The Sun. — London, England, 1847-09-14 00:00:00

crew u NO it u►t.+ cander , le 14th , fur A . e d si% eiver, kaki* a bout °ugb• 3brilth Al l 'e Per of one morn' ,toner, as sa' or der n went I, an d ), for h the ta te to eption He cora. Y•) which idence of the there 7ietors )t the le i ll to the Ira i t le B P. - engl' boat. fur. essal s er I a' , g geg.• adoP t to be par t of fulle s )strtle. lu iredr ce W° ' , o ear of 1-- e tim e ' a their . r 4 it Would b e i mposs ibl e to te l l the amount o f e_ ,tsure. Th e perio lof one minute with the valve provided the mercury was, at the time of tying, ist , 44 , would suffice to cause the confusion he had Il er red to. Ile never called the attention of Mr. t e ch am (the foreman of Mr. Joyce) to the cir -I:nstance of the valves being so tied down and tb, a4le d. They were tied upon one occasion when i T s t gt rifleman came down into the engine-room ; and ,),„: Butter s , th e eng i ne -d r i ver of thtt Bee, who was `; bo ard th e Cricket at that time, in the absence of tel 4 l 4 , r .kel who l e ft th e va l ves t i e d , ca ll e d M eec h am s a ''' 4 ll to it, an d said, "d —n it, let them go, I will el e tio such pract i ces on b oard—l know b etter t h an trice what the boilers will bear." by Mr. James, on behalf of Mr. Joyce e - the engines of the Cricket were he believed, erittirely new when he joined the boat, and were made tna P r :' 3l Y for the Cricket boat. The whole of fie gi - ,., e 'ner.Y, and every thing connected with the en of - t e ll s went on, very well till Clarke came as the driver ,toi iße h e t en girie. The leakage of steam in the trunion n ot °co.ar constantly with perfect soundness of the r Clarke was in the employ of the comoany •e * 1 , 3 „.. as hi /b. ' , and, Mr. Joyce had no control whatever over the L, -arned Gentleman who appeared on behalf of A'other of one of the sufferers, examined the wit- A' l lh - A.fter Mr. Joyce's fireman ordered the valves °e set free, C!arke again tied them do Nn ; and t en he was to l d of Mr. Meecham ' s or d er to remove e s, Etrio-.6he said "He did not care a d—n for Mr. l. eeha th e k_ tn or mr. Joyce ; he was put there to make 7 at g o , an d go she must." of g• Williams, residing at Ashford, in the county Biti„ en i t, engineer, stated that, about two months it, d• h e was a passenger on the Cricket steam-boat, ep u ' ri l°43l iing over the casing from the deck he saw a yarn attached to the end of the lever of the berYvalve on the starboard boiler, which passed p tit ° ,w. into the engine room ; the yarn was tight ; he the his hand down and felt that it was so ; he pointed h hi,,'ircumstance out to his brother, who was with , the boat was running at the time. The steam cThe inquiry was not concluded when our report left). STATE OF TRADE. 11,14NCEIESTER, THURSDAY EVENING..—We are in tii,, w ay improving. The demand for cloth is, if any ru-lg: more limited, especially so for shirtings, which i zt . " 3 : l, °e attributed to . the . non=arrival of the China th and the disorganisation of commercial affairs in l e t country ; th ese f a b r i cs are d ec idedly lower. 1 ,„r,Il "eus are a l so t o b e h a d on rather l owe r t e r ms , e ven as are in request for export. n L AEns, SErT. 10.—Foreign wool : This branch of de d oes not yet assume t h at healthy state which has n so generally expected. The demand for more des criptions of foreign wool has been only limited for t his we e k, but in price s we h ave no variation to re- Port. — English woo l : Sales are not extensive, being c onfined to a supply of the immediate wants of the k anufacturers. Stocks of wool are light for the sea 11(111 , and prices asked by the growers are above the Proportion of these markets. We do not quote any Variation in prices this week. BRADFORD, SEPT. 9.—There is a much better 1, 11 . 1) ,,P,1Y of wool than demand, and prices fell in a va. - linrd u a l bt i lg v.e d ly e g s. r ii e g e h . ~T he purchasers were, however, corn- Clothing . wool is in good request, eing limited in supply is readily sold. There is 1501.,, • 417 Improvement in the yarn market. The spinners ~,7 Mostly employed to order at a sl i ght advance, b ut L"ees are suc h as to compel the spinner to curtail his great as muc h as possible. There must be very i mprovement i n price to bring this branch of our trit tL e to a sa ti s f actory state. M ore b us i ness was d one co erc e" Piece mar k et. Th ere was a goo d a ttend an c e o f ti tyn nants. Th e recent f a il ures i n L anca shi re ra th er Ped oar mar k et, b ut on th e w h o l e , i m p rovemen t ss visible 4 E , • iktte -K UONDWIKE, SEPT. 9.—There was a very thin . ) 44 "anee of merc h an t s thi s a f ternoon , an d the bum ktil tr ansacted was only of a limited character. The au f l tY we recently noticed still prevails in the ma the-eturing districts, and there is little now doing in , : e arehou ses . P r i ces rema i n as b e f ore . , AR AI) E or N O T T INGHAM.—There is scarcely any 'e alteration in the cotton hose trade. The lit,lj 4r and pantaloon branch keeps in a tolerable %a with some exceptions. The bobbin-net trade h 1 t h in lY considerably improved in demand, but not for call s and o f ne t s . Th ere i s a considershle demand NCl's and short veils ; this is felt as great relief by tit li ,: e ,Tales who have to ornament them, as for a long i; lace has been ornamented on the machine, as l~ ej nlade. Th ere i s st ill a d eman d f or goo d mus li n it 4 " s lbut the patentees of the embossed muslin laces, sPeP ) R ea rs, will not be at the expense of enrolling their It At :geation. The demand for machinery for foreign bet s t oontinues. Some are making four thread plat of imitate the foreign grounds of lace ; the cost 6po h e Material (No. 440), is enormous as a warp of ter n Yards would cost above 3001. This has not de ttm,e(ll, ,the German and the French, though it has the Otprso• One of the most enterprising of the machine t4 .ser s , IN' No understand, has taken measures to learn the'''lst extent this manufacture is carried on upon T en tinent.—Nottingham Review. he a ,"A or LEICESTER.—The same cautious busi -14, Ae'mtinues doing in the warehouses as we have ta t 4`3? reported. Yarns are dull of sale, and more %tav,„ in erY has been laid down, the worsted spinners priceß they canno t b uy woo l s t o mee t the present tl t ,,, s • The wool market continues firm, with a fair '. - -Leicester Journal. MAN WORRIED TO DEATH ‘, BY A BEAR. A e ,Lest shocking and fatal accident occurred at .1;. Own, near this city, on Friday night last. Mr. 1 4 11 „ -°.w en, who rents the tea-garden and Green l i °, °ll inn at that place, keeps, for the amusement b e c ustomers, and as a source of attraction to his 1, 41 number of monkeys and other wild animals, ts qt , ‘e this co ll ec ti on h e h a d some ti me ago a dd e d a to North American bear. The bear was chained tr • ee, In an uninclosed space behind the monkey Cin Friday evening a man of the name of \ Zate l . lll Rawson, a porter with Mr. Ronnell, soda- C ow ; manufacturer, anufacturer, had occasion to call at Mr. Rare ri n ei l in the way of his business, and went into the h ad - been see the bear, and to give it some bread, %cc ° , his wont on several occasions. He was Of q:":Panied by an old man (aged 79) of the name the 0' Rawson held out some crumbs of bread to th en at., it took quietly from his hand. He With both his hand without bread, when the bear, it s f ore - paws, su dd en ly se i ze d hi m by th e dow n n d dragged him within its circle, throwing him Old 41 , and in stantly commenc i ng to worry hi m . The the e 4 J I c ourageously seized the infuriated animal by b 0 l iar ' and M rs. C owen (M r . C owen b e i ng f rom pr e) g, et hold of its chain ; but both their efforts vr o ine ffectual to relieve the unfortunate sufferer. f ted,rn speedil y arr i ve d w ith p it c hf or k s , an d sue roui ~,Aforcing o ff t h e h ear an d d ragg i ng the man Upon fi' t "in it , :reach. It made no attempt to turn full y assailants. Rawson was found to be dread and w„, - ,n r ated about the head, neck, and shoulders, clos4-',iintnediately removed to the Infirmary, w hich t riorui„ - 'Y. He lingered until 2 o'clock on Monday An i r ; - g , When death put an end to his sufferings. bef ore q"'t was held upon the body the same evening, / Acts Mr. " ' AV. Carrick, coroner , when the above were given i n ev id ence ; but the inquest was nr e d ab„ ri until Mo n d ay next, i n consequence o f th e eo td e e of the house-surgeon of tbe infiraiary, whose e nee was deemed requisite. The bear was shot on Saturday morning by Mr. Cowen.—Carlisle Journal. _......--___ _____.............. ......... tk -r:ZTRAORDINARIr FALL IN B READ . —L ast quarter a nion She r b orne b oar d o f guardians contracted fur the tendered bread at lo' 1. p er 4 1b. l oaf, whilst the same was for on Saturday, for the ensuing quarter, at 'ill• per loaf.—Sherborne Journal. A W e understand that Alexander Matheson,hh Esq., of - \ cl NI P for the Inverness burg s----w 0 . , we are t' .11. ",..,... r°3 t0 learn, ' is still detained at his residence of eress by an attack of ague — has just purchased the 14 (a A l)4 ronial estate of Kintaii. '"ecit t l l.. R THIEF.* _ .‘ .. 4, ekAaaming Yesterday, a boy about 16 b o (I ." E • a i--- '- 0 P- ' and .even 'tti age obtain v pa six brasslamps, t h la tx t t 4 Zi o r — ditt;, - o - 1; "- gi;en, under the false pretence by ke. The same lad also °llt aine7 f h ,,'ld been left mis E t' rl Kenmore's, 11, Bel graves s ,„„"c'tn the footman at . Pretext:l'are, a new blue morning Ihe vi „ ; ; t an d , nn Saturday, from a co n a u t m u b n er de o r f haousismesi similar 'ad it i-- "Y of Portman-square, a s warehouse, Zir et i st been sent home from Townend' great many hats that assumes a variety of dispu•gtreet, Cheapside. The boy Doi4 r lte s , and contrives to enter conversationinto from whom he / 1 14 n 3 who are sent home with goods, with p ant 4 s g t es to glean sufficient information . to induce ser "real give him the goods, and, notwithstanding the p t of the police, eludes capture. „ - atna / „,„ . Workmen are en aa OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY . Ley , g a ged in re- leading the roof of Westminster Ab tain:ind On taking off the old lead it has been aseer xi t 4 that the rafters also required repair, ' is r Parch , the that a company is to be formed for ( *iv p a3ln g the Great Britain, and placing her on the tlie e 'l l ° o l and New Orleans trade. She still remains on i7ridir on i n the Prince's Basin.—Liverpool Albion. I t nt/IG BARRISTERS.-- From an official document ith,i:.`;`ara that the revising barristers, who c . ommence , ti l") 144°11 ra 0 Thul - sday, t.trA eun.l'erei as , :ttperldiar,) 1 4," "' They are paid 2101. per annum, amounting to ,0 04 1 Th a year. °tat ~! consumption of meat in Paris during the s and 4 - " l th was 6,762 xen, 2,143 cows, 3,060 ca ° , s li 111 N 52161 sh eet', being 688 oxen, 1,560 calves, and ,_ s- more and 23 cows less than in August, 184?:._ tr a. tLisatio AND BISIIOPSTOKE RAILWAY. — M r . o‘i t l l l - 0:, the well-knoan contractor, is now in full wor k . !en ) , Is gangs of men in sinking three shafta , pr , eparl " c) ,' 1: " 1611 1.? a twine"! under the park of H. C. Sy Of ',] ' ; 1 ''ae, rte9A. Sd.liShUry. Tho length of tbc . i tunnel }.ne ,tl } t, t .,," I,.tia, cluarti,r of a mile, and the dop' . ll . ! i .. alma b "ait 97 tact. At MOTlXttal and Wnitcne , ‘', _ r „„ 1 4 a.m.,'" of men are also at work. Such farm labourers wp r i t 4,44-4 so through the labour will be paid 3s. a day for —ll 61 auge from that of 10,, or 115 a week. THE UNITED STATES AND MEXIC_*. ARRIVAL OF THE CAMBRIA. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. The Royal mail steamer Cambria, Captain C. 11. E. Judkins, arrived in the Mersey at noon today, with the mails from the United States, Canada, Nova Scotia, &c., and about ninety passengers, bringing fifteen days later news. She left Boston early on the morning of the 2d instant, having been prevented by fog from sailing at her usual time, and has therefore made the voyage in a little over eleven days, including her calling and stay at Halifax. Very little progress has been made in Mexican affairs. The New York Sun says— " The most discouraging results have followed the late efforts of the American Pleninotentiary, Mr. rrist, to negotiate peace. Neither Santa Anna nor the Congress would take the responsibility of au thorisii g the negotiation. Nor would Congress grant the Dictator the instructions necessary to an intelligent reply to the overtures of peace presented by Mr. Trist. On receiving this intelligence Gene ral Scott abandoned his procrastinating policy, and ordered an immediate march from Puebla towards the capital." The accounts from General Scott's army at Puebla, which however are not official, are dated 6th August. " On the next day General Scott's advance under General Twiggs was positively to take up its line of march for the capital. All the reinforcements under Cadwalladar, Pillow, and Pearce had joined General Scott, and would swell his numbers to something like 14 to 15,000 men ;. but one-third must be deducted for necessary garrisons, and for sick and disabled, so that the marching column will not exceed, if it num ber 10,000 men. But it will be a formidable army, though not numerically large, well equipped, well provided, and well led. Its success we look upon as beyond peradventure. We ought to have later intel ligence from the seat of hostilities, but the communi cations are infrequent and insecure by reason of guerillas spread along the route from the interior. " General Taylor makes no movement in the direc tion of Potosi, and possibly may not make any. We have no later or interesting tidings from California or the Pacific. General Kearney has returned to the United States." A considerable sensation had been excited by the ne.vs that General Paredes had returned to Mexico under an assumed name. He arrived at Vera Cruz on the 14th of August, in the British steamer Teviot, from Southampton. Landing in a small boat, with the aid of frie Ids on board the steamer and in the city, he was soon beyond the reach of the American authorities. His love of monarchical government, and the enmity existing between him and Santa Anna, lead to the belief that his arrival will be the signal for another revolution at the capital, should he arrive there before General Scott. The French steamer Missouri, which left Cher bourg on the 20th July, reached New York on the 21st August. The Guadalquiver, Captain Hosken, from Liverpool, August 14, arrived at six o'clock A.M., 29th instant. The royal mail steamer Cale donia, which left here August 19, arrived at Halifax on the 31st, and was entering Boston as the Cambria left, early on the morning of the 2.i instant. LATER FROM CALIFORNIA.—Captain Drake, of the British ship Modeste, has arrived at St. Louis, having left Oregon on the 6th of May. He reports that when he left, pence and quietness reigned through out the the land, and that the prospects of the season were very favourable. The British Pacific squadron had not been heard from for eight months. The Oregon emigrants were progressing rapidly. The Mormons had eighteen months' provisions. The Californians were opposed to their settling in that country, rn i it was contemplated that they would re sort to force to prevent it. _ _ Captain Oraks was not the bearer of despatches. The new iron steamer Guadalquiver, Captain Hos kin, arrived at New York on the 29th ult., after a run of a little under fifteen days from Liverpool. On the day of her arrival at New York a serious fire was discovered on board, the flames of which were not subdued till the cabin was nearly destroyed. It was supposed that the steamer had been wilfully set fire to, and a negro was arrested on suspicion of having some agency in the disaster. LOSS OF THE MAMLOUK AND FORTY TWO LIVES. We regret to learn the loss of the ship Mamlouk, belonging to F. A. Delano, Esq., of New York, and the lives of forty-two of the steerage passengers and crew. The Mamlouk sailed from New York a short time since bound for Liverpool, and on Sunday, August 15, in about latitude 38, longitude 67, while lying to in a violent hurricane, under the main spencer and fore topmast-staysail, at ten minutes before twelve, the ship was struck by a tremendous squall, which careened her so far that the cargo shifted, and brought her in an instant on her beam ends, and so far over that the weather rail on the quarter deck was within a few feet of the water. The main and mizen masts were immediately cut away, and the ship righted, but the shifting of the cargo having burst open the hatches, it was floating about, and the vessel full of water—the starboard rail being under water. At daylight on Monday morning, twenty-two out of sixty• four souls were found alive. Throughout the day and Tuesday the storm still raged and - the sea broke violently over the wreck. Saw a vessel on Tuesday, but the weather was too rough for her to approach, but by day light next morning she was seen bearing down for the wreck ; she proved to be the brig Belize, Captain Dawes, nineteen days from Boston, bound to Port-au-Prince. Captain Dawes kindly took the :survivors off the wreck and treated them with the greatest kindness, attending to their every want, and altered the course of his vessel to the port of New York, where they arrived in safety. Thirty-five of the steerage passengers and seven of the crew were washed overboard and lost. The Mam louk cleared from New York, and was bound to Li verpool. The following are the names of the seamen lost :—William Howard, Jacob Dryer, John Allen, Harvey Dunham, Robert , William Miller, coloured cook. The only steerage passenger saved is David Hales, an Englishman. The following is — a list of the steerage passengers lost :—John Ihne, Morris, Green, Edward Green, wife and three children, Taylor and wife, Edward Bishop, Thomas S. Davis—all English. Elizabeth Hopkirk, Matthias, Hugh Hammel, John Duncan—all Scotch. Patrick D.)uglas, wife and child, Ann Sell, William Connell, Hugh Hum phrey, Well, Elizabeth Waterman, Miss Nlair head, Robert O'Brien, Thomas Davies, T. H. Gerry, wife and child, and John Gorman—all Irish. Thomas Davis had with him 24,000 dollars in specie. The cabin passengers saved are Mr. J. G. Butler, of Brooklyn, Mrs. Christianson (captain's wife), Miss Florida Patten, and Mr. Henry Plant, of De merara. . The following has been published at the request of the survivors The undersigned, on behalf of the passengers and crew of the packet-ship Mamlouk, wrecked at sea on the night of the 15th of August, desire to express publicly their deep sense of gratitude to Capt. James li. Dawes, of the brig Belize, of Kingston, Massa chusetts, for his noble exertions in rescuing them from their perilous position, and most generously providing for all their wants, and in bringing them safely to this port. " J. G. BUTLER, " C. H. CHRISTIANSON, Capt." The cargo of the Mamlouk consisted of flour, grain, and provisions, worth from 50.000 dolls. to 75 nnn stand, in Wall -street to the amount of 40,000 dolls. to 50,000 dolls. We ondel ‘i anil the vessel and freight were also insured in This city and at the eastward to the amount of 55,000 dolls. From Canada we have late but uninteresting ad vices. There is no political news. The Montreal Transcript says— " The subject of emigrati on , and the sick n e ss w hi c h f t r h o e m gre th at e inmfloutxheorf country des titutehas and diseased is e a a r s e e d s rry to emigrants say caused, is almost the only one of general interest and we caused confined so a that although the disease which has alarm throughout the whole country is great degree to emigrants, and to th ose h av i ng con nexion with them either as religious and medical attendants, or nurses, or to those who h ave incau tiously or for the sake of gain admitted them t o th e i r dwellings—still with these it has suffered but little dirninution. " The alteration in the commercial policy of the mother country appears to have already had the effect of making the people of Canada look around them, and endeavour to devise means to work out the natural resources of the country. The construction of roads throughout the province, a thing very much needed in some parts, is already o3cupying more general attention, and it is to be hoped will be carried out. When the country is opened by these mea ns, it will induce people to settle along the various routes, and to devote their thoughts to agriculture—incalculable benefits must follow. We hope the question will be urged . . upon the district councils, to be prosecuted 6 w n i e th c.i v i l , f , o , u te r : a a t u t d reil a , t c ,., ,n il ce a . ,,,d eana 4 a is blest with a It all the ' advantages g elf' the great ratural re , zoarces British and only fails in rapidly ref in prosperity by the want of energy andenterprise. We do not.use the means in our iower—we allow the agricultural interest to be neglected, and the con sequences are manifest. The sudden fall in the price of bread stuffs has created a sort of panic among some of our merchants who had speculated largely in these articles, but no serious loss is, we believe, likely to occur hut what they are well able to meet. " The crops throughout Canada, with but very few exceptions, promise well ; all fears of anything like a failure are now over." CONINIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Courier and Enquirer.) NEW YORK, AUG. 31. The new steamer Guadalquiver reached here on Sunday in a short run of less than 15 days, bringing us intelligence ten days later than the Cambria's news. Its import is, so far as low prices for brealstuffs, a money panic in London, and numerous failures, were e.oncerned, was little relished, and the arrival of the mail steamer, which was to leave Liverpool on tye 19th instant, and which will bring both later ac counts and full mails, is eagerly expected. The money panic, except as it tends to diminish prices, especially of cotton, which under the circum stances it is thought should rise if the money market were easy and settled, has little influence here. The failures reported may be more significant, as endan gering a large amount of bills drawn against some of the parties. But there are so few letters by this transient steamer that all here is uncertainty as yet about what is to be the real effect of these failures. The favourable account of the European harvests, and the large arrivals which still poured in, of grain and flour, into England, inducing a further decline of flour in Liverpool, have had little or no effect here to-day. The quotations for fl Sur are firm at rates as before, and actual sales at those quotations, in small parcels for home consumption, have been made. The stock on hand is small, and the arrivals by the canal are diminishing; hence the firmness of the market. India corn is not gathered till October and No vember. Exchange on England has been more affected than anything else by the news from Europe, and the quotation for sterling bills to-day is 74 to 8. On Saturday the best }hills could be bought at from 6i to 7. Our money market is steady and active, but not pressed. Loans on call are readily obtained on good security at si-, and the general rate of interest is 6 per bent. The banks are fully employed, and extended for the most part to their limits. The importations are large, and consequently the duties are so too, and as these are now paid wholly in specie, Treasury notes being at a premium, the banks are kept in constant check by the drain upon their coin, which is immedi ately removed from their vaults to those of the Cus tom-house. If paid out again here, where by far the largest proportion of the duties are collected, this coin woull soon find its way back again, but inasmuch as it is sent on for the most part to the south for the use of the armies, its withdrawal is a source of alarm to the banks—and as Exchange on England tends up wards, and thus forbids the expectation of further supplies of specie from that quarter, the operation of the sub-treasury upon the banks and upon the currency becomes injurious. The rise in French Exchange, if it should go a little higher, might lead to the exportation of coin, which can be made with advantage when the rates are at from 5 25 to 5 27i—and they are closely verging upon that. The general trade of the country is most prosper ous. Importations pay well, and all business but that of the speculator in grain is flourishing. The stock market is not active. Treasury Notes bearing 6 per cent. and convertible into 6 per cent. stock of twenty years, are now at 34 to 4 per cent. premium, after having been as high as 8 per annum. This arises partly from the great demand for money occasioned by a full and prosperous fall trade, and partly by the well founded apprehension that a new issue of Treasury Notes, or a new loan, will be re quisite to meet the large war expenditures, of which no end is yet seen. ONE O'CLOCK, r.M.—The Stock Market was rather heavy this morning, and the transactions limited. Treasury Notes, Sixes, closed at 1031. Exchange on England and France has been in brisk demand, and the market closed firm at the fol lowing rates : FOREIGN EXCHANGES. On London. • lo7i to 108 Paris Amsterdam .... 391 Hamburgh Bremen Cotton—The market is quiet, and upon the whole prices are rather in favour of the buyer. Flour, &c.—With light receipts the market continues firm. Sales of Genesee have been made this morning at 5 dolls. 75c., and of Ohiu and Michigan at .5 dolls. 50c. to 5 dolls. 621 c. Wheat, corn, &c., remains without change in price. Provisions—The market is dull, and former prices barely supported. Ashes are firm. Pots, 5 dolls. 25c., and pearls 8 dolls. per 100 lb. Whalebone-16,0001b. of North-west was taken for export at 32c. cash. REVIEW OF THE MIRKET. At the date of my last respects to you, per Hiber nia, on the 14th inst., I stated that Liverpool buyers were participating in the operations going forward to a very limited extent, notwithstanding an easy freight market. For a few days subsequent to the departure of that steamer the market wore a quiet appearance, as parties were reluctant to operate until the receipt of later advices from abroad. _ _ The telegraphic accounts per Cambria from Liver pool, to 4th instant, were received on Wednesday night the 18th instant, advising of great stringency in the money market there, and a slight decline on the lower grades of our staple. The latter mail was not received until Friday the 20th inst., and the private advices were considered more unfavourable, as no orders came out, and an apprehension seemed to exist that the tightness would rather increase, and in fact had commenced to assume a permanent appearance. The sales which have been effected since have been to the extent of 1,500 bales daily, and mainly to our home trade ; and, with a large and scattering stock, and an absence of export demand, the market has presented one uniform appearance of dulness, and ex cessive indifference on the part of holders, except where their orders or immediate necessities prompted sales, which consequently, were made at easier prices, to the extent of one quarter of a cent., to which I have altered my quotations. The quiescent state of our market is, perhaps,. not a matter for much surprise when the peculiar position of the English trade, and the sudden and severe pressure on the money market, on the eve of an ap parently abundant harvest, is considered. The new steamer Guadalquiver arrived on Sunday morning with dates to the 14th instant. The letters received yesterday by her, as far as yet known, are confirma tory of the anticipation of parties here, and our market since has exhibited no change in tone. The accounts that now reach us respecting the ap pearance of the growing crop are conflicting. From a careful analy s is of them, lam persuaded that it is in a very precarious condition, and that its appearance now is decidedly adverse to a good yield. From some sections we hear that it promises well, whilst in others they have totally abandoned all hope of making even half a crop. The plant generally looks well. It was pushed forward to an unhealthy degree by the rains in July, but it is large, long jointed, and sappy. The forms an d squares a re filling from the stalks, and itis not in a productive condition. Thus far we have no positive evidence of the ap pearance of the caterpillar or army-worm (the noctua gossypii), whose ravages usually commence the latter part of this month, and continue through the early part of September ; but we have undoubted intelli gence of the presence of the bore or boll-worm a worm that porf...i.. o..gkeovip i iz i getlfeto l n These worms are now at work tn the Red Haver, Louisiana, and on the bottom lands of South Mississippi, and have also appeared near Columbus and Enfaula, Georgia. Although not leaving such marks of devastation in the leafless stalks and stripped branches as manifests ' the advent of the army-worm, this enemy does his work quite as effectually, and frequently proves more disastrous. The one takes the cotton by " bold as sault, the other adopts mining, and other appliance s of th e siege. Such is the shortness of the time now for the maturity of thecro co-operate, o. ip,ti o a p t earlaltteh, in an e causes w hich favourably affect it t must eminent d io e o gr sh ee b , et i t n er or t d h e a r n to thatinsure p planted an ed a a v t er t a h g e e o y rd ie i l n d a . ry season, and d T ko e n e s a u r o l h y planting enffioient sandyo b n ou l s ig h h a t vebml at r s e o ci i soil thisto enable year n n planterscreditn rich hsnt theyoi soils a hasten ins f gainnlforwardl tnhrtehee a lry few en bales to behind d o port, lts f p o p r e.a t the . h h a b e o l urhood of having appear ance . last season, and we are dependent made the first bale of the seaso i n g fact, o. h the the I plant ate.r termed the top crop does not yielde crop, as what I $ b g e h en n l ow for panting and undergrowth for h an Freightso rdinary continue picking force. dtili. Exchange e b n a o s u in good request, and there is a fair demand l atte rly e t he rly quotations. THOMAS J. STEWART, Cotton Broker. We are requested to state that there is no truth in the announcement of a . Sunday paper, t o th e e ff ect t h at the parties at whose suit certain proceedings have been taken against a noble Duke, are, " a wealthy Jewish tim in the metropolis, remarkable for the magnitud. of th , it tnony transactions." Tho announcement :molt it, rise from the !act that , the BNvon 714 yt-r do i year, tbsildi au sH d was ex o ighSheri ffic if t Thickinghatnshire tor th e present bound to put in force the writs obtained by the creditors of the noble Duke...— Time. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1847. HAMBU RGH MAIL. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 25.—The Porte has re sumed its representations to Lord Cowley respecting the conduct of the English Consul at Prevesa, in the affair of Theodore Grivas, and stated that Hafiz Pasha, of Janina, notwithstanding the positive instructions which he had received from this Court, had not ven tured to assert his power over the Consul of so friendly an ally as England ; but that Grivas had taken advantage of this relation, and already num bered three or four hundred followers, and was only waiting for a favourable opportunity for carrying his plans into execution. In consequence of these repre sentations, Lord Cowley has sent dispatches to Janina and Prevesa, in order, as he says, to put a stop to the mischief caused by ie English Consul at that place, hut in all probability these dispatches will arrive at a time when Grivas will no longer stand in need of British protection. On the 21st of this month the Porte addressed a letter to the representatives of the five great Powers, in which it declares its resolution, in consequence of the absence of the demanded satis faction which it requires from the Greek Government, on account of the insult offered to M. Mussurus, respecting the adoption of such measures as the Porte considers necessary for the maintenance of its dignity and its interests, but which it has hitherto withheld in the expectation of the mediation of the Imperial Court. The Journal de Constantinople of the 21st of August contains a detailed article on the subject, and states that the Porte has this day issued, to all the governors of the provinces the command for withdrawing the Exeguateur from all the ac credited Greek consuls in the different parts of the kingdom ; and further, that from a month after this date all coasting in Greek vessels is prohibited, that is to say, if the satisfaction demanded by the Porte has not been made before that time. The main cause of this proceeding appears to be the refusal of Coletti to make any public or written expression of regret for his conduct. ANcoNA, AUG. 2 9.—Coletti has lately again applied to Sir E. Lyons, and made arepresentation of the conduct ' of the English Consul at Prevesa, who openly supported the plan of Theordor Grivas. Sir Edmund replied that M. Coletti saw danger where there was in fact none to be apprehended ; the true and sole danger lay in the system adopted by th e G ree k G overnmen t; this must be altered, or it would not hold on long. It is reported that Kalagris is working out a plan which contemplates nothing short of the surprisal of the Rhim and the Anti-Rhim. No official answer has yet been received from Vienna to Coletti's letter of the 26th July. A letter from Athens states that the Greek Government does not consider itself bound to make any reply to the demand made by Constanti nople. All mediations are considered at an end, and the threats of the Porte are looked forward to with calmness. ERZEROUM, TURKEY, Auo. 12.—1 lately informed you of the progress which the cholera was making in the Turkish territory. Yesterday the Governor- General Izzel Mahomed Pacha received the news, that the epidemic was raging in Ischelder, and had even penetrated as far as 011 i, eighteen hours' journey from here. In the other Turkish districts it has assumed a less malignant character than in Grupten, from which place it has been brought. Accoreling to the latest returns of the military surgeon at Kars, out of 400 cholera patients sixty-three died. The extraordinary degrees of the atmosphere on this elevated plain is this year greatly increased by the drought, which is far greater than can be recol lected by the oldest inhabitant of the city, inasmuch as it is three months since we have had any rain. The dryness of the atmosphere is so great, that, if for example, a map is spread out for one minute, it is so curled up, that there is great difficulty in opening and folding it up again. Bederhan Bey and Chan-Mahomed, as well as the two brothers of the latter, have been brought in chains to Wan, from which- place they are expected here shortly, in order that they may he carried to Constantinople, and according to the treatment which these ringleaders of the insurrection in Kurdistan have already received, it is probable no very enviable fate awaits them. CHRISTIANIA, SEPT. 2.—The whole of the royal family left Christiania to-day for Stockholm. The King and Queen will travel to Arboga, and from thence to Stockholm on the 7th. The widowed Queen will travel through Svinesunde. THE CHOLERA IN TIPLIS.—News of the progress of the cholera in Tiflis : twenty-six new cases from the 17th of July to the Ist of August, nine of whom died, and sixteen were convalescent on the following day. The number of those who had been attacked was on the decrease.—Hamburgh Papers, Sept. 10. lIAMBURGLI BOBSENHALLE, SEPT. 10. Bills. 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Wilson, arrived at Plymouth on Monday, the 13th instant; left Simon's Bay on the 20th of July ; touched at St. Helena on the 3d of August, and at Ascension on the 7th. At the Cape of Good Hope nothing of importance had transpired subsequent to the repulse of the English forces by the Kafirs, on the 15th of June, when Lieutenant Russell, of the 45th Regiment, was killed. The Governor, Sir Henry Pottinger, was on the frontier. It was reported that the Boers, near Port Natal, were preparing to rise against the Colonial Government. Her Majesty's ship President, 50, Captain 'William Stanley, with the flag of Admiral Dacres, and her Majesty's brig Brilliant, 22, Captain Rundle B. 'Watson, were at the Cape. Her Majesty's steam-sloop Rosamond, Com mander John Foote, from the Buffalo River, arrived at Table Bay on the 18th of July. There were no men of war at St. Helena or Ascension. Between two and three degrees to the north of the line spoke the merchant ship Energy from LiverpoDl, outward-bound. During her four years' absence the Pilot has been principally at Aden, the Persian Gulf, and ether parts of the East Indies. She has lost by death one lieutenant, one midshipman, a mate, and one other officer. Her crew are perfectly healthy, and in all probability, she will be paid off at Plymouth. Commander Jervis, who went out in the Pilot, was, at his own request, superseded in February, 1846, when rnmre- I'LowER SHOW, BATH.—The fifth exhibition of the Bath Horticultural Society, and the last for the season, took place at Sydney Gardens, in that city, on Thursday. Tee show was universally admitted to be very good. and the fruit attracted, likewise, great attention and admiration. The upper part of the chief stand was decorated with some fine specimens of fuchsias and balsams ; and the side stands displayed some vines in pots Led in full bearing, beneath one of which appeared a splendid basket of artificial flowers---" so cunningly devised as to defy the closest inspection "—sent by Miss Germaine, and which was highly commended for its beauty. The numerous prizes were distributed into classes for nurserymen, amateurs, and gardeners. Among the successful amateur competitors were Colonel Miles, the Rev. Mr. Rhodes, Major Pickwick, Major Davis, &c. CRICKET.—ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. SIXTEEN OF YORKSEIRE.—This match wss brought to a conclusion on Saturday afternoon, when England were declared the victors by eight wickets. The score at the termination of the match stood as follows :—Yorkshire, first innings, 137 ; second ditto, 88. England, first innings, 195; second innings, 31. REPRESENTATION OF STOCKPORT.—Anticipating that Mr. Cobden will elect to sit for the West Riding of Yorkshire. the electors of Stockport have presented a requisition to Mr. Alderiaan Kershaw, the defeated candidate in the late contes:, to offer himself again. The requisition was presented t Mr. Kershaw, at his resi dence, Victoria Park, Manchester, on Friday night; and having a much greater number of signatures affixed to it than that presented before, and upon which Mr. Ker shaw was induced to be purin nomination, he is under stood to be willing to acceptthe invitation. The number of signatures attached was umards of 600. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM aIIt.SEILLES FOR THE DIS • TRESSED BIGHLANDERS.—A. large quantity of fancy articles and religious panipllets having been forwarded by Mr. Turnbull, the Briiii Consul at Marseilles, the contribution of its bont-voln l t residents, to ho 5,.; ,1 at Edinburgh, for the relief of '.he distressed Highlaaders, the Lords of the Treasury have given the necessary directions that the same be orwarded free of duty for that purpose. MAGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) LB StVing/Tly rich in taIesEDSERV SERVICE. This C n O urnbe U r ß is N' cee ex and nar• retires. It opens with the " Recollections of Water loo," by a staff-officer, detailing the personal adven tures of the author on the memorable 15th of June, and the following day, with the battle of Quatre Bras. It will, we suppose, be continued until we have the account of the conclusion of that remarkable conflict. "A Cruise in the West Indies" is continued. Gui seppe makes an extraordinary escape from his prison by means of a thread of silk carried up by a beetle, it being attached to the animal's body, and oil rubbed between its eyes, which induced it to ascend, attracted by the odour that was continually above it. He is thus enabled to draw up a heavier cord, sufficient to bear his weight, and also files with which to cut through the bars of his window ; having thus made his escape, he enters into the British service in the old Culloden, under the gallant Trowbridge. There are good professional articles on the " Military De fences of Rivers," by Mr Finch; " Hints for the Military Student," and also on " Justice to the Navy progressive from the Battle of Trafalgar," while " Scenes from the Life of a Foreign Medical Officer," "Guard-room Stories," the " Memoirs of Zurnal lacarregui," and the " Fusilier or Bygones of a Bear skin," and the " War in Kafirland" are continued without any abatement of interest. " Shots from an Old Sixpounder," and "A Scene from the Civil War in Spain" are pleasing sketches, well worthy of perusal. The number is in every respect a good one. THE DUBLIN UNI VERSITY. The first article in the present number, " Novels and Novelists of the Day," contains extremely well written notices of " Tancred," " A Whim and its Consequences," and " The Fortunes of Turloch O'Brien." " The 8311 Founder," a poetical tale, in three parts, of considerable merit, is followed by the second and concluding part of " An Irish Election in the time of the Forties," by William Carleton. As we anticipated in our notice of the former part, it details all the reckless and desperate projects made use of in former days, when ample time was afforded to try every ruse that gave any prospect of success. A person named Pendleton is introduced to the Vanston committee-rooms, in the garb of a Wesleyan clergy man, as an illustration of the formal manner in which the personation of voters was carried on, who deceives even the wily Burnside himself, although acquainted with the person assuming the character, and actually I reproaching his companion for letting him escape his clutches. Pendleton promises to assume six different characters, and to poll in each, but will not do so until votes become more valuable. He is also in treaty with both parties, and will be on the side of those that pay the best. The abduction of two large bodies of voters on either side is then detailed. The Black Cosh Men, a class of wretched paupers located upon the side of a bleak, spongy hill on the estate of Mr. Vanston, the Orange candidate, are persuaded by the priest that Egoe has changed his politics, and that therefore he (the priest) is now in favour of Vanston, and that he will have them all taken in a vessel to the polling-place the following day. They kept beating in a about are thus induced to embark in a lugger lying in the bay, c a h i n where the h ey lugger are until i l thee constantelection t i i o n n xhas terminated. The Orange party are i n de s pa ir at their loss, and determine to make up for it by taking forcible possession of " the Bank b o ys , " a in toxication, o et similar body of voters, in the interest of Egoe. They have been kept in a secluded house in the mountains, under the surveillance of several priests, ready to be brought in at a moment's notice. The Orange party surround the house at night in immense numbers, and carry off all the voters, with Father Fogarty, who has taken care of them. They are deposited for safety in a church at a considerable distance, where the padre is obliged to sing convivial songs from the pulpit for the amusement of his captors. The usual number of duels, of course, are fought, although the particulars are not given, and all the real electors having been polled, or sent out of the way, Vanston, who was in a considerable minority, succeeds in gaining the election by means of a number of Orangemen from the neighbouring counties,who bring up a sufficient number of fictitious voters to give him a colourable majority. Such were the incidents of an election in Ireland in " the good old times when George the Third was king." "The Steppes of the Caspian " records the observations of M. de Hell and his lady, during a tour of nearly five years. Odessa, Nicolaief, and sundry other places in the Russian terri tories, and also the manners and customs of the inhabi tants, are graphically described. "The Lays of Many Lands " contain some spirited translations from the German, Swiss, Spanish Irish, Danish, French, Per sian, and Welsh. We extract a portion from the " Deliverance of Count Guarinos " " 11l fared ye, gallant Frenchmen, on Roncesvalles' plain' There your Emperor lost his glory, and his Paladins * were slain, And Admiral Count Guarinos was captured in the fight; Seven Moorish Monarchs all made prize of that renowned Knight, Seven Moorish Monarchs all cast lots for that redoubted Knight, And the winner was a mighty King; MarlOtez was he bight. Him valued more 3larlotez than all Arabia's wealth, And thus he blandly spake him, ' To Don Guarinos health! Ay Allah, valiant Knight, but in bonds thou must not pine ! Become a Moslem of the Moors, and all I have is thine. My daughters twain, 0 Pride of Spain! shall own thee Lord for life, And one shall weave thee shawls and shoon, and one shall be thy wife; And as a marriage-dower that may be worthy them and thee, Chuse thou the richest lands and towns in all Alarabee.' But Count Guarinos answered, ' Now, God's protecting grace And the Holy Virgin save me from apostacy so base! I worship Christ my Saviour, and curse thy false Mahound; Moreo'er, I have a bride in France, to whom I hold me bound.'— Thereon the King waxed wroth, and he had Gnarinos cast Down deep into a dungeon, and chained with fetters fast, Seven hundred weight of iron, which left him ill at ease, While slimy stagnant waters rose up ayond his knees. Thence thrice a year for sport and cheer to tho Paynim rabble-rout With buffetings and mocking taunts his captor dragged him out, And the days whereon this Noble Knight must brook such bitter scorn Were Christmas-feast, and Whitsuntide, and the holy Easter morn." " A Highland Chief One Hundred Years ago " con tains an account of the celebrated Lochiel, the gal lant and devoted adherent of the house of Stuart; " A Lawyer's Reminiscences," a tale of man's perfidy and deceit, where a fair and amiable girl, the only child of General St. Aubyn, is abandoned by her be trothed lover, and an action of breach of promise is brought for the ♦indication of her character from the unjustifiable imputations cast on it; and " Female Fa naticism in Scotland," containing an account of the extraordinary imposition of Mrs. Buchan, and the wild credulity of her followers, concludes an excellent number of this talented periodical. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. This, the organ of the High Church party, contains two articles on the results of the elections (with which, as might have been expected, they are any thing but pleased), besides various papers advocating Puseyite views of polity, ecclesiastical and civil. 771 E NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. No. XIV. A more meritorious or more diversified number of the North British Review has not appeared. The first contribution is an interesting series of biogra phical mementoes of " Simeon and his Predecessors," referring especially to George Whitefield, born, 1714, died, 1770; to John Wesley, born, 1703, died, glku t o J ames H erve y, born, 1714 , el ;pa, 1 758 ; to Toplady, ) htl -i ti c , i t N 6; , ( Vg`, l- 235bilh n tiel-71 1 4P7 born, 1716, died, 1793 ; to Thomas Adams, born, 1701, died, 1784, to William Grimshaw, born, 1708 ; died, 1763 ; to Henry Venn, born, ,1724, died, 1797; to William Romaine, born, 1714, died, 1795 ; to John Newton, born, 1725, died, 1807 ; and to Charles Simeon, born, 1758, died, 1846. The style, however of the paper is odious from its affecta tion and turgescence. For example, when speaking of the various manifestations of vital Christianity the writer proceeds in this stilted and hyperbolical strain :—" In bolts that melt as well as burn, it flashes from Luther's surcharged spirit ; and in comprehensive kindliness spreads its warm atmosphere round Melancthon's loving nature : in streams of fervour and fiery earnest ness it follows Zuingle's smoking (!) path, and in a halo of excessive brightness encircles Calvin's awful brow : in impulses of fond beneficence it tingles in Howard's restless feet, and in a blaze of in-door glad ' ness welcomes Cowper's friends." There 's superb fustian for you! grandiloquence from which the heart of a school-boy would revolt. And that is the per vading tone of the paper. Then comes a rather scornful notice of Mr. Doubleday's admirable "Finan cial History of England," followed by a disquisition on De Wette and his translators, and a commemora tive chapter upon " German Lady Novelists." " China" forms the theme of an excellent paper, and "India" another of a companion character. " The Scotch Law of Entail" is a contribution'of considerable interest to every first-born in Caledonia ; and " Agra rian Outrages in Ireland" is, in like manner, calculated to arouse the attention of every landlord in Hibernia. An examination into the advantages of Photography, in reference to its possible influence on art, is also deserving of mention, from the writer's manifest familiarity with that extraordinary dis covery. Two biographical papers complete the num ber, namely, memoirs of David Hume and Thomas * " The twelve peers of France." Chalmers. The article upon the genius, the cha racter, and the career of Dr. Chalmers is a very remarkable composition, and is almost worthy of the subject upon which it treats. Every Scotchman, and indeed every admirer of the sublimest order of phi losophic minds, will read with profound interest this commemorative paper upon a great man. THE LAND WE LIVE Hampton Court, the Isle of Thanet, Manchester, and Norwich form the four subjects of illustration and description in the August part of this new periodical. S evera l o f th e woo d- cu t s , s u c h as " .ol sey's Hall," " Margate," " Ramsgate," and " N or wich,". are of superi o r exce ll ence , an d the letter press is throughout of that sensible and vigorous Lind which is always found in the publications of Mr. Knight. FINE ARTS. THE LORD'S SUPPER. Engravedfrom the re nowned Fresco of Leonardo da Vinci, by A. L. Dick. As a specimen of Ameri can art, th i s splendid line engraving, covering a surface of 17 by 3.5 inches, would, from its own unquestionable merits, arrest our attention. From the circumstances, however, con nected with its production, it is invested with a pecu liar interest. The artist was animated with a desire to perpetuate the beauties of the celebrated plate en graved by Raphael Morghen—a single copy of which was valued in the United States at no less than 50 guineas—by engraving another plate himself of some what similar dimensions, and which should be of a price so moderate as to render it accessible to ordinary purchasers. While in the midst of his undertaking his eyes failed him, and the work commenced by Mr. Dick was completed by Messrs. Durand and Doney, engravers of some eminence in New York. Such is the melancholy history o, perhaps, the finest repre sentation of the celebrated fresco at Milan, after that copy by Raphael Morghen, which Sir David Wilkie has justly termed admirable. When it is remembered that the great painting of Leonardo was the first pic ture of such magnitude produced by modern art, and that it is now almost entirely obliterated b . .. time, by accident, by ignorance, by the evanescence of the colouring material, by the brittleness of the plaster, and by wilful erasure both by monks and soldiers, it will be thought a matter of some consi deration that a line engraving of it, possessing the extraordinary merits of this one, from the studios 01 Messrs. Dick, Durand, and Doney, can be obtained for a single guinea! The masterpiece of Da Vinci-- one of the masterpieces of modern art—for a guinea : This is in truth another token—and no small one— of the enterprise of these times. The size of the im pression submitted to us we have already mentioned, it is one which has enabled the (engravers to pre serve the' expressions of the thirteen memorable heads traced by the Florentine. That of Christ is the least remarkable, because the imagination of Leonardo bowed before the unimaginable aspect of the Divine countenance. St. John, Judas Iscariot, St. Peter, St. Andrew, St. James the Greater, St. Phi lip, St. Thomas, St. Thaddeus, or Jude, St. Simon, St. Matthew, Sr. Bartholomew, and St. James the Less, are severally delineated with all those expres sions of " love, scorn, fear, and grief," which are noted by Gio Gherardo De Rossi. As Mrs. Sigour ney has beautifully said : " I would speak Of him who poured such bold conception forth O'er the dead canvass. But I dare not muse Now of a mortal's praise. Subdued I stand In thy sole, sorrowing presence, Son ofGod— I feel the breathing of those holy men, From whom thy gospel, as on angel's wing, Went on thro' all the earth." The three artists have, in this noble picture, afforded us a high notion of the present position of American art. THE BOTTLE. By George Cruikshank. Numerous and inimitable as have been the artistic labours of George Cruikshank, it was reserved for the September of 1847 to witness the publication of his best work. " The Bottle " is a series of eight en gravings, illustrative of the miseries and crimes which are produced by drunkenness. These mas terly plates are as eloquent in the cause of humanity as the career of Father Mathew ; they tell a story of horror and sadness, and suffering, as powerfully as the pen of a romancist. Never has the pencil of George Cruikshank approached so nearly to the brush of William Hogarth in the delineation of a life of immorality, of passion, of squalor, of vice, and abasement. These eight pictures of the bottle should be framed and glazed, and hung upon the walls of every workshop and school-room. There is a truth fulness in them more impressive than that of a homily, and more lasting in its remembrance than " thoughts that breathe and words that burn." We think it is the author of " Wine and Walnuts" who says that he recollects see ing in the ',antechamber of a large factory in London a series of engravings from the "Indus trious and Idle Apprentices." It was a fitting embellishment to that antechamber, and one that should adorn every building of the kind in the United Kingdom. We would see the like done by the " Bottle " of George Cruikshank ; and we do believe it would be found no unimportant aid in the advance ment of national education. Plate I. shows how " The Bottle is brought out for the first time : the husband induces his wife just to take a drop." It is the prologue. The scene is a sitting-room filled with domestic comfort, and cleanliness, though humble in its furniture. The kitten nibbling the tail of the cat on the hearthrug is in keeping with the whole cha racter of the sketch—quiet and homely. The hus band holds out a "glassful" cheerily at arms-length, which the wife playfully rejects, and yet there is an evident satisfaction and consent in her eye. Plate 11. shows how "He is discharged for Drunkenness : they pawn their clothes to supply the bottle." It is the beginning of sorrow and destitution. The carpet is gone ; the rug is crumpled up; the grate is fireless ; the fender is upset ; the cupboard is empty ; the cat, pinched with hunger, is scanning an empty plate on the table. The wife is sending her eldest daughter out to the pawnbroker's and the gin-shop, while the husband is sitting huddled up "any how," with his hands in his breeches pockets and his pipe in his mouth. It is impossible to give any description in words of the stupid, dirty, drunken languor of the man's face—it must be seen. Plate 111. shows how " An:execution sweeps off the greater part of their furniture : they comfort themselves with the bottle." 1 1 Almost every scrap of furniture is bundled together in one corner of the room ; porters are removing the clock and the chest of drawers, and the broker, " with spectacles on nose," is glancing through the inventory. The wife's face is sullen and bloated with partial intoxication, and her eyes are red with crying. The children are amazed at the prospective discomfort of their home, and their father is sipping a glass of spirits with the most intense relish imagin able. Plate Unable to obtain employment, they are driven by poverty into the streets to beg, and by this means they still supply the bottle." The scene is an accurate sketch of the back streets that may be penetrated in any morning's walk about the metropolis. By this time the fa mily are in rags and destitution. In one corner the boy is begging, in another the father is emerging from a gin-palace, in the act of pocketing the replenished bottle. Plate V. is an affecting pic ture—" Cold, misery, and want destroy their youngest child : they console themselves with the bottle." The daughter, looking at the half-opened coffin, her face being averted, is beautifully imagined. Plate VI. is, perhaps, the finest in the series : " Fearful quarrels and brutal violence are the natural conse quences of the frequent use of the bottle." The group is conceived most artistically. It is pyramidal in form, and is wonderfully animated. In the coun tenance of the wife there are blended together the passions of terror and rage. Plate VII.—" The hus band in a state of furious drunkenness kills his wife with the instrument of all their misery." In the me Aug menta of the bottle, and catching hold of the chimney piece, and staggering under the fierce gripe of the policeman, is the murderer. Cruikshank alone could have pour trayed a face so distorted by the agonies of dismay, repentance, and fear. Plate VIII. is at once tile conclusion and the moral of the narrative. " The bottle has done its work—it has destroyed the infant and the mother, it has brought the son and the daughter to vice and the streets, and has left the fa ther a hopeless maniac." A whole history of wicked ness is unfolded in the callous features of the chil dren—the boy, a sort of " Artful Dodger,' and the girl a something worse than " Nancy." George Cruikshank has,here shown himself the Artist, as Father Mathew has proved himself the Apostle of Tem perance. ALLEGED DEATH FROM !IMPROPER DRIVING.-- Yesterday an inquest was held at the London Hospital, before Mr. W. Baker, upon a man named Richard l)ean, who died from injuries received by being run over by a a improper d riving , alleged to have been occasioned by th e i mpror cart, r iNing of a young man named Christopher Lucking, a general dealer, residing in Ceningham, Essex. On Thursday- evening, about six o'clock, deceased was talk ing with some friends, and standing in the Commercial road East, when a cart, driven by Lucking, came ; the near wheel knocked the deceased down. Luel. ng still kept driving on. The deceased was removed to In, hospital, where he expired shortly afterwards. It was said that blame attached to Lucking, in consequence of his having passed on the off side, when there was sufficient room on the near side, which was his proper side. The jury said it was a very improper place for men to converse together in the centre of a public road, and returned a verdict of " Accidental death. ED/NEIIRGH AND LEITH RAILWAY .—A pro . siT , , , - e tu en s of a railway to be worked by locomotive powerbfa e It i rro- Eclinburgh and Leith has just been the Exchange-rooms, Leith, with intern ._ posed to commence at the Low C a lton s a s n u d d d i . t a e t r e m is in ts a t t i J on a s t at Blenheim-place, Sco6lnan. and Duke-stree DONCASTER RACES. DONCASTER, MONDAY AFTERNOON, FIVE O'CLOC%X• ST. LEGER BETTING. .11 to 8 agst Cossack 7 to 1 agst Van Tromp sto 1 agst Foreclosure 15 to 1 agst Philosopher 6 to 1 agst Planet No others mentioned, and betting very flat. ENTRIES FOR THE PLATES, & C . TUESDAY.—The Fitzwilliarn Stakes of 10 sous. each, & -, :t.—Conspiracy, Chanticleer, Gaiety, Wilderness. Corporation Plate of 501.; Red-house in. —Brown Bee s, Volley, Bowstring, Vice-Consul, Sylvan; Discontent,. Fear Eagle. WEDNESDAY.—The Corporation Plate of 60/. ; Cup Course.—Aristotle, Luminous, Lady Mallorie, Cherr3-. Tier Majesty's Place of 100 guineas; Cup Courae.._ atiing of the Forest, Tim Whiffler, Luminous, La l y 31allorie, Lightning, The Hero. FRIDAY.—The Town Plate of 1001.; heats, two mil( Is. —Cherry. Blackbird, Luminous, Lady Mallorie, Qui a ,druped, Tim Whiffler. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Slll,—As the time approaches for the decision of the St. Leger, the race hitherto close is becomiz ig quite the reverse ; at this present writing there are four favourites, with a couple of bold outsiders, call didates for the Sellinger honours. The following are the starters, according to tl latest information received this morning Probable Jocke3 - . Lord E g li n t on ' s V an T romp Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure Major Y ar b urg h' s Sally Maggs 11j. Day,o lmes jun. Mr. Mostyn's Planet Nat Mr. Pedley's Cossack Templeman Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin Calloway Lord Eglinton's Eryx . Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf Mr. Fox's Philosopher Mr. Meeson's Jovial ......... Mr. Irwin's Horn of Chase The Swallow and Executor are doubtful. 1 4 4 opinion with regard to one and all remains unalter d ; I say it is an impossibility, or nearly so, for Bh tck Dwarf, Philosopher, Executor, or Jovial to win. for the lot I consider Philosopher to be the beat ; but bad's the best. Eryx is by far too slow for the competitors he w ill meet to-morrow ; besides, distance is his forte. The Swallow is not likely to start; but shoe Id she do so ~ h e cannot possess a chance—Van Trors ip, who has beat her easily once, can do so again. Mr. Martin is a very splendid animal, worthy• of some confidence for ordinary races, but for this noay as well remain in his stable. Sally Maggs I expect to see run forward, *brut nothing more. With respect to Planet, who has been latterly backed for an immense stake, and about whom divers opinions are afloat, I think his getting the distarbce very improbable, although he may be placed; but I should not advise any investments on him, for it is. Lombard street to a Chaney. Orange against him. Foreclosure is said to be a diamond of the firs,* water. Mere humbug. He is, of course, a good money horse; but what earthly chance has he, in a fair race, against Van Tromp and Cossack? Answ-er —None whatever. Cossack, on account of his two victories this ye ar, is the most dangerous horse to be against, and if z un on the square, must be thereabouts. Van Tromp is the best horse suited for the cout -se, and as he is in tip-top condition, he ought to be s.rst or second. The Horn of Chase, who has suddenly made his appearance at the last moment, may create a stir 3 et. In conclusion, according to public performances, the race will come off thus : Cossack _ 1 Van Tromp Foreclosure According to money, the three must be reverse & Now, according to my opinion, I say it will came off in the following style : Van Tromp (Marson) 1 Cossack . (Day) 2 Planet Horn of Chase (H. Bell) 4 Should an outsider win it, it will be the Horn of Chase. __ . With respect to the other races at Doncaster little need be said, most of them being all on one side. The Hero, likely enough, will win the FitzwiTliam Stakes, Cup, and Queen's Guineas. Assault, Slug, and Loadstone will be the first three for the Cham• pagne Stakes. The Park-hill Stakes to Slander or Ellerdale. The Great Yorkshire Handicap to Miss Burns, Vanish, or Pilgrim ; and the Gascoigne Stakes to the Dutchman.—l am, Sir, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Tuesday morning. AQUATICS. PAUL'S WHARF REGATTA. The fourth annual regatta here took place yesterday, but it is almost needless to say that, owing to the rain descending heavily during the whole of the afternoon, there were but few spectators. The race was in three heats, with six scullers, and the competitors rowed in a very plucky manner. First Heat. J. Bartlett ... ... (red) 1 G. Careless ... ... (dark blue) 2 K. Holloway (light blue) 0 The distance in this and the next heat was from Queenhithe, round a boat moored off the Temple, down again to Queenhithe, and fiaish at Paul's-wharf, after another turn up and down. Light Blue took the lead, but in a minute after the start Red was alongside of him. Light Blue soon found the pace too good for him, and although he rowed hard he fell into the arecond place; and coming up near Blackfriars-bridge, also gave place to Dark Blue. Bartlett won by little more than half a length. W. Bond ... (green) 1 T. Sheen ... (pink) 0 J. Bradcock (yellow) 0 All went away well together; Green then took the lead, and kept it. The other two got into a h eavy wash and capsized, but sustained no other inconvenience than the immersion. Second Heat. Grand Heat. W. Bond ... (green) T. Sheen ... ... ... ... (pink) 0 G. Careless ... .. (dark blue) 0 The winner took the lead and kept it, winning by some lengths. Bartlett unfortunately capsized in the heat, but was extricated immediately. Sheen rowed in the heat, through an arrangement entered into with Bradcock, his partner in misfortune in the second heat. SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. The sale takes place on Thursday next, at the Auction Mart. The London and Stratford- commit tees will bid together for the house, though it is not their intention to give an exorbitant sum. Lord Morpeth, the president, thus recommends the sub scription in a recent speech at the Sheffield Athe naeum :—" I cannot mention Shakspere without just reminding you that an undertaking has been lately set on foot to rescue Shakspere's house for the English nation. A subscription has been established for this purpose. Ido not mean to say that a n y inordinate sum ought ever to be given to rescue Shakspere's house from the jobbers in the market; but I believe those who have undertaken it will con duct the purchase prudently, so as to secu re th e p l ace from being an object of merchandise. Our American friends have threatened to remove it bodily to their own country. I think they have a common right to share in the fame of Shakspere, seeing that he lived before they had the misfortune to separate from us; but I do not wish that they should possess his house as goods and chattels. I say, that the gentlemen who have undertaken the subscription will manage the ,pur chase prudently ; and then, I think, any surplus of the sum which the English public may raise, in order to mark its sense of the claims of Shakspere to a na tion's admiration, might be very properly expended on some purpose congenial to the ob j ect for which it was subscribed—possibly to provide good shelter and comfort for some poor veterans of the . drama, whether .uthors or actors, who have done credit to that por tion of our literature in which Sbakspere holds the undisputed first place; and who also resemble Shak spere in this particular, that they have not received from their contemporaries that full share of credit and admiration which posterity has in reserve for them. In pursuit of such an object as this, permit me to say that I do not see why the memb ers o f t h e Sheffield Mechanic's Institution, and of every Me. chanics' Institution in the country, s h ou ld not resolve to give some little token—sixpence per head—to mark their sens e o f which ever adorned Engli s h literature.gr JENNT LIND AND SHAILSrEIiS Ho f or fsunhdakns o p w ere r , a s isi h n u g u f s o e r t the purchase and appropria- Lind has expres se d h er willingness to sing for the benefit o ti f o n t h o e f provided that the arrange merit for her performance be made in some town where she has not yet been heard. DESTRUCTIV E FIRE AT SIDMOUTH,_ AND Loss Or LIFE.—On Wednesday last a most destructive and alarming fi re occurred at Sidmouth, by w hi c h e l even families have b een d epr i ve d o f t h e ir homer, ro a k nd e one out poor ma man, named H o l t, l ost hi s lif e . yhe stable adjoini ng a . h ouse occupied and was caused by a spark falling from a candle in. b fi y re John Mugford, eloose cautiously carried among unfortunately a supply of water could not be obtain e d, although an excellent fire• engine belonging to th e W est ig niting, soon enveloped the s whole building in flames, an d o-mho straw, which fire soon communi cated ; the of England Insurance Company was on the sp o t, rea d y to have afforded its assistance with the adjoining buildings, and was not extin guished until eleven tenements were destroyed, and even then with great difficulty, as no water could be ob tained, the inhabitants being obliged to get on the roofs of the houses and beat off the fire with boughs. The most melancholy circumstance connected with the fire was, however, the death of Holt, who, it appears, in endeavouring to save his furniture, was unable to extri cate himself from the burning pile, and was burned to death, as his body was found next morning a blackened mass. He has left a wife, but no children.—Western Flying Post.