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

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC.
LIVERPOOL, TUE PAT.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon the United Stall
mail steam-ship Arctic entered the Mersey
the United States and British North Aiperican
mails. The Arctic sailed from New York on 01°
20th inst. and has made a fine run across the
Atlantic of about 10 days. Besides the mitils sue
has brought about 110 passengers, but no srecleon
•
The royal mail steamer America reached Bost
on the 18th inst.
The United States mail steamer Pacific, fr°lli
hence on the 10th, was passed by the Arctic c,
New York.
The Royal Mail steamer Asia, which sailed fl'3,
this port on Saturday for New York, was pa SSea

the Arctic on the 29th.
Since the sailing of the Niagara the temp era o,
had moderated at New York, and deaths frcai
$
stroke had ceased.
The advices from New Orleans represent t he filhee
as unabated in virulence. The daily victims to
pestilence still continued to exceed 200. of
Business continued dull up to the departore .
the steamer, and the stock market was dep,rete of
Much anxiety was manifested to learn the r, caul
the Turkish question.
Western Canal flour was very firm at 5 d ols•
5 dols. 124 e. per barrel. Genessee prime Wilett
was operated in at 1 dol. 32c. to 1 dol. 3*. P,".
601bs. Indian corn, round yellow, 72c. to 74C P,
bushel, and very firm. Indian meal 3 dolf4. t"—
to 3 dols. 25c. per barrel.
The cotton market at New York continued out
depressed condition, owing to the news brought:°,3
by the America respecting the Eastern (11 lestj°,-hl
Sales could not be made except at a reductioz '10"
holders generally had submitted to. New k)r'eN
and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, ruled at 12k: t°,
cents. per lb. showing a fall of 1 cent. ; 17P-ta..„ri to
mid. fair to fair, 11i to 121. The crop :too'
were unfavourable. ve•
The provision market had continued to it 13031,
and a steady demand had been established,
firm prices. nfir
Freights were unchanged at the steamer's deer.parture, the asking rates being : Flour to Li d,
pool, 2s. 9d. to 3s. per barrel : grain, 7d. '
per bushel ; cotton, 5-16 d. to gd. per lb.
Exchange on. London was at 109 to 1991, watt
quiet market ; Paris 5.14 to 5.161; Hamburg, "-
to 36i ; Bremen, 791 to 791.

CITY OF LONDON REGISTRATION.—Mr. T. '5„"
M`Christie, revising barrister for the City of laut;
will commence his revision of the lists of vnterale
members to serve in Parliament for the City on .lionA'
the 19th of September.
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VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.—Thej Van Diemen-, e t
Company have received advices from their agel3";
Circular Head to the 28th of April, which give a falc:iat,
able account of the increasing demand for farms i°
colony. A small sale of uncleared land from the c°o,
pany's property at Emu-bay had just been made at re
per acre, and the purchaser would have taken ta,°,33;
but the agent declined to dispose of a further qua
except at a valuation. The debts due to the conin,
had of late been promptly paid, owing to the .
prices obtained for produce, and the last of their the.
ties had been cleared off. the
CANADA.—The accounts from Canada state that ,a
revenue for the half-year had just been m.ade up, 1
that, notwithstanding a reduction of taxation equQs,36
60,0001. per annum, it showed an increase of 133'''the
on the corresponding half of the preceding oi%
present total being 446,6721., while for the s'" the
months of 1852 it was 313,3391. With regard- t°and
crops, it is mentioned that they had all been got in,
hai proved greater than had ever before been 0° fly
so that the quantity to be exported will be umlaut:a.
large, the total available for that purpose being

ma-ted at 8,250,000 bushels.
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THE COMET IN SPAIN. The Madrid journals ane-
that the appearance of the comet has excited P -01"
alarm in that city, as it is considered " a syillPtenua
divine wrath, and a presage of war, pestilence) -
affliction for humanity." -,. feet
CHILD MURDER BY POISONING.—Great exce, en
been occasioned in Harrowbarrow, a mining
in the west of England, by the exhumation of the b,eove
of a child six months old, which had been buried a°
a month, upon suspicion of its having been neord,etrheet
Five or six weeks since, the deceased, and also the 'awe
of the child, a miner, named Fellow, residing at a P
called Metherell, near the above named Woe
suddenly taken ill, and in the course of a few Willi-
"fee,
chill died, but the father, who suffered severely
re-
sickness and vomiting, recovered, and was able t? 0,30,
some his employment in one of the neighbouring 333001
Last week Pellow's wife and a lodger in the house) n wee
Wm. Tregay, suddenly absconded ; and a suspicion, the
excited that the illness of the husband and the death ,Taw
'e
child were occasioned by poison administered bY rei ovect
wife. An inquest was afterwards held, when it Was Pr,ureci
by the evidence of several witnesses that TregaYPre-neeef
arsenic for the woman at different times. It aPrefore
she attempted to kill her husband a few months boo,
by putting poison into a pasty she had prepared for t to
which he took with him to the mine when he we
sick'
work, but after eating a portion of it he beeani- and
upon which he drank some warm salt and water' tee
vomited the whole of the poisonous food he had ea de-
a dog, however, belonging to a fellow-workioans'oe-
voure the remainder of the pasty, and died alln.e„atiod
mediately. The result of a post-mortem, 83E0%3 the
conclusively established the presence of arsenic ousel
stomach of the child, in sufficient quantity to have ~
the death of three grown-up persons. A verict , , the
ful murder" was returned against the mother ar
child. On Friday night both her and Tregay werrh st.
prehended in bed together, at a lodging-halloo:0g
Austell, Cornwall. It is said this is the third ',O wife,
in which Tregay has eloped with another mar
I,ll,rial
at
Both prisoners are now in gaol, awaiting On
thei
the assizes.
A DISTINGUISHED CONVERT TO R0M.018311 zfl
Sunday last the Duchess of Hamilton assisted el'ed up
in the Hamilton Catholic Church, which was tbile,ll9l
in magnificent style by means of gifts forn.„'sv.. 31-
her grace on the preceding evening. The I'lo4
Condon acknowledges, with gratitude, the foie go'
princely presents from her grace, viz. :—A statil„,; with
donna and Child ; one set of altar charts ; six vas-tieer
flowers ; one magnificent altar cross of solid g
six large candlesticks, ditto ; two cruet-stands or
cruets, also of silver ; one silver bell • a eilv,er spoon,
rium, monstrance, thurible, and incense:boat an u ;,, the
&c. Her grace was met at the church door -int of
Rev. M. Condon, and conducted to her pew in front
the altar ; and after mass the choir, with organ' pour
this
forth aTe Deum of thanks for the conversion ° cue
/0/g
princely benefactress of the Hamilton mission.—
Free Press. / 150.1
COTTON ROPES FOR SHIPS.—The LiverP- Se.—
says there is a novelty about the Sovereign of Wessels.
that doubtless will be soon imitated by other Tattoo,
The ropes which form the running rigging are °I. cotton,
which we understand is not only capable of a frig
twist, but is not liable to become deteriorated L'lthei
tion in the same degree as hempen cords. •Aiterahi for
have been in use, too, for years, they call be s,,,es are
nearly as much as the original cost. These r°l-' h tbs
quite smooth, and run with great rapidity throung two
blocks. The sails also of this vessel are of cottofo,r
sets of cotton sails costing only the sum paid
set of linen.
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A PETRIFIED MAN.---An American paper sta a cos
not long since, while some men were digging if. a loan
bank near the canal, they exhumed the body o
ioth
in a state of petrifaction. From the corduroy faros °I
which the legs were encased, the cords and
,rbe the
which are perfectly defined, it is supposed
_vithe cow
body of one of the Irish labourers engaged r
tfect
struction of the canal. The limbs are nearly pe
and are completely transformed into stone.