The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-04 00:00:00

LITERATURE
BLEAK HOUSE. Aro. VI. By Charles

Dickens.

According to our opinion, the happiest instalment
of Bleak House yet published is the current one for
August—although- it contains no individual incident
comparable in pAthost to the extriiite simplicity of the
scene with little Charley. But debarred from further
communion with Charley; we tire gill privileged to
encounter Mrs. Badger, who tali of her first and
second "as if they were parts of a charade "—and
Mr. Skimpole obj-cting in the quietest strains
i_ts,aginable to the I),i-son in possession sweeping his
furniture off in such a highly " indelicate manner"—
and Mr. Boythorne inveighing with the lungs of a
Stentor against the most- profligate coachman, who
was twenty-six minutes behind time, and ought
therefore to be incontinently put to death. Lawrence
Ji.:lthorne's country residence, near Chesney Wold, is
deliciously painted—v.-ry leJf, and marrow, and
gooseberry in the garden being visible almost
as Clearly as reality to "Me very shadows qf the
cherry trees and apple trees heavy with fruit!" The
uqstery about Estner Sumtnerson is rendered in a
trifling degree less enigmatical than 1.).-fore. From in-
cidents occurring between the heroine and Mr.
.aaradyce in his temporary " growlery," and subse-
. (111'ntly with Lady D-dlock in the little church in the
perk, and afterwards in one of the lodges at Chesney
Wold.during a thunderstorm, beautifully described, it
Would seem more plainly than ever that the proud
lady of fashion knows more of Esther's origin than
might by the gf nerality be conjectured. Thinking
of this, the mind of the more observant reader reverts
with a sort of shudder to the body of the poor squalid
opium eating law writer " Nemo," buried away
among the rats in the " consecrated grcuud " of one
of the London graveyards. The last chapter in the
number (ch: xix.) entitled " Moving on," is perhaps
the most cleverly written of any yet comprised
in the narrative—a chapter that Dickens
alone could have indited. It opens with the descrip-
tion of our inns Of law during the broiling weather
of the long vacation. Here is a little sketch as true
to the life as a calotype
" There is only one Judge in town. Even he only.
comes twice a we, kto sit in ch4mhers. If the country
folks of those as,ize towns on his circuit could only see
him now! No !till-bottomed wig, no red petticoats. no
fur, no javelin-men, no white wands. Merely a close-
shaved gentleman in white trousers and a white hat,
with sea-bronze on the, judicial countenance, and a strip
of bark peeled by the solar rays from the judicial nose,
who calls in at the shell-fish shop as he comes along, sad
drinks iced ginger-beer!"
Then what can be more accurate than the following
account of the dog-days in the vicinity of Chancery.
lane?—..

" It is the hottest long vacation known for many
rears. All the young clerks are madly in love, and,
according to their various degrees, pine for bliss with
the beloved object, at Margate, Rirnsgate, or Gravesend.
411 the.middle-aged eh rks think their families too large.
All the unowned dogs who stray into the inns of court,
and pent about staircases and other dry places, seeking
Water, give short howls of aggravation. All the blind
men's %togs in the streets drew their masters against
Pumps, or trip them over buckets. A shop with a sun.:
blind, and a watered pavement, and a tool of gold arid
- silver fish in the window, is a saucrusry. Temple-bar
gets so hot, that it is, to the adjacent Strand and Fleet-
street, what a beater is in an urn, and keeps them aim-
/11.ring ell night."
Mr. Chadband, the gentleman in the " Ministry"
Who from calling himself a " vessel" (fi,zuratively
speaking), is erroneously supposed by some to he en-
gaged in navigation—" a large yellow man with a fat
smile, and a general appearance of having a good deal
of train •oil in his system"—the Rev. Mr. Chadband,
who regards Providence as a creditor who sometimes
consents to a composition—is a companion picture to
the R-v. Mr. Stiggins, famous in the days of Pick-
wick. His " retiring into private life until be invests a
little capital of supper in the oil trade"—is (in more
senses than one) a rich idea. Poor Jo re-appears,
being the unfortuna e wight who is ordered to " move
on" (according to the intimation conveyed in the
Mere heading of the chapter) by one of, the more assi-
duous policemen. His account of the fate of the so-
vereign given to him by Lady Dcdlock is sufficiently
Characteristic. A couple of half-crowns have been
Outten out of his rags by the policeman, whereupon,
Says JO--

They're wot's left, Mr. Sangaby,' says Jo, out of
a B"'ring as wos give me by a lady in a wale as acrd she
WOB a servant and as come to my Cr°B6in one night and
asked to be showd this 'ere ouse and the ouse wot him
as you giv the writin to died at, and the berrin ground
bot he's berrid in. She sea to me she ses "are you the
oy at the Inkwhich?" she sea. I sea " yes" I so. She
a"
to 13' the sea " can you show me all them places?"
I 'Pm "yes I can" I ses. And she ses to me "do it,"
tr d I den it and she.
giv me a sov'ring and booked it.
Zint I an't had much of the sov'ring neither, says Jo,
Toro tq
tears, ' fur I bad to pay five bob, down in
chan;) L'aloLe's, afore they'd square it fur to giv me
wheei and then a young mats ho thieved another five
and (I, askeP and another boy he thieved ninepenee
on it: ”0 landlord he stood drains round with a lot more
Poor fellow! There is a melancholy truth in all this,
insomuch that when Jo exclaims, "0 my eye ! where
polieetnan,
can I move to r' in answer to the mandate of the
we are almost tempted to agree with- the
c" of Mr. Soug.by's objection, " Well ! really
constable, you know,—really that dues seem a ques-
tion. Where, you know ?" What falls from the lips
of poor Jo about the lady that gave him the tome-
reign is likely to develope the plot of the story, falling
*sit does' in the hearing not only of Mr. and Mrs.
Saag-hv' but also of the disconsolate—and inquisitive
Guppy. The drollest passages in the number
are Glster's mistakes in the announcement, and sub-
s`leently her intimaii,oi of the cabman's message—
spectrally—as that of "one tbousing seven huuderd
and eighty-two." The most unaccountable circum-
stance in the narrative is that of Hortense's walking
shoeless through the wet grass.

CI, A IR-VOYANCE AND• P IitiCTIC AL al ES-
.2tiEIiISM. By James Esdaile, M.D. Ilippolyte
Bazlliere.

"-'s As a remarkable illustreion of that " feline tena-
city to life" facetiou=ly attributed to mesmerism and
mestnerht., by the author, in the very opening sen-
tence of his preface, his own volume may be accepted
in testimony. It is, without question, one of the most
curious and, in some respects, one of the most extra-
ordinary works ever written upon clairvoyance. Every
page is crowded with startling reflections, and every
chapter with astounding incidents, facts (so called)
being therein as " plentiful as blackberries." Dr.
Esdaile, formerly Presidency surgeon at Calcutta, hag
already appeared as a writer upon this enthralling sub-
ject—his " Mesmerism in India" having first directed
: ' to his ability the attention of the rest of his profession.
His present work is for_ several-reasons much more
worthy of consideration than its predecessor. Ttie
motto upon the title-page is caphd—the words of
Cardbial de Betz—" On, se trompe plus souveut par
sea red lances, que par se confiances." And certainly
" the writer acts throughout boldly enough upon the
dedue. ions from that thought—he is credulous upon
all trnv!ers tending to back up his argument, and na-
turally enough we will allow in several instances,
from the' astonishing nature of, some among the
number of his revelations. His volume is somewhat
gracefully dedicated to the present Governor-General
of rod's, the Most Noble the Marquis of Dalhousie.
Altogether the book is of such a nature that we can
have but little doubt as to its favourable reception,
not only in the mother country, but in her depen-
dency of Hindostan.
ME

MOIRS OF TIIOJIJAS 110LCROFT.

Longmans and Company.
A timely reprint of these very singular memoirs of
a man of strong natural powers, written by himself;
contributes a recent addition to the cheap and in
tereiting serial of the Traveller's Library. Already
that extraordinary series of publications has evi-
denced its claim upon the gratitude of the reading
Public by a succession of brilliant, and many of them
masterly compositions. Among these ate comprised
"bum of the finest of thoSeSuPerb essays of Macaulay,
which first achicved for him fame in literature. Then,
tunreover, there are " Laing's Travels in Norway,"'
end Wills's 'collation of " Sir Roger de Coverley,"
and
'plendid " hen," and " Hue's
1.-ravois in Tartary," and " Holcroft's Memoirs."
The last-mentioned reprint now lying before us for
iTv!!iloration cannot fail now-a-days, any more than
nut on its original appearance,
even the most
rio,ity of
reader, by recoil! to. Goicinate the cu-
careless and indifferent
by a inan of let:tiog..the vicissitudes pissed through
.era rising from obscurity to a re-
putation.

.THE GEN-EITYS ACT-5 and
...
.. ; 6 lc iv.: c 50, and the Statutes-and Cases re
lacing thereto, brought down to the Present Time,
-: 1852, with Introduction Notes. and Index. By
. `Alfred A. Fry- Esq.,darrister-ot Low. Charles
w
_Knight, publisher (by authority)
to the Poor•la
:Board. 1852.- • •
- This is a very useful manual for all surveyors,
G.SeBSorA, and others concerned in the administration department to which the work is
of the imnortan
.irected. viz., the G,weral Highways of the Kingdo.
-t.ne object of the learned author has been to bring up
to the. present time (he r-fers to -an Act passed the
•28tb of May last, and a Rill thr.,iwn out only a,,ew
tWeitks ago), the statut,,s- and judicial authorities re.
it shows in that,
-,-ig to the rroverning Act, they and 6 W. IV., u.so.
4.o.lllustratingb this .one Act, the indc
that in addition to a'considerable number of decided
"us, Mr. Fry hrs been compelled to refer to snore
than twenty five additional statutes, which directly or
10directly -bear On the important leading act. Tris
Phwork t 4 one of a most useful series, publi-Led by Mr.
arlea Knight—acting :
.0 this respect as publisher
r',l' iiwhority to the Poor-law
Board of Health_; he otject ' •
star
the series being to
Board and the General
4klelte the tiliveral importlit • subjects
~_ ,
. a practical and populaiTeharitet r-
i; statutes on these
14.924 accessible to the lug: clitgitclu illiftrgtki,Yeg' "Aii:

in their opers.,ion. The whole series is a Ap,c;Ps of
codification, arid we cr.o rocorntnend Mr. Fry's work
brfore us, just pub:bhed, as an honest and able
edition of one of the important statutes of the series.

SPORTING NOTES.
No ociaxvu
THE BRIGH FoN MEETING.

TO ,THE E. 017 Olt ut THE SUN.

SlB,—The list of eport to-morrow contains seven
racee, six of which hay() obtained strong entries. The
first ittm on the card is the Licensed Victuallers' Plate
of 50 soya., over The T.Y.C., but as this is a handicap,
and the weights do not appear. until to; night, it is im.
possible for me to nflect the winner.
The Marine Plate of 100sovs., for all ages, three quar-
ters of a mile, has an entry of forty-six; and sixteen will;
in all probability, be found at the post; Their names it
is out of my power to give, and therefore I shall jump to
a conclusion by stating, as my opinion, that KILDIENEY
will be the winner, as his 51bs penalty, -cousideri►,g that
he is handicapped at fist 101 b, cannotetarnsge his chance
in this instance. Humphrey may possibly be his com-
panion at the

The Grand Stand Plato of 100 soya., added to a Han-
dicap Sweepstakes of 10 says. each, over the mile and a
qusrter, out of twerry-two nominations may not unlike!)
have eight or nine runners; and if the winner is not to
be found in ISCHIA, Stamford, or Cord, I am °at- a loss
where to look for it. The first-named of this trio is my
particular choice.

The Brighton Cup of 200 soya. in specie, added to a
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, over the Old Course, not
quite two miles, will probably be contes•ed- by Shard-
vogue, Pan, and some three or four others; but as Chief
Justice and Clincher are very dubious starters I see
nothing to deprive Pan and Sharavogue 0 the first and
cond places.
The First Brighton Triennial Stakes' of 10 sovs. each,
with 100 added, will have a small field, bat the compo-
nent parts of it are not thoroughly known to-me: Fever-
sh,an, Gossip, St. Benedict, Oasis, and Sylphil.e are.
however, at home in their stables. The starting of
Sittingbourne seems somewhat doubtful; and I need
look no further for a winner than to Cathlrine
Hayes, Stella and Bridget occupying the second and.
third place.
RATAPLAN, I believe, will walk over for the 100 Soya.
Sweepstakes.

The Sussex Plate of 60 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes
of 3 sous. each, for all ages, half a mile, will hi ing the
day's sport to a conclusion. This race not imprt bubly
will be won by BIICKHOUND or RAGE.—I am, Sn, 840,
Aug. 4. THE SPIRIT OF THE TUE.F.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BRIGHTON RACES.
BRIGHTON, TUESDAY EVENING, Fix o'Cmcs.- • The
,Ollowieg horses have arrived :—Aphrodita, Catalpa,
Faux-pas, Thornhill, Fo!low. mv • lads, cby V.- nisoft
of Passion, f by Batman Plate If out ot Infidel «, Pin•
tomime, Knavery, Miss Hayes, Irene, Sagacity, Puritan,
Tremble, Little Savage, Flounce, False Alarm, Janina,
Hamb!etonian, f by Kremlin out of Gaiety, Simon the
Cellarer, Grasshopper, t by Touchstone out of Kitty ot
Coleraine. Watertail. Meatsigue, C..-ekcrow, Mu rc!an,
H shettirs:vHo,.tu'rne,bpu
glirsa,lle- Bet-girl,
(1-I,l::rpcsoicrnii,ord.
iius,Pihrleoguedtrho(onit;
Surprise, Tonic. Heroine, Young England. Christiana,
Timid Fawn, Mountain Flower, Lady in Waiting, [lan&
some Doe, Erhelbert, Firrbolr, Amber Witch, rsalopi,,n.,
Prevention, Cock Ph,asant, Bridget, c Theam out nt
Louisa, Miss Emma Shropshire Lass, The P.-arl, Cotton
Lady, Merlin, '
Merlin, Buckhotind, Ischia, Slimtord,
Bullfinch, Prestige, Flora Mtlvor, The .11,riot, Vesta,
Sweetmeat filly, Stella, Abdallah, Flytrap, Knight of the
Thistle, Margaret of Anjou, Ley bourne, Miss Talbot,
Lady Isstiet, Convulsion, flothot pe, Plurnstead, Sleeping
Partner, The Moor, Kilmeny, Yellow Boy, t by Touch-
stone out of Cuckoo, Blood Royal, Billy Bar, Prittce
Rupert, Bushranger, Coral, Catherine Hayes, Snarry,
Humphrey.
A great -.deal of. rain bas fallen in the course of the
afternoon, greatly to the improvement of the condition
of the course, which previously was very hard. There
is every prospect of a brilliant meeting.
BRIGHTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LATEST BETTING ON THE BRIGHTON. STAKES.
7 to i agst Phlegra •
6 to I,agst Ischia
7 .to 1' agst Montague
6 to 1 agst Lord Waterford's lot
RIPON- RACES.—MONDAY.
s
3fiBotsthiti.les.oBl:t:.B.s.:.t.y...i.b((eice:hrjt,..wsbhTroi.aryfnht,.etc))wi. with
Tithr2.eci,R.
TwoadCi he yearsdiltoe t°l" at 101 l dBu
idStutsba lokbne;
Mr. Gill's Shamrock, Tat
Mr. Osborne's Miss Agnes, Bst ......... (Metcalfe) 3
Betting—Even on Shamrock, and sto 4 agst Audubon.
Won in a canter by a length.
The City Members' Plate of 50/, for three years old,
Bst 101 b; six and aged,
7st 21b; four, 8
9st 21b; mares st
and3lb; fire,
geldings allowed albs. Heats,
two miles.
Mr. John Osborne's Proctor, 4 yrs (J. Osborne) 1 1
Mr. Hesseltine's The Setter, 4 yrs .. (Longstriff) 7 2
Mr. Goodwin's La Gezza Ladra, 6 yrs (Holmes) 4 3
Mr. Muirland's AO:monis, 3 yrs - (Chiluitin) 3 4
Mr. Reynard's Black-eyed Susan, 3 yrs ...(Lye) 6
Mr..Hutchinson's'f by -Trueboy, 4 yrs (G. Oates) 5 6
.Mr. Fryer's Jack Leeming, 4 yrs ...(Cartwright) 2 dr
Two well-contested heats;
_the first woo by a neck,
and the second by htilf a neck.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TUESDAY,
GREAT YORKSHIRE STAKES.—Offers to take 5 to 2
about Songstress.
ST. LEGER.-3 to I agst Songstress (t), 7 to 2 agst
Stock welt (t), 4to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke (t). 15 to 1
agst King of Trumps (,), 33 to 1 apt Trousseau (0, 10
to 1 agst Lam Z.., 6141(06 two (t.)
IN rEGLIGENCE EXTRA.
•vilsl MEETING, 1852,
MANCHESTER AU 1.11
THURSDAY.
Handicap for the Otismpagne Stakes.
LamBb3ttot73,lbB—stb7icb--byKFitrteyem.lle:;,litc;g,iin, 8.34
the Saddler,
7th—St. An-
drew,
Bst 4ib—Audu'ion;- Bst Si
cby woorn out of
Verbena, B,a 3:b—Baloon, 11b—Ex.ict, Bs' 11b—
Game Tommy. 78t 131b—E,helbert, 7st 11ib—lirs.
John, ist 81b—Shamrock, 7 -t slb—PressaNkcr, 7st.
The Wilton Handicip of 5 soya. each..
Russh,rough, 5 yrs, Bit 7!tiCtliel Justiee,• years,
84 31b—Black DoCtor, 4 yrs, 1 rat 1 - Lb—Doubt, 6 yre,
7st Bib—Sir Chatles, 5 yrs, 7st 81b-1. ick,t res., 4
yrs, 7st 41b—Neashsm, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Haricot,
5 yrs, 7st 4ib—John o'Berwiek, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—
lab Singh, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Alp, 6 yrs 7,5 21b
—Unity, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—The Proctor, 4 yrs, 6si 111 b
Lit
ttle George; 5 yrs, 6st 10Ib—Lough Bawls, 4 yrs,
6s 10lb—The Drag, 3 yrs, Est lolb--Holy well, 3 yrs,
6st Mb—Butterfly, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Marry Bird, a
6st 51b-;-Red Lion, 5 yrs, 6.t 31b--4ack Learning, 4 yrs,
6st 31b—Fancy Girl, 3 yrs, 6,t 11b-7Cormaore 3 yro,
6st lib—Banshee, 3 yrs, sst Ilb I ancy Free, 3 yrs,
sst 111b—I.e.rry Whent, 3 yrs, sst 111 b--b cby Mel-
bourne, out of La Femme Sage. 3 yrs, sst 10Ib-- Cles.ve-
land, 3 yrs, sst 101O—Itschettoe, 3 yrs, sst 81b—Happy
Joe, 3 yre, Sat 71b—ELhelwolt, 3 yrs, s:t 611 a—b fby
Lanercost. out of Jemima, 3 yrs, s,t‘ 6;h—Little Davy,
3 yYs, sst 61b—Bilbury, 3 yrs, 44.12113-13/truata, 3 yrs,
4st 81b. . • •
The Autumn. Wolter Handicap of 10 Says, each, h ft.
Oshaldeston, 5 yrs, list 81b—Shropshire Witch, aged,
1 let 81b—=Alp, 6 yrs, list 41b—John of Bernick, 5 yrs,
I Ist 41b—Longious, 5 yrs, I Ist 41b—Caurire, 6 yea,
104 131b—Warwick: 5 yrs; 104 9ab—Bravo,4 yrs,lost
—Henrietta, 3 yrs, 9st 41b.,

The Primo
FRIDAY.
j3eihre,st4er3ti,ersld,
8$ an
assbo
rough, 5
yrs, 83t 51b-o.balthston, 5 yrs, 84—Grief, 6 yrs Tat
131—Sir Cberles, 5 yrs,
let 10 b —Tbe Italhu, 5 yrs,
7st 71b—Trickstress, 4 yrs, Tat 61b—Gbolub Siugb, 4
yrs, 7st 31b—Young England, 5 yrs, 7st 21b—Proctfir,
4 yrs, 6st 131b—Unity, 4 yrs, Est 131b—Cauriro, 6 yrs,
6st 121—Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, bit I2lb—Warwick 5 yrs,
6st 121b—The Little Fawn, 4 yrs, 6st 911,—Tioard Fawn,
4 yrs, 6st 91b—Butterfly, 3 'yrs, Est 91—L4dy Agnes,
3 yrs, 6st 910—Evatine, 3 yrs, 64 71b—Pristrge,.4 yrs,
Est 51b—Deceitful, 4 yre, Est 5 b—Red Lion, fr
yrs, 6st
51b—Conmore, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—The Puritan, 3 yrs, 6st—
The Surveyor, 3 yrs, 6st—Maid of Lincoln, 3 yrs, Sat
13ib—Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, sst 131b—IiiiefIrr, 3 re, Set
101—Enierystone, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Bichrt‘ , 3 yrs, sst
101b—Kohitiour, 3 yrs, sst 91b--Ibis, 3 yrs, 5,t 91b—
Little Davie, 3 yrF, sst 81b—b fby Law-roost, out of
Jemirna, 3 yrs, sst 81
H —Ethelwolf, 3 yrs, sst 81b-
3PPv Joe, 3 yrs, 54 81)—R )yal George, 3 yrb, sit
51b—Eupho 3 5 t 51b Bilberry 3 yrs, sst 21b—
ny, yrs, s • •
Barbata, 3 yrs, 44 1310--Adviee, 3 yrs, 44 131.

T E SUN,

{) N D'O N,

ANIERICAN NEWS

LIVERPOOL, TZESDAY. 7 Pat.
By the Uoited • Szates Mail steam-ship Atlantic,
West, commander, we have advic,s from New York
to the 24th ult. She has 284,000 dollars in specie
on freight.
The steam•ship Baltic, hence to New York, was
pas,,edat 7 r.m on the 24,h. _
The steam-ship United States had arrived at New
York from Sin Francisco, with advices to the 28th
June, and 244,288 dollars in golddue. The city of
London had been totally destroyed by fire, nut a
vestige remaining, oxoept a few wooden buts. New
gold diggings had been discovered at San Ga-
briel. There was a good demand for money and a
fair supply. Sperling exchange, 60 days, 46i to 47.
The steam-ship Golden Gate sailed from S:.n
Francisco on the 28th of June, with 1,400,000 dol-
lars in golddust, 'Baking the total shipments for the
month of June 5,343,754 dollars.
Her Moj-sty's sloop of war Arrogant was at San
Juan on the 15th ult., with sickness among the. crew.
Advices, from Havannah, to the 17th ult, are de-
void of interest.

A long and violent discussion took place in the
Senate on the 23d, relative to the fishery question.
Mr. Mason, the member for Virginia, in moving a
resolution of inquiry, stated that the President's re
ply ooght to be " That he had ordered the whole
naval force of the United States into those seas to
protect the rights of Am.rican fishermen against the
British cannon." Mr. Casty, Mr. Seaward, and se-
veral others also followed in the same strain.

From St. John's, New Brunswick, accounts of the
231 state that it was supposed the armed schooner
Alliance had been lo .t near St. Paul's Island with all
on board. Fifteen schooners had been lost near the
Magdalen Islands, and 22 pilots drowned.
From Tahiti we have intelligence that Queen
Pomare bad returned to power under the protection
of the French vessels of war.
We have advices from Mexico to the 9th ult.
The Mexican Government here are opposed to call-
ing an extra session of Congress to consider the
Tehuairepec affair and the treaty of GuAdaloupe
Had ilg o.

Accounts from S. Domingo to the sth ult. repre-
sent the fever as still raging there, bath on shore and
ainong the shipping.
The accounts from Panama state that. the cholera
was raging there, and was carrying off large number:.
The New York stock market was active, and prices
were firmly maintained. There was an increased
demand for money, but the supply being large there
was no alteration in the rates of interest. Foreign
-xchange in nauderat.e demand ; bilis on London, 110
to 110; Paris, 5 134 to 5 164.
Prices of cotton were well maintained in conse-
quence of the small stock on the market.
Flour had a downward tendency. There was S
s=te.idy demand for wheat at rather lower prices.
Indian corn was in good demand.
Provisions were firmer, especially beef and pork.
Six hundred tons Scotch pig iron had been sold at
2,050 dolls. cash, and 21 dolls. six months.
I.Freights'to London withoutalter.tion.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
,
Arrived at Nt.witork—The Orions, from Bordeaux
Sheridan Albert Gallitan, Washington, Richard Morse,
and Torrent, fr6m Liverpool; Mai a ,wer, from Glasgow
At Philadtlphia—The Joshua Mattran, from Liver-
pool

At Baltimore—The Flora M4Danald, from Liverpool;
Harvest, from ikemen.
At Charleetown—The Caroline from Newport.

COLONBATION OF COS PA RICA, AND THE
OPENING. OF A NEW RourE BETWEEN.
THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC.
the Rev. Mr.
• (From the Mining Journal.)
Since the year (1699) of that memorable attempt. to
found a British colony in the Isthmus of Darien, as pro-
twhahtosaemelaxbplaendSecdot mchinedlecrogirptaetnded, even at
the communi-
cation important advantages tbat must result to
Peterson,be cat
te de
rbay
and enterprising sons
humanity and to commerce, by rendering
cation between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans more
the Christian religion,
rapid, safe, and easy, than the tempestuous and lengthy
passage round Cape Horn, a wonderful and rapid change
has taken place in the world. and vast colonies have been
athend E n established,iidaughters
h language,
y.ofwhichG
r at
th
Be r
ih ,
sin,ar d y
and our social habits and customs,
are spread over the most distant parts of the globe. It
is not surprising, therefore, that the subject of the pas-
sage over or through the narrow neck of land dividicg
the two great oceans is at this time exciting much'
attention, or that our enterprising go-a-head neighbours
the Americans, intimately allied to us by language and
descent, should be faremostin the enterprise, into which
the discovery of, the Californian gold has, as it were,
foie'f'el :In m to enter without loss of time.
Bat our national character and national in-
terests render the imm,diate consideration of this
most important subject imperative with us. This
century will not pass away before the highroad
')f traffic and commerce between the eastern and
the western world will be by this route, almost ex-
cluding all others; and an opportunity is now presented
to the English cation which, perhaps, is unequalled -in
the advantages which it offers, by which we can secure
a safe, easy, and healthy passage between the Atlantic
and Pacific Oceans. Th. subject has been lately placed
More the public in an interesting little pamphlet, pub-
lished by Effingham Wilson, of the Royal Exchange. It
is drawn up !rom authentic documents and original ma-
terials, placed in the hands of J. S. Buckingham, Esq.;
anti an excellent map,, by Mr. Weld, adds greatly to the
lucid and popular form iu which the matter is the, placed
before those who will devote a few minutes to its perusel.
Tb., patriotism.of -our countly, the religious and the
commercial bodies, are all deeply interested in the imme-
diate accompliblitnerit of the plan, which does not embrace
.iny wild or visionary scheme, or the outlay of miltions
to he wasted unsucct ssfally. In the pemehlet, the seve-
ral plans which have been proposed to effect this impor-
tant on aqic communication, and their relative advan-
tages and disadvantages, are shOrtly contrasted, mid the
eminent superiority. of the Costa Rica route over 'ail
others cannot fail to be perceived.
A magnificent harbour at each end of the route (an
•essenttal feature, entirely wanting in all the other plans
proposed), and the discovery of coal its the immediate
proximity
,of the coast, are advantages which cannot be
tothi
the ghlyegsetnimeraatrhe while the settled nature of the
country, althiness of the 'climate, with the
magnitude and value-of the COFICeSSiOD, altaarly settled,
are equally striking; and the ulterior commercial re-
sults, not only
arising from the transit of gouda and pls.
seogers, but also from-the rich and valuable natural pro-
ducts of the country itself, and the further
i Rica
aevident Company,"
or p
a tnhya;t:
and development
of which colonisation and British industry and capital
are sure to produce, are as promteing as they c,,, be in
any part of the world._ A compsoy has therefore been
m eda
and its prospectus, supported by highly respectable par-
ties, formed,
b,n
e under
ity of the
the title
s etw of
nite. he.
ties, will afford the bust guarantee as to the eoundness
ovvuirthn al i
tmi
oone
meraayteinshaarfeewof
yeas witness rßritish And
capitaless tn"Costiat
R s
that
td enterprise,
feat acoom-
plished, which has been so long desired, even prior to
events and changes in the world which have rendered
such an achievement now, unless our commercial pros-
perity is to dwindle Away, a great national necessity,
.11Viyearno3tly commend to our readers a consideration
of the Costa R:ca plae, as detailed in the pamphlet ai.
laied to, which will be found to be full of the most inte-
resting sciatails respecting,the territory of Costa Rica, and
its vast.xesouref s of mound wealth.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
beg to tt, quaint you, that the Treasury mi.
nute of 1840, allowing the admixture of Chicory with
Coffee, is rescinded, and that the new regulations fur
the future sale of each article will be announced to the
Trade by the Excite in the course of a few days.
I h;ive the honour to be your obedient servant,
CHARLES H. BURTON,
14, Furnival'a lan, Aug, 3, 1852.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Wilt you allow me to correct a report rela-
tive to myself personally, and which, as a stranger I
feel called upon to notice. To those interested I beg to
Fay—l am not, nor have I been connected with the ill_
agDedrutroy-pleanrfeorTmbeceetrrtPain ease pt
tailld afu6Tawlahrthci
place in your journal you will confer
Int ecrwteoasrt:
etonogfreceive a stipulated sum.
Mlt z N BUCHANAN.
33, Mornington-crescent, Hampstead-road,
a jßaYyttguirvinoguit- ISkiisr,a) oar nbedien.tEbtrvan_t, ,
• Aug.. 3, 1852.

Ilia MAJE,TY'S THEATRe.—The Queen's ha_
her 'Ail ;sty's Theatre was yesterday evening occupied, at
General he Hon. IL Cavendish, the Countess Grey, IL °,,y
C iroline Barringt,in, Mr' Barrington,- jun., Lady Georgit?
Grimy. La ly Elizabeth Bulteel and party. Amongst the now:
and di,Aliguigied individual§ also honouring the theatre
with their presence-on this occasion were the followi".
..
The Baroness Brunnow, Mademoiselle de Brunnow, the 147
countess Dungannon, Midi Irvine, Lord Gorge Paget, t 1:;
Marquis or Douro and party, the Dowager Countess 4 tiur:
rington and Lady_ Jane St. Maur StanhoPe, Lord Cecil Fo-
rester. Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord Sandys, Mrs.
and Miss Richards, bit.. C. Barry Baldwin, miss
Caro-
line Bellel and party, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Heneage,
Mr. Hothouse; Mr. Cionabie, Mr. W. H. Palmer and party-,
Captain TrelawLey, &c. .
DOTAL ITALIAN OPERA.—T-Tis Royal _Highness
the ~DOke of Cambridge _honoured the pertormances at the
Royal Italian OPera with his presence . last evening. _ The
Que,,n's box was occupied by Co!onel the Hon. Charles
Grey and :Mrs.'Grey,Lady, Harriet Clive and Miss Clive
and party.
Amon'Amon'the fashiainable company attending the
theatre we remarked his Excellency the Turkish AnThassa.
Canter'? Y
119 r and 111adame "Musuru4, accompacie t by Essad Bey and
Lady Bateman ~.1; Paul Musuruit the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort and
Lady Henrietta Somerset; the Duke of Bedford and Ali,„
to lute the Marchioness olßlandford, the Countess of' Ches_
and ra "(1
Lady Evelyn Stanhope, the Countess of Glengall
Pdare-aret Butler, the Earl of Parham, Viscount
,
Lad ~urY, Viscount Cranbourne, . Viscount Torrington,
Lad yWh • and
arncliffe a d the 11 Miss Stuart Wortley, Lord
Arthur no., Lad' " on. .
Lord Archibaldßr
.Y 1,1-ndhurst and the Hon.
and the Hon. Misses Ilinbury, Lord
i• h Lady:it 1 °PleY'
the Hon. *ederick-Maur , Lord Burglie.B-, is op and
Me
BracS, Lud,„ vltiot, Ltird and Lady .Erne:.: Bruce and
Henry Gortait ' ' 1
, Len -
Ilcont and Vie Hort. 111i3$' Blake,ord
Mary- Benti ek,44e.:92..1_,-Lady Frederick Bol4oclt_ana,t4tdy
..
The king ,-,-t e
c t;
n- t
-ilt4lans has &cueA that an
agricultural map shall be m •
- • gtdeof the country.