The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-20 00:00:00

DECEMBER 0 tRA 1" LONI )0N SAT U RDAY
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No. 16,645.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
A Lecture on the PREVALENT DISEASE in POTATOES,
and the Means of extracting the Starch as an Article of Food, will
be delivered by Dr. Ryan, daily, at Half-past Three, and en the
Evenings of Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri:lays, at Nine.
Professor Bachoffner's varied Lectures, with experiments, in one
of which he clearly explains the principle of the ATMOSPHERIC
RAILWAY, a model of which is at work Daily. Mr. Dowse, the
celebrated flutist, will perform, at Three o'Cleck. on Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays. Coleman's NEW AMERICAN LOCO-
MOTIVE ENGINE, Mr as,ending and descending Inclined Planes.
A beautiful series of DISSOLVING VIEWS. New OPTICAL IN-
STRUMENTS, &a. Experiments with the DIVER and DIVING
BELL, &c &c.
Admission, One Shilling. Scheele, Half-price.

MR. CARTER'S MAMMOTH lIORSE.
The colossal Horse, GL.NERAL WASHINGTON, the pro-
perty of Mr. Carter, the Mot King, has been visited by many thou-
sand persons, including the Lobility and gentry, and numerous ladies,
who have declared thst he is the most extraordinary horse in the
world. The principal journals have spoken in the highest terms of
this remarkable animal General Washington is the largest horse in

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the world— he is twenty hands in height, and weighs twenty-Ilve
hundred pounds.
lie will be exhibited by Mr. Carter for a short time, previous to
his departure to America, at the Egyptian Ball, Piccadilly, from
•.x., till Nine, r.m.—Admission, Is.

PUBLICATIONS.

BY ORDER of the LORDS COMMISSIONERS of tho
ADMIRALTY.
This day is published, Bvo., 55.,
THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC • for 1849,
containing, in addition to the usual matter, an Ephemeris of
tlambart's Comet, now visible, and extended Ephemerides of the
Minor Planets.
"THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC" for 1845, 46, and 47, may still

be had.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. CLIII.,
• will be published on WEDNESDAY NEXT. .

CONTENTS:
I. LORD CAMPBELL'S LIVES of the CHANCELLORS.
11. LITERATURE of the EGYPTIAN MONASTERIES.
111. HIGHLAND SPORT.
IV. ARAGO and BROUGHAM on CAVENDISH.
V. LETTERS of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS.
VI. HUMBOLDT'S KOSMOS.
VII. TOWNSEND'S HISTORY of the HOUSE of COMMONS—
PRIVILEGE.
VIII. SMALL DEBTS ACT. '
IX. ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS of SCOTLAND.
X. IVALPOLE'S•MEMOiRS of GEORGE 111.
XI. MINISTERIAL RESIGNATIONS.
John Murray, Albemarle-street.

ENLARGEMENT OF THE ATHENEUM.
On and from January 3, THE ATHENJEUX will be PER-
M ANENTLY- ENLARGED to Twenty-Four Large Quarto Pages.
Price Fourpence.

" EX PLANATION."
MHE ATLAS NEWSPAPER of THIS DAY
.111_ contains a sequel to " The Expository Outline of the Vestiges of
the Natural History of Creation," which appeared.in the Atlas of
August 30; together with Original Articles upon all the Topics of the day
—Reviews of New Publications--Criticisms upon the Fine Arts, Music,
and Theatricals —Ranking and Monetary Affairs—and all the News
of the Week. Price Eightpence.
Office, 6, SoUthampton-street, Strand, Dec. 20,1845.

AMERICAN STATESMEN OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS.
days,vols. Bvo.,
'THE LIFE and TIMES of the HONOURABLE
HENRY CLAY,
Late Senator, Secretary of State, one of the Commissioners of the
Treaty of Ghent, &c.
With Extracts from his Speeches, Correspondence, Sec.
BY CALVIN COLTON,
Author of "Four Years in Great Britain," Br,e.
This Work may be regarded as a faithful pictare of the political
history of the Milted States since 1810.
Wiley and Putnam, 6, Waterloo-place; and at all the Libraries.

THE BUILDER, an Illustrated Periodical,
devoted to the Arts of Construction and Decoration, No. 150,
for December 20, price 3d., contains :—Action at Law to recover
Architects' Commission—Chimney-piece at Netting House, Bath,
with an Engraving—Cross at St. Peter's Church, Wisbeach, with an
Engraving—Mr. Tite v. Mr. Roach Smith—The Public Health—
Camden Town Church Competition—Railway News from Paris—
Restoration of the Holy Trinity Church, Hall—Round Towers in
France--Freemasons of thi Church—Merit in Mumble Life not to be
Disregarded—Notes in the Provinces—Railway Jottings—Notices of
Contracts, Tenders, Timber, Sales, &c.
Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden, and of all Booksellers.

FRIDAY NIGHT S GAZETTE.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 18, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel the Hon.
Sir E. Cust, K.C.11., to be her Majesty's Assistant Master of
the Ceremonies, in the room of Thomas Seymour Hyde, Esq.,
deceased.

W. Lee, hosier, Charing-cress—first div. of 51d. in the
pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Graham, Cole-.
man :-street.
W. Crosby, B. Vallentine, and B. White, hardwaremen,
Hounsditch—third div. of lid. in the pound, any Wednes-
day, at the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
J. Curtis, Liskeard—dst div. of 45. 4d. in the pound, any
day, at the office of Mr. Hergamax, Exeter.
Zr. Pitt, grocer, Plymouth first and final div. of 2id. in
the pound, any day, itthe office. of Mr. Hernaman, Exeter.
J. F. Buisson, me*, ant, Brabant-court, Philpot-lane--
first div. of ls. sd. in Ole pound, Dec. 20, and three follow-
ing Saturdays, at the dffice of-Mr. GrOom, Abchurch-lane.
J. Hodgson, scrivener, Liverpool—first div. of Is. 9d. in
the pound, any Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liver-
pool.
G. and J. M. Gilchrist, merchants, Liverpool—a div. of
6i d. in the pound. any Monday, at the office of Mr.
Turner, LiverpooL
G. Laurie, chemist, Pleetwood-npon-Wyre, Lancashire—.a div. of 3s. 4d. in the pound, any Monday, at the office of
Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
Heyes, Litherland, and Co., merchants, Liverpool—third
div. of 23d. in the pound (upon new proofs 6s. WO, aay
Monday, at the office•of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.
T. Danson, mercharroLiverpool—third div. of three thirty-
seconds of a penny int the pound, any Monday, at the office
of Mr. Turner, Liverpool.

DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Plowman, ironmonger, Oxford, Jan. 9, at one—G.
Chapman, cowkeeper, Pullin's-place, Islington, Jan. 9, at
eleven—A. Jameson, surgeon, Yarm, Yorkshire, Jan. 9, at
half-past one—F. A. de Wilde, cabinet ironmonger, Wells-
street," Oxford-street, Jan. 9, at twelve—R. Hutchinson,
leather seller, Jewry-street, Aldgate.
In the Country.
E. Thomas, wine merchant, Bristol, Jan. 13, at twelve, at
the Bristol District Court—G. Seaborn, baker, Berkeley,
Gloucester, Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court
—IL Malpas, victualler, Bath, Jan. 16, at eleven, at the
BrisThi District CbuitL-R. Warr, auctioneer, Beaminster,
Dorsetshire, Jan. 14, fit eleven, at the Exeter District Court
—W. Dakin, glass manufacturer, Manchester, Jan. 14, at
twelve, at the Manchester District Court—J. Marland, jun.,
roller maker, Todmorden, Lancashire, Jan. 14, at twelve, at
the Manchester District Court—H. Whittaker, silk throwster,
Macclesfield, Jan. 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District
Court—J. Wood, merchant, Lee-side, Yorkshire, Jan. 15, at
eleven, at the Leeds District Court

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
W. Webber, grocer, Horndean, Hampshire, Jan. 12—W.
Cato, tea dealer, Hexham, Northumberland, Jan. 9.—W.
Parfitt, engineer, Bristol, Jan. 15—T. B. Vaughan, farmer,
Poulton-cum-Spittal Chester, Jan.: 13—J. Kirkby, dyer,
Kirkbeaton, Yorkshires Jan.l.3—W. Turner, cabinet maker,
Manchester, Jan. 10—J. Fisher, spirit merchant, Lynn, Nor-
folk, Jan. 9—R. M‘Entire, commission agent, Paternoster-
row, Jan. 9—J. Home;weterinary surgeon, Woodstock-mews,
Blenheim street, New Bond-street, Jan. 9—G. F. S. 'ghee.;
wood, engraver to calico printers, Manchester, Jan. 9—J.
M. Pratt, wine merchant, Berners-street, Oxford-street,
Jan. 9—J. Middleton, bay and straw salesman, Aveley,Essex,
Jan. 9—H. Kimber, wine merchant, Water-lane, City, Jan. 9
—E. Barry, victualler, Bristol, Jan. 9—R. B. Clarke,
plumber and glazier, Gower-street North, St. Pancras, Jan. 9
—J. Wild, glazier, Bristol, Jan. 9—J. S. Williams, master
mariner, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street. Jan. 9.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
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S. Turner, IL Gilbert,'and W. Sbackell, turpentine and tar
distillers, Orchard-place, Poplar (so far as regards W.
Shackell—Mary Clegg and H. Clegg, grocers, Greetland,
Yorkshire—L. Alexander and L. Aarons, tobacconists, Strand
—J. Volckman, W. V-eickman, and C. Volckman, confec-
tioners, Bihopagate-sNeet Within—l. Fletcher, A. Forbes,
and T. Fletcher, booksfilers, Southampton (so far as regards
T. Fletcher)—J. Buckley and J. Buckley, cotton dealers,
Manchester—J. H. Page and G. L. Page, printers, Queen-
street, Cheapiide—D. Leake and T. Hall, vessel builders,
Bywater, Yorkshire—S. Greenwell, W. Cook, J. Gladstone,
R. Greenwell, and T. Richardson, coal owners, Castle Eden,
Durham (so far as regards R. Greenwell)—T. Cresswell, H.
Forrester, and T. Peters, glove manufacturers, Orange-street,
Bloomsbury-square—G. H. C. Sewell and J. Harris, grocers,
Framlingham, Suffolk—G. Milles, E. Zohrab, P. Zohrab, and
J. F. Pinel, gum faccula manufacturers, Tottenham—J. R.
Barrett and C. Condell, attorneys, Copthall-court, Throg-
morton-street—L. Bishop and E. Wright, coal dealers,
Kingston-upon-Hull—B. Crompton and J. Screeton, book-
binders, Kingston-upontHull—C. N. Farebrother and W. W.
Hewitt, surveying insisiument makers, Church-street, Lam-
beth—W. H. Nelson Ad H. N. Gill, goldbeaters, Dover-
road, Newington—J. Taylor, W. Clifford,- and H. S. Bright,
corn factors, Kingston-upon-Hull (sq far as regards W.
Clifford).

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.
John Bain, merchant, Glasgow, Dec. 25 and Jan. 15, at
one, at the King's Arms Inn, Glasgow.
Archibald Donaldson, tailor, Peebles, Dec. 25 and Jan. 16,
at twelve, at the chambers of W. Blackwood, Peebles.
David Leannonth, William Learmonth, and James Lear-
month, farmers, Roughmute, Dec. 26 and Jan. 19, at twelve,
at the chambers of Messrs. Russell and Aitken, Falkirk.
John Stevenson, William Stevenson,James Stevenson, jun.,
and H. Stevenson, power-loom manufacturers, Knows, Ren-
frewshire, Dec. 26 and Jan. 16, at one, at the house of J.
Kennedy Beith.

PRICE SD.

whose prospects of: Parliamentary success are not the
• brightest; and it raust be remembered, too, that the present
unsettled aspect of the political world has lessened the
• likelihood of remuneration from several of the new rail-
way plans, at least for a time. The decision of the San-
quhar and Muirkirk Junction directors contrasts most
fevourahly Kith the dead lock system of some of the En-
glish companies which have recently been figuring before
the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, and the officials
connected with which seem neither prepared to go to
Parliament nor to return any of the deposit money which
they have received from the allottees.—Glasgow Herald.
LUBECK AND SCHWERIN.—HAMDURG, DEC. s.—The
news arrived by express to-day that the States of Meek-
, lenburg had refused to grant the law of appropriation
for the projected railway between Lubeck and Schwerin.
In consequence, the scrip of the Hagenow, Schwerin, and
Rostock, which might have been bought at 87 yesterday,
rose immediately to 91, but fell again at the close of the
Exchange to 89. In my opininn the accomplishment of
the line between Lubeck and Schwerin would operate
u-ore in favour than to the disadvantage of the other
Mecklenburg line, as the joint use of a town like Lu-
beck, and all the localities between that town and this,
would have contributed a great deal to the traffic of the
whole net, without injuring Rostock and Wismar. The
refusal is a severe blow to Lubeck, and it falls heavily
on one part of Mecklenburg.
CASSEL AND HANOVER.—It is now certain that the
negotiations with Hanover, on the subject of this line,
have been brought to a favourable termination. The
Commisioner from Cassel, Herr Schwedes (upper min-
ing director), is expected to return in a few days, and
there is some ground for believing that the presence of
his Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Co-Regent in
Hanover has done much towards softening down the
difficulties. These negotiations were more en the sub.
jPct tif the Minden and Hanover line ; but it is believed
that, in the many leisure hours of the two commis-
sioners, the Hanover and Cassel line was brought on the
tapis, and the question of its terminus at Cassel dis
cussed. That would be of great importance to Frede-
rick William's northern line, as no decision on the three
tion of the line in the circle of Cassel can be arrived
at previously. The works on the whole of the rest of
the line, from the Prussian boundary at the Diemel to
the Saxon and Thuringian line, will be allotted on the
sth of January, in the coming year, to the several con-
tractors, so that the works on the whole of the line will
be, at one and the same time, in operation in the year
1846. The works for the tunnels will be continued dur-
ing the winter.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
!LIVERPOOL, Dirc. 19.
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STocicExcrwrox.—Ths sales are—Birkenhead and Holy-
head Junction, 3% p.—Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, ss. p.
—Caledonian, 2 p.—Chester and Birkenhead, New Shares,
274 Ditto, New 201. Shares, ss. p.—Clitheroe Junction,
par—Derby and Crewe, 1 7ip.—Glasgow, Perth, and Greenock,
Half Shares, 914—Grand Junction, 236—Ditte. Quarter
Shares, 33 p.—Ditto, New Quarter Shares, 32% p.— Great
Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares,' ss. p.—GreatWestern,
Quarter Shares, 133 p.—Huddersfield and Sheffield, 8:p.
—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 114 p.—London and
Birmingham, Fifth Shares, 20 p.—Matlock and Midland,
11,4 p.—Midland, 140—Preston and Wyre, 30%—Sheffield
and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 2, 4 p.—Ditto, Quarter
Shares, No. 3 (scrip), 3 p.—Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton,
and South Stafford, 74 p.—South-Eastern and Dover, Con-
solidateu Thirds, Half Shares, 7s. Id. p.—West Riding
Union, 1% p.
MANCHESTER, DEC. 19.
STOCK EXCEANGE.—The sales are—Blackburn, Derwen,
and Bolton, New, 234—East Lancashire, No. 1, 16—Fleet-
wood, Preston, and West Riding, 22s.—Lancashire and North
Yorkshire, 435.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 1114—Man-
chester and Southampton 2—North Staffordshire, 945. 6d.—
Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No. 2, 81,4—Ditto,
ditto, No. 3, 54—South-Eastern and Dover, Consolidated
Thirds, Halves, 3.