The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-15 00:00:00

NDIA AND BUR

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
We have received our usual telegraphic d 5
from Trieste:dated the 12th inst.
J(1111
Our dates from Bombay are to the sth of 00
from Calcutta to the 3d of June, and from Ea"
to the 26th of May.
Ge,
Bessein had been taken by assault by
of°
Godwin, with the loss of three men killed, an Gei
officers and twenty-four men wounded. 'Deed t'/
ral bad left a garrison in Bessein and retlir"fi
Rangoon.
t" Nothing was known as to the intentiong °
King of Ava, nor of future operations.
The troops were in good health.
The monsoon had set in, and commerce bad Co
sequently ceased for the season. uIY
Sir Colin Campbell had met with some berutit—fa
ing, and was not expected to return to reshaYr-
some time.
Money was abundant.

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IMPORTATION OF CATTLE FROM IRELANPSPI, first cargo of cattle ever imported from Ireland e ,ilif.l,
Dublin,head took n place
the
Coat
tyFriday
Dublinlast.
Company's They l left t tipes
dl4ld°lor` 54tieull,,
vessel Trafalgar, at twenty-five minutes after three
,e,
oi,
Hall, near
rthNeoprviroipcher.ty
TehfisEg•etiectilooe
ja
and arrived at Holyhead at half-past nine o'cloct,'. Dlof
lard, Fad.,
who bought land largely in the Encumbered Estates
toctl,lf
last year, but principally in the Queen's County, has 5 'II
cargo consistedo
g IP
it very extensively, and he purposes establishing a ;orto
monthly sale of Irish cattle at Attleborough, in
voilgr,
f DI a rogf ate' H 6
For this purpose he has entered into an 4,':1,1
ment with•the Chester and Holyhead, the London and 'A Western, the North Staffordshire, the Midland $137,3e,',
Eastern Counties Companies, by which (as was the bc`; l'',l
Friday last) they are to be conveyed " special" ''''ci 0.,
several companies. The distance between HolYbeisteh'el
Attleborough is 296 miles. It took 20 hours to cntoP'eeliPio
journey last week, but tor the future it will be accolNotl'i,
in about 16 hours. The cattle arrived at their destlosab lis,',
excellent condition, having been once "refreshed '' Ifby !Y
and water on the road. Great interest was excited ,01?"„'
arrival at Holyhead, and as the vessel approached,tlooli'
hour the whole population of the town and of the L1e!,4„,..
~
ing villages crowded the arrival platforms and the (I" /Iv
nitY tti
ARCHITECTURE—Yesterday an opporto- i ,00 ,
illustrations of fine art architecture for iron, slate, g
... jr,t,
afforded of seeing, at 58, Jermyn street, Mr. Voseii;:s's, tio;
celain, and his designs for patent buildings, in wrongh,'cta
and slate. The only materials required in the construtiicla
if
ff
properly
buildingset
ly
applied, are
are wroughtstated tiron,o secureslate,the
enhde
ogeldatsss ,t)
of Poo
fect stability, proof against lire, saving of space, fr,etioo'
from damp, vermin, and decay, improved venttTil
and, though last not least in the catalogue of advS°l ti °,
less expense than plaster and timber buildings °eg v same dimensions. The saving in common builditleaf 0
said to be from 10 to 15 per cent., whilst in thoae j:i bl more costly and ornamental character the saving w°llnallev,
much greater. 'The uses to which iron ma be ar,(l.,'"
for building and architectural ornamentation have begift
It
eefi de t
materialdoo, nt
thehl °C object
be latej.sa
etoci
creation
nlyears,
aimed
has far
been a s itt ohi
na
oa
00
ti joi
";
frromercesiaiehttmitative of other materials for which it isallas ii
ihbneetroae appreciated
its nature adapted. Mr. Pickett, on the contrary, P—a a,'
ofrenadeiwl
independent of those arrangements readily lend
belong s°a'aft%
votedt
o w h which himself
Early to the masonic art. It would not be possible to e' tl;"
apart from the designs and illustrations the details 0' tile
modus operandi in
that
andlend di
ti sstailnf,c tainvl :(1,9,010a;
constructing iron edifices, but t frog'
are susceptible of the most beautiful and varied forfa3'oll
the street front to the palatial residence, no one cart
who has seen the designs exhibited by air. Pickett. gy
ASSAULT or ARMS'—Last night the extrnorai°os
feat of cutting through two whole sheep at one cutdali
announced as forming part of the programme of the Toilig;
old English sports now exhibiting every Wednesday ec;.eate,;
at Saville House, Leicester. square, and an attendance gists lie'
than usual was the natural consequence of so attract! announcement. After an interesting exhibition at eietiel
canne, sn ;
ararr'ng, sabre, and wrestling, in which equal $4611
and agility were displayed, the bodies of two aubati; grj sheep were suspended from a convenient beam, on whic.ji feat
Hand, the well. known swordsman, was to exert his ski fek strength by cutting them in two at a single blow--I,cco:
heretofore never performed in public. On the presentkodie:
sion Mr. Hand failed, having cut only one of the lij DI:
through, and the other half-way. Mr. Hand attribute
failure to the extreme heat of the weather, which r,e4 ice:
the flesh more tenacious, and causes it to offer greato,` Di Pt
sistance to a cutting instrument. From the ease with gable
Mr. Hand performed three-fourths of this test of lltsjal)!;
circumstances he would have completely succeeded...toe:a
powers, there can be little doubt that under more fay° jas I,
atiCS,
the spectators, was, his performance was justly greeted with the appl4
of Mr. Braham, an English artiste, in Dar'
The Italian journals speak highly of the perforolo-40
Beii.yario, at the NUOTO at Naples