The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-24 00:00:00

UTEST LONDON RAILWAY.—Notice is
hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the West London Railway Company will be held at tke
COMPANY'S OFFICES, No. 11, Abchurch-lake, in the City
of London, en WEDNESDAY, the 14th day of January, 1846,
at One o'clock in the afternoon precisely, for the purpose
of confirming the declaration by the Direetors of the Company, of
the forfeiture of certain Shares in this undertaking; and of autho-
rizing the Directors to dispose of the same shares, or any of them,
in the manner directed by the Act of Incorporation.

(Signed) H. H. GROUNDS, Chairman,
Offices, 11, Abchurch-lane, December 20, 1845.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, DEC. 24.
THERDIOXETER, Lowest, 30; Highest, 40; Noon, 36,
BAROMETER, 30.21.—W1ND, N.N.W., fine.

mom WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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Ithe last war. Does he imagine that it would have
been in his father's power to have done this had he
been robbed of the fruits of his industry by an ini-
quitous corn•law ? The late Sir R. PEEL certainly
was not of that opinion himself, for he, high Tory as
he was, vehemently protested against the enactment
of the corn-law of 1815, and foresaw and foretold
the fatal results of that highwayman piece of legis-
lation. The wealth, the talent, the industry, the
numbers of the country, are now with the League
and Sir R. PEEL, who perfectly understands that,
since the Reform Act, every Minister who
wishes to retain power must adapt his mea-
sures to the interests of the people, and
who, moreover, hath always entertained a wholesome
horror of powerful bodies like the League, will not
hesitate, if he possess the shrewdness and caution for
which every one gives him credit, at once to throw
the monopolists overboard, and by a total and imme-
diate repeal of the corn-laws dissolve the formidable
League into its primitive elements. If he pursue
this course he will have the firm and unflinching
support of the League to assist him in his good work.
" This meeting," says Mr. COBDEN, " gives me
great pleasure, because from the first com-
mencement of it, not a word has been said
about the changes of the Ministry that are going on
every day. It will show every Minister what sup-
port he will receive from the country, and on behalf
of this meeting I may say, with perfect safety, that
Sir R. PEEL will have the support of the people of
Lancashire if he will but come out and do his duty
as a man and a Minister." To secure this support,
however, it must be clearly understood by Sir R.
PEEL that there must be no shuffling—no vanishing
duty —no patching up of scales —no shift-
ing of taxation under pretence of compensation.
The repeal—the simple, total, and immediate repeal
of the corn-laws—is the measure which alone can
secure to him the support of the League. On those
laws the judgment that has been passed, and must be
executed, is La mori—sans phrase. If Sir R. PEEL,
as the executive Minister, will content himself with
carrying that judgment into effect, the League—and
the League is now the nation—will support him, and
enable him to triumph over all opposition. If he
hesitate, " the watchman " will be there, and he will
keep his eye on all suspicious characters. " I beg
to inform my friends," said Mr. COBDEN, " that it is
not the intention of Mr. BRIGHT and myself again
to attend public meetings, as we did last summer, be-
cause I believe we can be more useful in our places in
the House of Commons."

Owing to the very boisterous weather which pre-
vailed last night, we have not received the French
papers of Monday, nor any continental intelligence
whatever.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, DEC. 23.
Anglo-Belgian — Madrid and Valencia...
Barba does
Boulogne and Amiens.. 8% Namur and Liege 2l/4
Bordeaux &Mediterraa North Jamaica ...
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon
Do. & Cette (Espeleta) Orleans and Bordeaux 10%
Do. ( Mackenzie's ).. Over Yssel
Callao, Lima, and Pa- Paris & Lyons (Laffitte) 214
cübe Coast
Central of Spain ..
Ceylon . — Ditto (Sud Eat) 2%
Demerara
Dendre Valley ......
Dutch Rhenish ...
Dieppe & Paris Janet — (Ganneron's)
Dijon and Mulhouse ... Do. (Compe de L'Est)
East Indian ...... — Do. (Aymard's) —
Fampenx & Hazebrouk Paris and St. Quentin —
Grt Northern of France Rouen and Havre.-- 27%
Constituted
De. Pepin le }Linear — Sambre and Meuse ....
Great Paris and Lyons 2% Strasburg and Bale .... 10
Great Western Bengal Toarnay,Jurbise, Lan-
Great Western Canada den, and Hasselt ...
Jamaica S. Mid. Janction Tours and Nantes
Do. North Midland — (Mackenzie's) —
De. Extension
Jersey — Do. (O'Neill's) —
Louvain and Jemappe.. Trinidad
Lyons and Avignon.... Verona and Ancona....
Ln.xembeurg

MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.—A proclamation has
been issued to-day summoning Parliament to meet
for the dispatch of public business on the 22d of
January next. Sir Robert Peel arrived at his resi-
dence in Whitehall-gardens this morning from a visit
to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. It is generally
rumoured in the clubs at the west end this morning
that overtures have been made to Lord Ellenborough
to join Sir Robert Peel's Administration. The Duke
of Buccleuch has left town for Scotland.

SECONDARIES.—(THIS DAY.)
There was only one case tried this morning, which was
not of interest, but likely to lam the whole day.

Great North of England..loo
Ditto New .. 5
Do. New .... ........ 2
Great Western BO ......151 160....

Liverp. and Manchester.loo ..
Do. % Shares
_ Do. Quarters 25

THE SITV, LONDON, WPDNESDAY EVEN_ING, DECEMBER 24, 1845.

Bristol and Liver. June . 2%......
Buckinghamshire
Caledonian
Ditto Extension ...... 21/4...... 3
Cambrian & Grand Jane 42s ......
Cambridge and Lincoln 11% 3141/2
Do. New
Cambridge and Oxford.. 1% —
Canterbury and Dover.. 1
Central Kent 2 —
Chelmsford and Bury... 1%
Chester and Holyhead... 15
Chester and Manchester 425.
Cheltenham and Oxford 2
Clydesdale Junction..... 5
Cork :Blackrock, and
Passages
Cork and Killarney ... 2%
Cork and Waterford ... 11,f — .
Cornwall
Coventry, Nuneaton, Bir.
and Leicester 14...... - •
Dartmouth, Torbay, and
Exeter
I )erby and Crewe —
Derby, Gainsbro', and
Great Grimsby ... 1% —
Derby, Uttoxeter, and
Stafford 2%...... ••
Direct Manchester
(Remington's)
Ditto (Rastrick's) 54.— 3.1/ 4......•.
Direct Northern
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Armagh
Dublin and BelfastJunc 5
Dublin, Belfast, and
Coleraine
Dublin and Galway..... 4
Dudley, Madely, and
Brostley
Dundaik & L.lc.iskillen 2%
Easterii Counties 141. 16s. 2014%1/2 21
Ditto New 61. 16s.
Ditto Perpetual, 5 per
Cent, No. 1.......61. 13s. 4d —
Ditto ditto, No. 2, .. 41. 13s. 4d... 4 p
EastDereh'm andNoech 1
Eastern Union 25 .. ... 341,!4
Ditto, Quarter Shares 33/4 --
Ditto Extension
Do. Ipswich and Bury 4
Do. Exten'n to Norw'h 2%
Do., Camb. and Ely.. 2%
East Lincolnshire
East & West of England 1%......
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ..... 71%
Ditto Half Shares ... 5
Ditto, Quarter Shares 12% ..
Ditto, New
Edinburgh & Northern.. 114 — ... ....... .
Edinburgh and Perth... 11/2 — ...... ....
Ely and Huntingdon ... 5
Enniskillen and Sligo ... 21A2 —
Essex and Suffolk .. ... 1%
Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorset 23/4
Glouc.,Abei ystw ith, and
Central of Wales
Goole and Doncaster
Grand Junction ...100
Ditto Half Shares
Ditto Quarters 25
Grand Union l%
Great Eastern &Western 2%...... ••
GreatGrimsby and Shef-
field -
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
Ditto Extension
Great Munster ... 2%......
Great North of Scotland 21/2......
_ ..

21
-7% 1,

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341/2

711,4

160

Ditto % Shares 5O
Ditto /Shares 2% l7 161/s ...
Ditto Fifths

Guildford, Fare'm,Ports. 5 ... ..
Harwich
Hull and Selby
Ditto % Shares
Do. Half Shares 2 —
Inverness and Elgin 1
Ipswich, Norwich, and
Yarmouth
Irish North Midland 1 X
Isle ofAxholme 2%
Killarney Junctions 1 IA
Kendal and Windermere 11% —
Lancaster and Carlis1e... 30
Lame, Belfast, and Bal- _ .

lvmena
Leeds and Carlisle
Leeds and West Riding
Junction _ l%

_
Leicester & Birmingham 228.
Leicester and Bedf3rd... 225....... I/ glh p
Leicester and Tamworth 42e.

161,
35

Liverpool & Leeds Direct 2% .. ... 2 1%
Lpool., Mnchstr, & New-
eastle Junction
London and Birminghmloo
Do. Thirds
Do. li Shares
Ditto Fifths ..... ..... 2
Ditto Extension ...... 1% • •"••••.
London and Blackwall. 16/. 138.4 d — ... ..... ..
Do. New
Ditto Extension ..- V .....
London and Brighton
Do. consolidated Bths... 40 ...
Ditto, Sixths
London and Croydon, 131. 15s. 9d. 21 1/8% ... .....
Do. Guaranteed 5 per
Cent.
Lon., Chel., 0x.,G10., and
Hereford
---- - - • -

.. 103

1/2 P

3
~ 218
~ 43
251/2
25
3% %
.• -
64 1/2

- 13/4 P

.. 2%
.. 152

.. 291/2
~. 121

23%
R

2 %
8 3/t P

1%
6'
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3p

South Eastern & Dover 33128 4d...
Do., No. 1 l2
Do., No. 2.
Do., No. 3
Do., Ne. 4
Southampton, Manches-
ter. & Oxford Junction 425.
St. Alban's, Hatfield, and
Hertford Junction ...
Staines and Richmond... 1
Stafrordsh. & Shropshire 23/4
South Wales .... 21
Taw Vale Extension .. ••• •• ......
Tean and Dove Valley 1%
Trent Valley 2 .... 171,E 17
Trent Valley and Holy-
head Junction
Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke 54
Ulverstone and Furness 21/2......
Vale of Neath
Warwick & Cheltenham 1%
Warwick and Worcester 425.
Waterford and Kilkenny 3
Waterford and Limerick 71A
Waterfd,'Wxfrd,Wicklw,
and Dublin
11' at erfo rd, Wexford, and
Valentia
Waveney Valley 2
Welch Midland
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire
WestLo.ndon,Old Shares 20
West End and Southern
Counties
Wexford and Carlow ... 2%
Wisbeach and St. Ives... 2
Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton
%Vilt,, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth ........ .........
WoreestPr,liereford,Ross,
and Gloucester 425......425.......—
Worcester, Tinbury, and
Ludlow 23/4 .•
Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union ..... 1%... ..
Worcester and S. Wales 425.
Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
, Ditto New

York and Carlisle 23/t — ....
York and Lancaster 2%
Y ork and North Midland 50
Ditty % Shares .. 25
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 25
Do. Selby
Do. Eitension 5

FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

. __ ......_
Anglo- Belgian 4 _ .
Barbadoes 1
Boulogne and A miens-. 10
Bordeaux & Mediterran. 2
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette (Mackenzie's)... 2 .. ... 13/4
Do. (Espelete's)
Calais, Dunkrk, and West
Flanders
Callao, Lima, and Pacific
Coast
Central of Spain ...
Ceylon ss.
Demerara
Dendre Valley
1 Dijon and Mulhouse
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian ... ..... .... ss.
Eastern Belgian Junctn. 216
Fampoux & Hazebroak 2 - ••••• 000000 .••
Great North. of France
Constituted . . 5 l5 143/4 16
Great Paris and Lyons 2
Great Western Bengal... ss.
Great Western Canada... 314
Jamaica S.Mid. Junction 1 - •••
Jamaica North Midland 1
Do. Extension 1
Jersey
Louvain and Jemeppe... 4 ... . 21/2...
Lyons and Avignon 2
Luxembourg... 4 - .........
Madrid and Valentia.... 2 ...
Mauritius ..
Namur and Liege
Nerth Jamaica 1
Orleans and Vierzon ... 10
Orleans and Bordeaux... 6 ll3/4 12
Over Yssel 41:38 4d 2 dis
Paris &Lyons(Laffitte's) 2
Paris and Lyons (Gan-
neron's)
3
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2 ...... 2%
Paris &Lyons (Sud Est) 2
Paris and Orleans 2O
Paris and Rouen
Paris and Strasbourg
( Ganneron's)
Do. (Compe de L'Est) 2
Do (Avmard's)
Paris and St. Quentin
Rouen and Havre
ttoyal North of Spam ... 2
Sambre and Meuse ...... 6
Strasbourg and Bale ... 14
St. Laurence & Atlantic
Tournay, Jurbiss, Lan-
den, and F1a55e1t....... 4
Tours and Nantes (Mac-
kenzie's) ..- ..... ...... 4
Do. do. (Lefebvre's' 2
Ditto (O'Neill's) 2
•
Trinidad
Verona and Ancona.- 3
West Flanders ...... ~.. 4

MINES.

Real del Monte Unregd.
JOINT STOCK BAN KS.
Commercial of London 20
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

3714

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF COM
MON COUNCIL.-(THIS DAY.)

CRIPPLEGATE WITHIN.
The election of Common Councilmen for the ward of
Cripplegate Within was closed at two o'clock this: day,
when the result of the poll was announced as under.—
Hoole
Brown
Smith ll3 Barnard 9B
Last
Mr. Wilson, the Ccmervative candidate, polling only 79,
was of course ousted, his place being supplied by Mr.
Bennoch, who is in favour of a total abolition of the
corn-laws.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY

During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat
for our market have been on a very moderate scale, and of
inferior quality. The show of samples of that description of
Grain here was small; hence the demand for most qualities
was steady, and Monday's advanced prices were well sup-
ported. Scarcely any free Foreign Wheat was on ciffer ;
nevertheless, the sale for that article was inactive, at previous
quotations. The best malting Barley moved off steadily at
full currencies. In other kinds, exceedingly little
was doing. Malt, the supply of which was by no
means large, sold slowly, and prices ruled about stationary.
We have had a fair average supply of Oats on offer, while
the Oat trade was tolerably steady at late rates. Beans,
Peas, and Flour moved off in retail quantities, at but little
alteration in value.

ARRITALS.
Wheat. Earley.
English .....• 2811 qrs. 1,420 qrs.
Irlsk - 900
Foreign ...... 4,330 -

Oat, Flour.
710 qrt. 2,750 sks
19,120 -
2,580 --

Halt. 1.410 qrs.
WZITECILELPEL.
Although lithe supply of each kind of Meat on sale was
large, the general demand ruled active, at very full prices.
Beef, from 3s to 3s 10d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Teal,
3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 10d to Ss 4d per albs.
by the carcase.

LAMBETH-4MM DAY).—This morning Mr.
Henry received 10s., sent by the Editor of The Sun, from
" A Friend" at Sheffield, for the sufferers by the late high
tide at Lambeth.
The Duke of Duccleuch left town last eveniog for
Dalkeith Palace, where the Noble Duke and Duchess are
expected to remain until after Christmas.
The Marchioness of Wellesley, who has been stay-
ing some time on a visit to the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Howard at Paris, has returned to town, and has since left
for Cortessy Hall, the seat of Lord Stafford, where a small
party is about to assemble.
The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Secretary at
War, left Carlton-gardens last evening, for Wilton-house,
the seat of the Dowager Countess of Pembroke, near Salis-
bury, where a family circle is about to assemble for the en-
suing holidays. The Right Hon. Gentleman, owing to the
pressure of public business, is expectod to return to town on
Friday next.
Cards of invitation have been issued to several
noble and distinguished personages for a grand banquet,
which will be given by her Majesty on New l'ear's Day.
Their Highnesses Prince and Princess Nicholas
Esterhazy have joined the Countess of Jersey and Lady Cle-
mentina Villiers at Middleton-park, Oxon, from Wakefield-
lodge, where they had been staying on a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Grafton.

The Duke of Devonshire has left Devonshire-
house, for Worsley-hall, on a visit to Lord and Lady Francis
Egerton, who are surrounded by a distinguished circle at that
splendid country-seat.

The Marquis and Marchioness of ,Worcester have
arrived at Gopsall-ball, Leicestershire, to pass the Christmas
with the Earl and Countess Howe and family, from visiting
the Earl and Countess of Cardigan, at Deene-park, near
Kettering.
Earl and Countess De Grey come to town on
Saturday next from Bath, and early in the ensuing week
repair to Wrest Park, Beds, where they purpose to receive a
succession of distinguished visitors during the next month.
We understand that the Earl of Harewood will
succeed the late Lord Whamcliffe as Lord-Lieutenant of the
West Riding of Yorkshire. The late Earl of Harewood was
the Lord-Lieutenant of that Riding for many years.
The mortal remains of the late Lord President of
the Council (Lord Wharncliffe) will be removed from Cur-
zon-street, for interment In the family mausoleum at Wort-
ley-hall, near Sheffield, on Friday or Saturday next. The
present Lord Wharncliffe, the Hon. James Stuart Wortley,
the Hon. J. Chetwynd Talbot, and other relatives of the late
Noble Lord. will attend the obsequies.
REMARKABLE! Shee, the wife of a .
respectable victualler, at Enniscorthy, in the sixtv-sixth
year of her age, gave birth to a male child on the 27th or
28th of last month, to the surprise of the inhabitants of that
locality. Her eldest child is upwards of forty-seven years of
age.— Wexford paper.
CONSUMPTION OF BUTCHER'S MEAT.—The num-
ber of cattle and sheep annually sold at Smithfield has
doubled within the last century, whilst the weight of the
carcase has also more than doubled in that interval. In the
early part of last century (1710), according to an estimate
made by Dr. Davenant, the net weight of the cattle sold at
Smithfield averaged about not more than 370 pounds, whilst
calves averaged about 50 pounds, and sheep 28 pounds.
In 1800, the net weight of the cattle was estimated at $OO
popoununds and of calves at 140 pounds, and of the sheep at 80
ds: