The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

An Heiress Discovered.

About 27 years ago a Capt. Brown, whose family resided
in Mattapoisett, was the overseer of the estate of Mr H. E.
Clifton, a wealthy gentleman of Richmond, Virginia. From
some cause, which still remains a seeret, a difficulty arose
between Capt. B. and Mr C., wherein the former considered
himself the aggrieved party. To revenge himself for the
supposed wrong, he stole Mr Clifton's infant daughter
(then but six weeks old) on the day she was christened.
The child was brought to Mattapoisett and secretly adopted
by Brown and his wife as their own. She was named Julia,
and grew up to be a woman. When only 16 years old she
married Mr I. 0. Pierce, a printer. Several years ago they
moved to Taunton, living for a while at East Taunton, but
more recently at the Green. Two children have been born
to them, one of whom is now living. During this long period
Mrs Pierce has lived in blissful ignorance of her parentage;
and Mr Pierce, who took her for better or worse, has never
imagined himself the husband of an heiress. He abandoned
the printer's trade shortly after learning it, and for several
years has earned his daily bread by the sweat of his brow
at Mr Mason's works in this city. Last summer, while the
Rev. Mr Talbot, of this city, was at Saratoga, he became
acquainted with Mr Clifton and wife, who, it appears, at the
breaking out of the rebellion, converted their Richmond
property into cash and moved to Baltimore. In the course
of conversation with them Mr T. remarked upon the strik.
ing resemblance of Mrs Clifton to a lady parishioner of his
in Taunton. Nothing particular was thought of it at first—
but on his repeating the remark, Mrs C. inquired the age
of the lady. On being informed that she was about 27, Mrs
C. immediately said to her husband, " Why, that would be
just the age of our daughter that was stolen." The matter
then received their serious attention. Mr Talbot was taken
into their confidence, and inquiry instituted as to the re-
puted parents of the young lady. He returned to Taunton
—had a conversation with Mrs Pierce in regard to her
parentage—informed her of the Saratoga oon venation, which
led her to ask Mrs Brown, who she hal. never doubted was
her own mother, if she really was such, at the same time
telling her the reason of the inquiry. Mrs Brown, who had
I the secret of the child's parentage for 27 years, was so over-
come by the question and the development of fasts that she
immediately became ill and died. Before her death she ac-
knowledged that Mrs Pieroo was nut her daughter. Capt.
Brown died a number of years ago. Within a few weeks the
affair has developed itself. Mr and Mrs Clifton and Mrs
Pierce have met each othec,and the old coloured woman who
nursed the abducted infant has recognised_Mrs P. as their real
child by a mole on her shoulder. The identity of their long
lost daughter having been fully established, Mrs Pierce
and her husband have been invited to live with the Cliftons
and share in their wealth, and this they are preparing to
do, having broken up housekeeping and disposed of their
furniture. The oream of the affair is that Mrs Pierce is an
only child, and therefore sole heiress to an estate said to be
worth hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars; or
as an old lady friend of Mrs Pierce expressed it, " a trifle
less than two millions."—Taunton (Mass.) Repuelican,

MARKETS—This Day.

MARK-LANE.

The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our
market to-day was very moderate. The trade, however,
was by no means active, yet no change took place in prices
compared with Monday.
With foreign wheat the market was well supplied. The
principal business transacted was in American produce,
which changed hands to a moderate extent, at late rates.
Continental produce was unaltered in value from Monday.
Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at late
rates.

The supply of barley on sale was tolerably large. For
good and fine malting produce the trade was firm, at full
currenoies. Inferior barley was in slow request, at late
rates.

Malt was in limited demand. on former terms.
The market was but moderately supplied with oats.
Russian qualities sold readily, at Monday's advance of
6d per quarter. Other descriptions were firm in price.
Beans and peas met a slow sale, on former terms.
The flour trade was quiet, at late currencies.

ARRIVALS THIS wuult.
Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour.
English .. 1,330 1,860 970 960

Irish

Foreign 4,450 300 14,160 eks
5,200 brls

WHITECHAPEL.

The supply of meat on sale is but moderate, and the trade
is firm, as follows—
Beef, from 3s to 4s 8d; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od; veal,
3s 10d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 3s 6d ,to 5s Od per 81bs by the
carcase.

BOROUGH HOP.
Oar market is very firm, and previous quotations ars
well supported. Prises range from 90s to 200 s per cwt.

LORD LYONS.—It is reported from Washington
that Lord Lyons has almost recovered from his
recent illness. We feel sure that the whole community will
receive this intelligence with sincere satisfaction. It will
be left for history to record how much the United States
owed to our own Minister at the Court of St. James's and
to the British Minister at Washington in maintaining a fair
understanding between the two Governments during a
crisis which threatened on so many occasions to bring them
into actual collision. Combined with a large and varied
experience of the world, the Ministers who have been the
mediums of official communication between the two coun-
tries since the opening of the war, have shown that they
possessed the still rarer qualifications of even and genial
temper. Both Lord Russell and Lord Derby have borne
voluntary testimony to the uniform and perfect courtesy of
Mr Adams in all his communications with the Government
of her Britannic Majesty, and we are sure that the same
testimony would be borne in the case of Lord Lyons by
those who had to conduct official intercourse with him on
this side. We can only express a cordial wish that hie
mission may be prolonged, and as satisfactory to both Go.
vernmentKin the future as it has been in the past.—New
York Times.

DREADFUL TRAGEDY ON THE HIGH SEAS.—A
telegram was received in Liverpool yesterday from
Queenstown, which gives a brief account of a horrible triple
murder and suicide which occurred on board the ship
Alciope, Captain Walker, at sea on the 2d November. It
appears from the captain's statement, made immediately on
the vessel's arrival at Queenstown, that the Alciope left
Demerara on the 11th of October for Queenstown. On the
night of the 2d of November, about half-past nine o'clock,
two men of the crew, Frenchmen, suddenly attacked the
chief officer, and the carpenter, and succeeded in killing
them both. They next attacked the captaiu in his cabin.
and in the struggle he received a severe blow on the head
with a hammer. He succeeded,however, in forcing his way
forward, and obtained the assistance of the crew. One of
the murderers then, finding that they were overpowered,
threw himself into the sea; and was drowned. The other
was seized, and so severely handled by the crew that he
died shortly afterwards,