The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-31 00:00:00

AMERICA•

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
LIVERPOOL, TvEspAries
At 5 o'clock this afternoon the United Sta•th
mail steam-ship Arctic entered the Mersey can
the United States and British North An'erl 00
mails. The Arctic sailed from New York the
20th inst. and has made a fine run across he
Atlantic of about 10 days. Besides the wails s
has brought about 110 passengers, but no sPeciet.on
The royal mail steamer America reached Ws
on the 18th inst. foul
The United States mail steamer Pacific, if
hence on the 10th, was passed by the ArctiO'
°

New York. fogs
The Royal Mail steamer Asia, which sail„ieuy
this port on Saturday for New York, was P
the Arctic on the 29th. tore
Since the sailing of the Niagara the ten3Peradivi
had moderated at New York, and deaths 1011'
stroke had ceased. the the
The advicesfrom New Orleans represent tme,n the
as unabated in virulence. The daily victillig
pestilence still continued to exceed 200. of
Business continued dull up to the depar''''".
the steamer, and the stock market was depress iiit of
Much anxiety was manifested to learn the res
the Turkish question. lc, to
Western Canal flour was very firm at 5 d°"):eat
5 dols. 124 c. per barrel. Genessee prime w-pet
was operated in at 1 dol. 32c. to 1 dol. 34' pet
601bs. Indian corn, round yellow, 72c. to 744•010,
bushel, and very firm. Indian meal 3 dols. Ifig
to 3 dols. 25c. per barrel. in *
The cotton market at New York continue" otit
depressed condition, owing to the news brougliop.
by the America respecting the Eastern ques 1,01
Sales could not be made except at a reduction,
holders generally had submitted to. New Or'el2/
and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, ruled at 12# to
cents. per lb. showing a fall of i cent. ; uP7,ot*
mid. fair to fair, 11i to 12k. The crop ace"

were unfavourable. rco'
The provision market had continued to iraP.Ath
and a steady demand had been established,
firm prices. de
Freights were unchanged at the steamer 5 ,A.vei.
parture, the asking rates being : Flour to -1-401.
pool, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel : grain, 7d• t°
per bushel ; cotton, 5-16 d. to id. per lb.
Exchange on London was at 109 to 10911 '36i
quiet market ; Paris 5.14 to 5.164 ; Hamburg)
to 361; Bremen, 791 to 79-12.

Ir.
T.

CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION.—Mr• do,
M'Christie, revising barrister for the City of 1)°" for
will commence his revision of the lists 'of TO‘tce„rns days
members to serve in Parliament for the City on
the 19th o September. Laes
VAN Df
lEMEN'S LAND.—Thej Van Diemen's ,at
Company have received advises from their ageP,ose
Circular Head to the 28th of April, which give a I:na'' tot
able account of the increasing demand for farnll'-eorly
colony. A small sale of uncleared land from rat el,
pany's property at Emu-bay had just been inane rage,
per acre, and the purchaser would have takellititl
but the agent declined to dispose of a further 4
except at a valuation. The debts due to the coine-
bad of late been promptly paid, owing te egsb.."
prices obtained for produce, and the last of the°
ties had been cleared off. thattill
CANADA.—The accounts from Canada state be"
revenue for the half-year had just been made uP,
Dena
that, notwithstanding a reduction of taxation -a 3334
60,0001. per annum, it showed an increase of the
on the corresponding half of the preceding 9sia
present total being 446,6721., while for the t 0 th,
months of 1852 it was 313,3391. With regal': in, see
crops, it is mentioned that they had all been got
had proved greater than had ever before been solif
b
so that the quantity to be exported will be nye asti•
large, the total available for that purpose eing
mated at 8,250,000 bushels.
THE COMET IN SPAIN.—The Madiv journals anie°,a.aplini
that the appearance of the comer has exeltent of
alarm in that city, as it is considered " a sYmPe• and
divine wrath, and a presage of war, pestilene
affliction for humanity." le-edit
CHILD MURDER BY POISONING.—Great e—elvigage
has been occasioned in Harrowbarrow, a mining° boa,'
in the west of England, by the exhumation of th,
about
of a child six months old, which had been burieerderecl•
a month, upon suspicion of its having been 111,11,. father
Five or six weeks since, the deceased, and also trise
of the child, a miner, named Pellow, residing St ,vete
called Metherell, near the above-named vill"g`ti',.B the
suddenly taken ill, and in the course of a few 1101 fool
child died, but the father, who suffered sevehirepYto re.
sickness and vomiting, recovered, and was a": wive;
sume his employment in one of the neighbourly:oleo
Last week Pellow's wife and a lodger in the hees.eioe
Wm. Tregay, suddenly absconded ; and a susP' aof 8
excited that the illness of the husband and the des,olo s
child were occasioned by poison administered by -b roved
wife. An inquest was afterwards held, when it wasYsenrecl
by the evidence of several witnesses that TregaYtPra"ppears
arsenic for the woman at different times. itbs bef°f°
she attempted to kill her husband a few rne_e_A for bit
by putting poison into a pasty she had prePa,7„ went
which he took with him to the mine when sit •
work, but after eating a portion of it he 'ter,
upon which he drank some warm salt and vg:ci otse
vomited the whole of the poisonous food be I:ow, de'
a dog, however, belonging to a fellow-woranott le;
voured the remainder of the pasty, anddi joie
mediately. The result of a post-mort'""...enic ,cl
conclusively established the presence of aninve
stomach of the child, in sufficient quantity t tof .111,0
the death of three grown-up persons. A ve,lhor of
ful murder" was returned against the mob -were 31r
child. On Friday night both her and TregaYuse inn,
prehended in bed together, at a lodging-h!thi,4 instat::
Austell, Cornwall. It is said this is the fill:,b
in which Tregay has eloped with anothera trial
Both prisoners are now in gaol, awaiting t 00
the assizes. ,tsreg. ass
A DISTINGUISHED CONVERT TO En.
te , at ui
Sunday last the Duchess of Hamilton assists
fitted
in the Hamilton Catholic Church, which lonisbee
in magnificent style by means of gifts ev. fn.
her grace on the preceding evening.
Condon acknowledges, with gratitude, A In'
statue' lith
princely presents from her grace, viz.: yases
donna and Child ; one set of altar charts ; silved
f sopa
Sowers ; one magnificent altar crosseroueotoedrs
0%0,
six large candlesticks, ditto ; two
cruets, also of silver ; one silver bell ; a silver WOO,
rium,,inonstrance, thurible, and incense.boat
.0
_r by tnoef
&c. Her grace was met at the church d font
Rev. M. Condon, and conducted to her peW _, polite.;
the altar ; and after mass the choir, with ore. this
forth a Te Deum of thanks for the convereioe ilogeto
princely benefactress of the Hamilton mission. 7
Free Press. 000
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COTTON ROPES FOR SHIPS.—The
says there is a novelty about the Sovereign °f,rtineessels'
that doubtless will be soon imitated bv
of°
sortoo,
• are .ber
The ropes which form the running rigging tig .0,
which we understand is not only capable °le • ffl
twist, but is not liable to become deteriora teur•T te,er
tion in the same degree as hempen cords- 11,, sold 1°..„
have been in use, too, for years, they can ones are
as much as the original cost. These mirgb tbe
• y thre two
quite smooth, and run with great pre °f cotton,
one
blocks. The sails also of this vessel are 0 4ci for
sets of cotton sails costing only the sum Ps'
t
set of linen. a.g _b
sta" coo
A PETRIFIED MAN.--An American paper a
not long since, while some men were digglelL of a 0:17;
bank near the canal, they exhumed the body
du roY cloth of
in a state of petrifaction. From the cor ,
to
which the legs were encased, the cords a
:d to be f,
which are perfectly defined, it is eupPon; , in the rOO-
- of one of the Irish labourers en ,
aatnrducatrieo nof
completelytl
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transformed sf9Trinhoerinbtso
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