The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-21 00:00:00

A MONUMENT BY MR. J. EDWARDS.

We have had the pleasure of seeing a monument
of great beauty and refinement at the retired studio
of Mr. J. Edwards, in Robert-street, Hampstead-
road. It is to be erected, we understand, in a
church at Colchester, by W. Warwick Hawkins,
Esq., M.P., and his brother, in commemoration of
their widely-respected parents and of their youthful
brother and sister. The work altogether will be
not less, we should say, than fifteen feet high by
six feet wide. It is made of three kinds of Italian
marble, so disposed as to give effect to the sculp-
tured part, which is in a fine white piece, and is a
production of so much excellence that we have no
hesitation in saying that, had it been found by Dr.
Layard among the ancient sculptures of Nineveh,
it would be hailed as an acquisition of immense
value, and treasured in the British Museum with
the utmost care.

It represents the " daughter of Faith, unfading
HOPE,' who, among her other beneficent services
to man, illumes "the dread unknown, the chaos
of the tomb." Robed in sculptorial beauty she
stands, in this admirable work of art, all calm and
erect, not "hid behind the dragon-winged Despair,"
but in " her radient might" is unobsti-ucted to the
view. With one hand she trustingly presses her
bosom, which is covered over with the rich folds of
her ample drapery ; with the other she rests firmly
on the anchor—" the anchor of the soul," as the
sacred volume leaning- against it characterises the
heavenly "hope" given to us; while with an ex-
pression the most pure and deep she looks high
heavenward, as if breathing the words of the in-
spired Psalmist—" Mine eyes are unto thee, 0
God the Lord : in Thee is my trust ;" which words
are given in raised and polished letters on the
monument itself, immediately below the figure.
The solemn connection of this heavenward look
and earnest aspiration with the mournful resting-
place of the departed, and with the humble as-
surance that the "shadow of death" shall indeed
be " turned into the morning," is effectually indi-
cated by the urn on her left side, on which is given
the classic symbol of the soul ascending, while that
of the body is reposing in the dreamless sleep
below • awl on which is also seen the monogram of
the Redeemer, between the Alpha and Othega
placed above tile symbol of Eternity and its cycles
of everlasting change from renovation to decay,
from life to death in continual succession ; and
these are accompanied by the motto, " Mors est
jaaua melioris vitce"—lleath is the gate to a better
life. Nor are these tha only accessories in the
design, while each is made so unobtrusive as to be
almost unnoticeable. For inasmuch as.the feeling
of hope is deemed to be to the human mind what
the morning star is to the rising sun—the har-
binger of the bright orb yet to arise ,as a vast sign,
we trait, of the sure dawning in .unfading glory of
the great day, eternal—so is the morning star of
hope hero seen high above, her upturned lace.
And inasmuch as hope- not unfreguently imparts
to the mind a blessed light amidst the dank, heavy
clouds that often encompass man's terrestrial exist-
ence, so, in this fine monumental relieve, are the
clouds seen, and the light, too, as of a large halo ;
and in the light, gleaming as it were most myste-
riously from the head of the figure, there is, a
lambent flame observable, encircled by a sign evi-
dently denoting it as a flame for ever unquench-
able. This induces us to conclude our slight de-
scription of a true work of abstraet art in the words
of the poet Campbell, who says :
" Eternal 1101 T! when yonder spheres sublime
Peal'd their first note to sound the march of Time,
Thy joyous youth began--btit not to fade.
'When all the sister planets have decayed ;
When wrapt in fire the realms of ether glow,
And heaven's last thunder shakes the world below;
Thou, undiimay'd, shalt o'er the ruins smile,
And light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile."

THE ROYAL CRUISE.—It is. reported that the first
Royal cruise this season, in the Victoria and Albert,
will be a visit of the Queen to the Channel Islands.
Captain Lefebre, in his stbamer Dasher, is ordered to
Portsmouth, to be in attendance on the Royal yacht.
The Marchioness of Hastings and the Baroness Grey
de Ruthyn have issued cards of invitation for a grand
concert, on Wednesday next, the 26th instant.'
The Marquis of Downshire has arrived at Hillsborough
Castle. The marchioness and youthful family, with Sir
George Chetwynd and Lady Charlotte Chetwynd, are at
present residing at ICreuznach, Bingen, Prussia. The
marchioness and family intend returning to Hillsborough
in August.
The celebration of the matrimonial alliance of Mr.
Douglas }Telford and Miss Lindsey, daughter of General
1."(18y, is fixed for Thursday, the 3d of August.
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OU2I iIthR,GIAL LV TELLIGENCE.

CITY, TWO o'CLOCK.

The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday
were estimated at 8,000 bales, including 1,000
American taken for export and on speculation.
The market closed steadily, without change in
prices. The sales comprised 5,500 American, 350
Bahia at 61d. to 61d., 200 Egyptian at 60. to
71d., 2,000 Surat at 21d. to 40. and 30 Sea
Island at Is. 111 to Is. Bd., per lb. Railway
Shares were fkrin..

Colonial/Adace has been dealt in to a moderate
extent this week. Sugar has been in steady de-
mand for consumption, without any speculative
inquiry. Coffee has been firm. Rice has gone
down, owing to the finer weather and the decline
in grain. Ruin has been in greater request, and at
fuller rates.- The tea market continues quiet, and
there has not been much done in cotton. Saltpetre
has been in request. The Indigo auctions have gone
off with more spirit, and tallow and hemp have
been flatter.

Iu a bill which was introduced in the Commons
for facilitating the sale and transfer of encumbered
states in the West Indies, we have an attempt to
establish some of the advantages obtained from the
same system- in Ireland. All plantations and lands
are to be included, whether belonging to indivi-
duals or'to corporations. Great powers are given
to the Commissioners, the chief of whom is to be
a barrister of not less than 10 years' standing, resi-
dent in England ; but local commissioners may be
appointed by the Government of any colony. The
salaries are to be decided upon in committee. The
commissioners will have power to sell lands, but
not after application has been made to any compe-
tent tribunal in the colony and dismissed, unless
the costs thereby incurred are discharged. Due
inquiries are to be made as to the cir-
cumstances •of the land, and the parties in-
terested therein, ' and no sale -will be allowed
where the yearly interest on the encumbrance does
not exceed half of the net yearly value of the land,
calculated on the average profits, after deducting
all necessary outgoing during the preceding seven
years, or such periods as the Commissioners may
• determine, unless there exists no objection to such
sale. The rights of yearly tenauta.and other tem-
porary interests are to be regarded, the dowers and
encumbrances are to be provided for,, either by
making the sale of the lands subject to the same,
or paying them out of the gross amount realised.
Every advance made under this act will give the
purchaser the fee simple in the land. The pur-
chase money to be paid into the Court of Chancery,
under certain circumstances, such as the inability
to ascertain who are the parties entitled. Sales
under this act may be made, notwithstanding pro-
ceedings in any other Court. A division of proper-
ties may, also be carried out, part being sold, and
the rest left in possession of the owners. The
colonies to which the act will be extended are the
following :—Jamaica, Barbadoes, St. Vincent,
Grenada, Tobago, St. Lucia, Antigua., Dominica,
St. Christopher's Montserrat, Nevis, the Virgin
Islands, British Guina, Trinidad, the Bahamas,
and the Turk's Islands.

In American securities, there have been some
changes since this day week. The nearest prices,
as given by Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., are as
follows :-

Redeemable. Per Cent.
United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...1084 109
United States 6 per Cent. Insciibed
Stock 1867-1868...1071 103*
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent.
Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 824 83,1*
Ohio 6 per Cent. Liscribed Stock 1856... 91
Massachusetts par Cent. (Sterling
Bonds) 1868...1021 1031
A .Nrla.arrialttifilia 5
,15ptr
Cant. eCeennt. (Sterling Bonds) .. 92 93
1863... 83 85
Virgini 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1883... 93 92
Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 911 924
Canada 6 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1876...1034 107.
LOANS OF CITIES.
New Orleans 6 per Cent. Bonds 1893... 79 81

LITEST FOREIGN NE 8‘1..:

THE WAR.
CONSTANTINOPLE.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 10.—The allied fleets are
before Baltsehick.
The Russian flotilla has returned.
Omer Pacha is visiting the English camp.
Admirals Dundas and Hamelin are at Varna.
The consul of France at Tiflis has received orders
to quit the town in three hours.
At Batoum the Russians have been repulsed by
the Turks.

In consequence of a requisition by Selim Pacha,
4,000 Turkish troops have been despatched from
Varna to Circassia, as the district in which he com-
mands has refused to supply its contingent of re-
cruits.

Another despatch of the 10th says the Sulina
mouth of the Danube is occupied by British and
French troops. The Russian coast has been closely
reconnoitred, from the Kilia mouth of the Danube
to the mouth of the Dniester. Three steamers of
the allied fleets guard the mouths of the Danube,
to prevent the escape of the Russian river flotilla,
while a party of British seamen has gone overland
to Rustchuk, to unite with the Ottoman river-fleet
in an attack on the enemy's boats..