The Sun.
London, England, 1864-07-08 00:00:00

THE STN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 8, 1864.

market, and is selling at from sd. to Bd. per lb. in
the seed. In the West Indies, too, it is hoped that
cotton may supply the deficiencies of the sugar
trade, and prove more remunerative. And all these
various markets are, it is to be hoped, to open to
us, without reckoning our Indian supply, which we
may reasonably conclude will, with proper encon'
ragement, year by year increase in value and
amount. It is, perhaps, fortunate that the high
prices have seen kept up so long to give the neces-
sary stimulus to enterprise, so that the cultivation
may be firmly established in these new localities,
and we may be lifted above the risk of another
cotton famine. By the time American cotton comes
freely to hand once more, the cultivation will be
sufficiently general to mike quantity take the place
of high price, and to enable the cultivators to find
ample remuneration in the cheap supply of an
article beccming daily in more demand as civiiiaa-
tion spreads throughout the world; and let us take
warning from the bitter experience of the past, and
never aga.n depend exclusively on the supply of
one nation, however excellent its productions or
abundant its rescurccs.

THE LATE FIRE IN THE SAVOY.

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The bl►ckened ruins of the venerable Chapel
Royal, it Savoy, were this morning visited by a
large number of the nobility, and universal regret
was exprosed at the destruction of a building so
ancient atd so remarkable.

The interior of the chapel presents a sight of utter
destruction ; not a vestige of anything
upright position, with the single instance of the
remains of the communion table. is in an

The antique monuments and mural tablets are,
with few exceptions, entirely destroyed, the marble
of which they were composed being reduced nearly
to a state of powder by the action of the fire and
water. The beautiful tablet erected to the memory
of Peter de Wint, the painter, is quite destroyed,
as far as the exquisite stone carving surrounding it
is concerned ; but the slab itself, although cracked
and split into many pieces, still remains adhering to
the wall. The monument of "Anne Killigrew,''
dated 1685, on the left of the altar, has escaped with
the least damage, and that of the Countess of Not-
tingham, on the right of the sacred spot, although
greatly damaged, is not, it is to be hoped, beyond
restoration.

Nothing remains of the finely carved pulpit, or,
indeed, of anything beyond that which we have
just mentioned, and as a stranger enters the build-
ing, he cannot but be struck with the
scene of utter desolation that Fresents itself.
Here and there the scattered fragments of the
music books of the choir are to be seen
lying on the charred rafters, and in anotl'er
spot small fragments of the stone-carving, the iron
supports of the roof, and brass candelabra are
plainly discernible, all fused into one common and
incongruous mass. _ _

The most pleasing fact connected with such a
misfortune is, that the sacred edifice was insured
in the Law Insurance-office for the sum of £4,000,
and the directors have expressed to the Rev.
!dr. White, the minister of the chapel, their
utmost willingness immediately to restore, ad
far es possible, the sacred edifice. The
outer walls seem quite sound, and additional
strength is given to that supposition from the
solility of the material used in their construction.

Daring the whole of the day the greatest ex-
citement has prevailed in the neighbourhood, but
the pn ice, who have charge of the chapel, allow
none but privileged persons to pass through the
iron gates leading to the venerabie pi!e.