The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-29 00:00:00

Whitehall, Dee. 19.

The Lord Chancellor has appointed Charles Hunt, of
Wednesbury, in the county of Stafford, Gent., to be a
Masher Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. •

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

James Buttirant, Appledore, Devonshire, merchant.
John Walters, Cwm-Corwg-house, near Newport, re-
tail-brewer.
BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
William Jessup, jun., Broad-street, Ratcliff, Middlesex,
victualler, from Dec. 25 to Jan. 29, at eleven, at the Court
of Commissioners.
William Henderson Cooper, Cannon-row, Westminster,
dealer in Roman cement, from Jan. 1 to Jan. 14, at ten,
at the Court of Commissioners.
BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
William Brown Harrison, Manchester, cotton-dealer.
BANKRUPTS.

William "Waren"), Dartford, Kent, mangle-manufacturer,
to surrender Jan. S, 15, and Feb. 8, at the Court of Com-
missioners. Richardson and Talbot, Bedford-row.
Robert Parry, Ruthin, Denbigh, linen-draper, Jan. 4,

There are about 500 schools in the High-
lands, which supply instruction to 25,000 chil-
dren. The number of children of the proper
age for attending school, estimated at one-eighth
°of, e the population,
pr
oportn of scholarsin ust be
is about
5 probably
; ,OO
kept
low
Niv
in
than he oughtisequenee ; and w i
e mayofeaclatteinlii° a shorter
conclude
period
ir
therefore
that more thanone-half, probably two-thirds of
all the children, receive a certain amount of in-
struction. English exclusively
is taught in 500
of the schools ; Gaelic in 80 ; Gaelic and Eng-
lish together in 120. From the researches of
the Inverness Society in 1822, we find that one-
half of all she inhabitants can read either in their
own language or the English, and the propor-
tion must be annually increasing. At present
the reading population of the Highlands must
comprise fully 200,000 persons, of whom pro-
bably 100,000 read English, though many of
them comprehend the sense but imperfectly ;
100,000 more read Gaelic ; and 300,000 un-
derstand the Gaelic when read to them.
Now it is evident that our pains to teach the
Highlanders to . read are nuThosegatory,
who unlesslearn
we
supply them wl.l
books.
' 01
have indeed all the stores
English thoroughly,
of our literature laid open to them, but what be-
comes of the large number who know nothing
but Gaelic ? There is besides something fal-
lacious in the knowledge of English supposed
to be possessed by the Highlaners. It has
been repeatedly observed, that the English learned
in a boy's youth fades out of his memory from
disuse before he reaches mature age ; anti some
who retain as much of the acquired language as
enables them to conduct a few limple commer-
cial transactions at fairs or markets, are almost
totally unacquainted with that branch of the
vocabulary which.relates to morals, arts, science,
law, and general knowledge. Clergymen in the
Highlands know well that many of their pa-
rishioners who can communicate with them in
English on some familiar subjects, are quite in-
, capable of understanding a sermon in that lan-

MADRID, DEC. 13.—1 t is said that the
Ayuntamiento of Madrid has formed a plan for
lighting the capital with hydrogen gas, and that
it will, for that purpose, receive tenders for its
accomplishment, in order to give the preference
to the most advantageous. There itre several
mines of coal at a little distance from Madrid,
which would furnish gas in abundance, and
would give all the coal necessary' to supply the
capital with fuel.

On Thursday morning the mail coach from
Ennis to this city was in imminent danger of
being overwhelmed in the flood with which the
road all about Clare Castle was inundated. The
inside and outside passengers (ten in number)
all declared that they owed their lives to the
extraordinary exertions and wonderful dexterity of
the driver. The state of the parapet and em-
bankments on that part of the road call loudly
for the attention of the Government—Limerick
Paper.

Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease.
First 69s Od 3is Od 27s Od 40s Od
Second 49s 6d 31s Od 22s (3d 36s Od
Third
PRICES OF PROVISIONS, S.C.
Beef, per lb. Os. 3d. to Os. 7d. Fresh Butter,lb.s. lOd. to Os. Oil
Mutton 0 3 0 7 Salt 0 1) 010
Veal 0 8 010 Ditto, per cwt. 80 0 84 0
0 S 0 6 Eggs, per doz. 1 2 0 0
Lamb, per qr. 1 6 3 0 OatStraw(kpl.)ll 0 12 0
Tallow, per lb. 0 4 2 41 Wheat Ditto— 8 0 9 0
Quartern Loaf 0 0 0 9 Barley Ditto 8 0 9 0
Potatoes, 141 b. 0 0 0 4 Hay, per st.— 010 011