The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-09 00:00:00

THE BOURSE—TnernspAy, Dxc. 5.

First Highest Lowest Last
Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five perCenta•—• 120 15 .. 120 30 121 15 120 3e
Four-and-a-Half •• 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25 .. 113 25
Fours ..• •••••• • • • • • 108 .. 108 .. 101 .. 108
Three per Cents....• 54 50 •• 84 75 .. 84 45 .. 54 70
Bank of France... •.3170 ..3170 ..3170 •.3170
Gantt. Bank, I,ooof. Shareslloo —llOO ..1100 —llOO
5,000 f. Bharesso7o ••50e0 "5070 —5060
Belgian Bank ..•• • • •• •• 1585 .. 145 .. 5115 .. 585
Belgian Flves,lß3l.
1840 •• •• •• 103/ .. 103/ .. 103/ .. 103/
Two-and-a-Half— GI 65 .. 61 75 61 66 .. 61 75
Dutch Two and-a-Half .• ••• 63 .. 63 .. 43 . 63
-pitman .• •• .. 36/ • • 30 .. 361 .. 36}
Active
Passive 6 .. 4 .. 6 .. 6
Portuguese Fire per Cents•• 651 .. 55; is} .. 55/
Neapolitan• ••• •• •••• • •. 98 50 .. 99 .. 98 50 .. 89
Rowan ..... •••• 1041 .. 105 .. 1044 .. 105
ILA TIM AT SHARES.
Versailles, R.B. ••• • • . • • •. • . 445 .. 440 .. 437 30 .. 437 50
L.II.•••••••••••• 315 .. 315 .. 310 .. 312 56
Ronen• • ••.. • • ..........1020 . 1030 ..1030 .•1030
Rouen te.Havre•• •.••
Orleans ........••• • • .• • • ••1077 50 —1177 50 —lO7O ..1070
Strasbars to Bale•• •• 261 25 .. 285 . 281 25 •• 285
Avignon to Marseilles...... 9:37 50 .. 940 .. 935 .. 935

RAILWAYS YOR THE ACCOUNT, DEO 16.
St. Germain.•..• •••••••••. 960 .. 940 .. 960 .. 972 50
Versailles, 11.11— •• 445 .. 445 .. 445 445
L. 8.......••••• 313 75 . 315 .. 310 .. 312 50
Rotten •• ................1022 50 —1032 50 ..1022 60 ..1030
Ronen to Havre• • • • • • • • • • • • 790 • 792 50 • • 790 • • 791 25
Orleans • ••••••1070 ..1078 75 ..1670 ..11,70
11trasbwrg to Bale • •••••• 282 50 .. 286 25 .. 242 50 .. 216 26
Avil(nos to Marseilles•... •• 932 50 .. 940 .. 932 50 .. 937 50

THE WEATHER.— Yesterday the frost was very
intense, with a strong east wind, which added to the
cold. On the ponds in St. James's Park and the
Regent's Park the skaters were countless, and the ice-
was in the finest condition. On no occasion have' we
seen such beautiful sheets of ice for skating. There has
been no 5m w. and no thaw to destroy the surface.
Several reckless persons ventured on dangerous ice and
fe•1l through, but, owing to the prompt and efficient
activity of the." humanity men," we believe no lives
were lost. The thermometer, iu the course of Saturday
night, fell to 24.

LIERIG.—One of -his greatest merits is one com-
mon to all high scienti6c men—the impulse he has given
to research. Until his time, and that of Dumas, che-
mistry,
e-
rnistry, with few exceptions, had never been applied to
the explanation of the processes of life ; for physiolo-
gists confined themselves either to the anatomical exa-
mination of man and animals—vague theories of their
functions—or learned theoretical disquisitions on the
rature and cause of life. Nevertheless, it must be ad-
mitted, that an immense mass of facts were accutnulatcd,
though nearly valueless, from want of connexion. It is
the credit of Liehig, that, departing with equal ingenuity
and originality from the old scholastic ideas which ruled
the science, he, though almost ignorant of anatomy, it
least of its details, has done something to classify and
reduce the hitherto shapeless mass. the chaotic jumble,
to a beautiful and connected whole ; and, though some-
times forgetting the true inductive method of reasoning,
find jumping at conclusions, unsupported by facts, no one
can deny that many of his theories are characterised by
extreme beauty 'and simplicity, and that his works
abound in clever and valuable suggestions, which wi!l
'one day become the fruitful germs of new and important
diseoTeries.—Medical Times, '

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