The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-27 00:00:00

WHITECHAPEL.

The supply of meat on sale is moderate, and the demand
rules inactive, at the annexed quotations:--
Beef, from 2s Si to 4s 2d; mutton, Se 84 to 4s 4d;
lamb, 5s 4d to Os 44 ; veal, 3s 10d to 4e 8d; and pork, 3s 2d
to 4s 4,1 per 81bs by the careen.

THE TERCENTENARY OF SEIAKSFERE,

As a contribution to the recent festival the
Messrs. Moses and Sou have lately issued au
extraordinary pamphlet, which, whilst regarded as
a literary curiosity, will well repay the time occu-
pied in its perusal. It is not often that we can say
as much for pamphlets published by London trading
firme, however eminent ; but, in this instance, a
vast quantity of labour and reseeroh has been ex-
pended, and the result has been most pleasing and
satisfactory. At the conclusion of a capitally-
written introduction, the Messrs. noses say :
"
our main purpose in this little pamphlet is not to prove
that Shakepero is at the head of all the poets in the world
—that wore indeed a work of supererogation—but to help to
show, as far at least as one example can effect that purpose,
that the recognition of his greatness on so grand and impres-
sive an occasion as the occurrence of his three hundredth
single quarter of this vast
birth-day,metropoli is nots,inwhciecnhfihniesdgteoniausnywas first developed, nor to
any particular class, or rank, or profusion of tho descen-
dants of his follow•citizens. We eagerly, but humbly, take
our small share in the general commemoration of a day
that ought to be regarded with deep interest by all intel-
glands, but especially by every
native t P
oe fq thele in
a
country
ivwsehd ich had the honour to give him
birth."l enlall

Then follows hundreds of
quotations from the
works of the immortal bard to show the importance
of dress as an ornament to the person, commencing
with the judicious precepts put into the mouth of
Palming when parting with his son—
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy;
But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For else apparel oft proclaims the man;
And they in France, of the best rank and station,
Are most select and generous chief in that.—lfonlet.
The little publication is exceedingly well timed,
and quite worthy of being preserved amongst the
pleasant recollections of the 23d of April, 1864.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—An ordinary
general mcetlag of this society was held yesterday, in the
council Room, South Kenslogterni when upwards of 30 new
Fellows were elected. Amongst theta we noticed Lord
Stratford do lkdcliffe, Lady Geo. Paulet, lion. Mrs, David
Murray, Captain J. B. Martin, &c. After the election
Mr. Bates gave a very interesting lecture on the Vegetation
and insect Life of the Amavne ; it was illustrated by nu-
merous plants and a magnificent display of butterflies, which
proved a great attraction to the numerous assemblage of
Fellows and their friends.
A QUEER CIIRISTIAN'.—Pa rson B rownloic, a
cordial hater of the South, says in his paper, the Knoxville
IVhig and Rebel Ventilator :—"Had we our wish we
would throw hell wide open, and place all such beast-like
officers an men upon an inclined plane, at an angle of 45
degrees, grease the planks with hog's lard six inches thick,
with a wicket at the bottom, and send them, as one stream
of traitors, robbers, and assassins, into the hottest part of
the infernal regions."
DR. COLENSO, before his return to Natal, will
(out of motives of philanthropy, of course), publish a
people's edition of his work on the Pentateuch, to be issued
at a moderate price—a shilling is the standard cheap form
—and to be condensed by the omission of the Hebrew

criticisms.
DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Monday last a shock-
ing accident befel Mr. James Jones, an elderly
gentleman, who has for many years held the responsible
position of engineer to the Oxford City Waterworks Com-
pany. He had made an inspection of some fittings in con-
nexion with the waterworks in the upper story of Mr. Joel
Evans's brewery, in the parish of St. Clement, Oxford, and
on reaching the bottom of the ladder he missed his footing
and fell headforemost into a large vat of boiling liquid. Mr.
Evans, who Preceded him down tho ladder, and some of
the men, attracted by the agonising screams of Mr. Jones,
limmediately rezoned him, and medical aid was speedily at
hand, but in divesting him of his clothing his flesh was
literally peeled from his body, and he was removed to the
Radcliffe Infirmary, where he lies in a hopeless state. The
vat was entirely unprotected, and this is the third accident
(two of them fatal) that has oocurred from the same cause
in this neighbourhood in a few weeks.