebratl
place of worship.—Builder. a
NEW BARONLTS.—We hear that Major- , m
Generl
S:r Walter Gilbert, Mr. James Matheson, M.P.) an"
Richard Tufton, are to be created baronets.
We should possess dignity without pride, affabilitig
without meanness, and elegance without affectation.---01-
Coon's Journal.
A RUNAWAY HEARSE.—On, Friday aftqn°9°%:
nll 1-
•
wBhile a hearse was drawn up at the door of a most-
lythswood- square, Glasgow, and the_ driver was engage
off'
way behind, the horses suddenlytook fright, and et.
_le with extraordinary rapidity, dawn West George-str,4,
TI unwonted spectacle naturally excited considerableut s"o,
price and alarm. Fortunately, however, a stop WaS tot
the furious caroer of the animals without harm accruing

any person.— Daily Mail.
Mr. Parker, M.P., Secretary to the AdmirnitY9 °
on a visit to the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Castle.

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