The Sun.
London, England, 1842-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY-TILADE-CCIMEMER.CE.

At the meeting of the proprietors of the Croydon
Railway on Tuesday, at the London Tavern, it was re-
solved to discontinue the carrying trade, by which
the Company had recently been losing 12/. per week,
This resolution is to come into effect on the 24th •f
March next. Negotiations will be made ineanwhil•

with the Greenwich Railway Company to get them t
modify their toll.

rarTzniusy AND scizziTaric.
The public records in the care of Sir Francis Pal
grave, are undergoing classification and reparation
They contain a vast body of historical and antiqua
rian information : the charters alone amount
20,000. Out of the total number of document!
34,557 have gone through the requisite processes, an(
are already accessible : the entire mass of records con
thins about 388,400 on the whole.
An astronomer of New York, states from seientifi(
observation, that extraordinary changes are
place in the solar system. The inclination of tb(
earth's axis with the ecliptic he shows to be changing
The poles of the planet Venus are changing, and het
colour approaching to a deep red :,Herschel is dimi-
nishing in size, and Saturn appears to be partly in
conflagration. The statements are announced with
all seriousness and gravity.

COUR.T-rasEMONAXILE.
The Dowager Countess of Essex and Miss John-
stone have returned from a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Er-
rington, at Newnham Paddox, Warwickshire.
Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence has returned from a
visit to the Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at Woburn
Abbey,
Count and Countess d'Harcourt have returned to
Manchester House. on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Wil"
Liam Harcourt, at St. Leonard's, near 'Windsor.
Lord and Lady Carteret are passing the winter at
Hawnes-place, near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, where
they have been entertaining a select party.
His Excellency the French Ambassador and the
Conntess St. Aulaire have accepted the Duke of Beau,
fort's invitation to join the circle at Badminton Pan"ci
and will leave town, accompanied by Count
iaf..
Countess d'Harcourt, on a visit to his Grace, on",
terwards proceed to Bowood, on a visit to the 3-01 r"
quis and Marchioness of Lansdowne, wh.) have in-
vited a select party to meet his Excellency.
Mr. and Lady Caroline Maxse have arrived St
Berkeley Castle, on a visit to Earl Fitzhardinget fr°lll
Badminton, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort. tic
The Duchess of Hamilton, whose health linsg.lBl
at
improved by her sojourn at Baden •Baden, i s'l the
Mannheim. The Duke of Hamilton is passing

Christmas at Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshir•
ntISCEX.X.IIISTEOUS
At Lewes and Brighton, Monday last was kePt I'ses
a holiday, in commemoration of the British vicwri
in India and China.
Upwards of 1,000 persons visited Westminsht,e„r
Abbey during Monday and Tuesday, and own° the
300 persons the United Service Inst:tution•
ad
former day, more than 2,000 personsau'-- paid for 14.
sion to the Royal Adelaide Gallery after seven O'clotche
A serious fire occurred on Thursday last, iletlir ed
village of Westonzovland, by Bridgewater, necaslhe
by a fire balloon, the machine of which burst in
air, and falling, ignited a stack, which, svith t"
others, were consumed.