The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-08 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 18,52.

Billy Bowlegs, hereditary chief of the Seminole
Indians, with several war chiefs of the same tribe,
and an interpreter and suite, had arrived at New
York.

In the New York markets money was in increaeed
demand, and speculative stocks had in consequence
declined; the rates for discounts had also slightly ad-
vanced. The demand for foreign exchange was
steady. London was quoted 110+ to 1104; Paris,
sf. I.*. to .sf. ; Amsterdam, 40+ to 41 ; Ham-
burgh, 36 to 3q; Bremen, 79 to 79f. Cotton had
declined to 4 cent, but the fall did not bring for-
ward buyers. Prices were next to nominal, and the
sales 1,000 bales in the three days preceding the de-
parture of the Humboldt. Ashes were in moderate de-
mand. Coffee active at full prices; sales of the week,
10,000 bales. For flour there was an increasing
demand, but the export business was lees active.
The market was firm for the better qualities of wheat,
but inferior descriptions were unsaleable. In provi-
sions pork had again declined. Rice was too high in
price for export. Wool sales, 150,0001 b. in the week.
The market for wines of all sorts had a decidedly up-
ward tendency. Tobacco in fair demand. At
Charleston, on the 23d of September, the cotton-
market was dull and unsettled.

O❑ the 21st ult. the Canadian Legislature passed
an address to the Queen, thanking her Alajesty for
the protection to their fisheries, and praying that no
treaty should be made impairing thut of 1818, with-
out embracing the whole intercourse of the colonies
and the United States.

The Canadian Ministry bad introduced a resolu-
tion proposing that the Legislative Council shall be
elected by the inhabitantF, instead of appointed by
the Crown, with the proviso that candidates shall have
been either members of the Lower House or mayors
of municipalities.

FINE ARTS.

MR. MATTHEW NOBLE'S BUST OF

WELLINGTON.

Among the countless effigies of the late illustrious
Duke of Wellington that have been recently pro-
duced, or brought to light from the obscurity in which
they have lain for many years, to meet the demand
occasioned by his Grace's lamented decease, there are
none to compare fur truthfulness of resemblance with
the heroic bust in marble recently completed by Mr.
Noble, of Berkeley-chambers, Bruton-street. To
this work a peculiar interest is attached, from the fact
of its being the last portrait for which the Duke sat
to any artist—the sittings having been given only a
few months prior to his death. Eminently successful
for its simple grandeur and the elevated feeling with
which it is imbued, Mr. Noble's bust challenges
comparison with every other representation of the
original for its literal correctneis and startling vrai-
semblance. The modelling of the features has been
executed with the nicest appreciation of the speciality
of the subject. Nollekens and Chantrey excelled in
delineating the peculiarity of surface on the face of
age, but it may be safely asserted that Mr. Noble is
in this instance in no respect their inferior. He has
also escaped the tendency to exaggerate and carica-
ture the features of the Duke, a fault so observable in
the majority of the Wellington statues and pictures
from the equestrian monstrosity at Hyde-park-corner
downwards. From whatever point it is studied,
whether in ensemble or in minute detail, the effect of
the bust is equally correct and satisfactory. Nothing
of an accessorial kind has been introduced in a manner
to detract from the impressiveness of the massive and
intelligently reflective head. The breast of the hero
is decorated with a simple medal—a military cloak
falls over his shoulders, and the identity of the like-
ness is aided by the introduction of the rigid cravat
which is managed with the utmost taste. Indeed the
difficulties connected with the sculptural treatment of
modern costume are admirably surmounted, and the
eye of the observer reposes with undivided attention on
the familiar features of the Hero Duke. It was Fuseli,
we think, whe, while gang on a fin© statueby a con-
temporary sculptor, exclaimed to the gratified pro-
ducer of the work, " You have cut:away all the marble
and left the man! " The compliment was neatly paid
and may be appropriately applied to Mr. Noble in
reference to the bust under notice. He has been evi-
dently inspired by the importance of his subject, and
in saying that he has worthily succeeded we award
him the highest praise. The public have not been
backward in their appreciation of Mr. Noble's suc-
cess, for his rooms are daily crowded by visitors of
rank and fashion, to the credit of whom it may be
stated that he has received commissions for upwards
of a hundred copies of " the Duke's" bust in marble
and plaster. Mr. Noble, it will be remembered, was
the successful competitor for three of the " Peel "
statues, two of which, in bronze of colossal dimen-
sions, have been recently erected in Tamworth and
Salford—the third, in marble, will be placed in St.
George's Hall, Liverpool. The model of this, together
with many other of the sculptor% works, may be seen
at his studio in Bruton-street.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BALMORAL, OCT. 6
The inclemency of the weather prevented her Ma-
j:nty from being out yesterday, excEpt for a short
walk in the afternoon.
His R )yal Highness Prince Albert went out deer-
stalking.

The dinner party included her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Honenlohe, and
Princess Adelaide and Prince Hermann of Hohen-
lohe Langenbourg.

The Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na-
tional Debt had a quarterly meeting yesterday, in
the official residence of the Chancellor of the Ex-
cbc,quer, in Downing-street. There were present the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the
Bank of England and the Deputy-Governor. Sir
Alexander Spearman, Secretary and Comptroller-
General to the Commissioners, attended.
Admiral Bowles had an interview with Lord Col-
chester yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Lord Stanley had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Mr. James Hartley transacted business yesterday
at the Board of Trade.