The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-26 00:00:00

IMPORTS INTO LONDON

Ostend... .

Harlingen 154
Roteruain 194
Antwerp
Middleburg

Total 351
Corresponding

week in 1843.: 42 t

308 ..
223 - • . • -
8 :4 87
.• 73 •••

... 1,426 ... 160 . 7

343 ... 131 ... -

Difference ... 73 less. 1,053 more. 29 more. i more.
Our market to day was but moderately supplied with
foreign stock, at least two-thirds of which were of in-
ferior quality. The primest Beasts and Sheep sold at
full prices; otherwise, the trade was heavy. From our
own grazing districts the arrivals of Beasts fresh up this
morning were again somewhat extensive, and of very
prime quality. The attendance of buyers being goon,
Newgate and la.adenhall markets well cleared of their
week's arrivals, and the weather more favourable for
slaughtering. the Beef trade was tolerably steady, though
tar from brisk, and in some instances the prices ruled
2.1 per 81bs higher than on Monday last. The highest
figures for the best Scots were from 3s 6tl to 3s 8(1 per
81bs. The Bullock receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk,
Essex, and Cambridgeshire consisted of 1,650 Scots and
Short-horns. From the western and midland counties
we received 800 Herefords, Hunts, Devons, &c.; from
other parts of England 650 of various breeds; and from
Scotland 200 Scots. The remainder of the supply was de-
rived from abroad and the neighbourhood of the metropolis.
The numbers of Sheep were again seasonably good.
Generally speaking, they came to hand in good condi-
tion. On the whole, the Mutton trade was in a sluggish
state. In prices we have no change to notice from those
paid on this day se'nnight. Thetprimest old Downs, in
the wool, sold at from 45 2d to 4s 4d; out of the wool,
3s 8d to 3s 10d per 81bs. Nearly a moiety of the Sheep
were shorn. Lambs moved off slowly at from 6s 401 to
6s 6d per Sibs. The supply was by no means large.
The Veal trade was in a very inactive state, and prices
were quite 2d per 81bs lower than on Monday last. The
sale for pigs was heavy. The quotations, however, were
fairly supported.
Per 81bs. to sink the offal. _ _

a. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 8
second quality 210 3 0 Coarse-weolled ditto 310 4 0
Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4
Prime Scots .. • ... 3 3 8 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 2 Large Hogs • ..... 3 2 3
t rime small ditto .. 4 4 4 8 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2
-uckling Calves ..18 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs • .16 0 21 0
Inferior Sheep • • •2 10 3 2 Lambs •.•••• • • • • 0 0 0 0

Beasts.
3,428

TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
I 20,350 75 240
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
189 GGO 44
NEVITGATEI AND LEADENDAIM.
A considerable decrease has taken place in the arrivals
of country-killed meat for our markets since Monday
last, yet they have proved seasonably good, or about
3,300 carcasses. The supplies brought forward,
slaughtered in the metropolis, have been tolerably
extensive. Generally speaking, the demand has
ruled heavy, and, in some instances, the quo
trations have suffered a further decline. From
Hamburgh 9 baskets of fresh meat have been re-
ceived; and about 400 carcasses of foreign meat, killed
in London, have been disposed of.
At per stone by the Carcase. _

s. d. to a. d. I s. d. to s. e.
Beef ,inferlor 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 8
- middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 210 3 4
- primelarge .. 210 3 0 prime . 3 6 3 8
- prime small .. 3 2 3 4 I Pork, 1arge........ 210 3 6
Veal .• ••••••• • • • • . 3 6 4 6- small ••••• • • • 3 8 4 2
BOROUGH AND SPITALPIELDS.

The supplies of Potatoes received coastwise during

the past week, have been confined to about 2,400 ton;,
principally from Scotland, Yorkshire, and Essex, and in
very middling condition. The foreig❑ imports have
been again extensive, viz , 105 tons from Rouen, 276
bags from Ghent, 145 tons from Dunkirk, 166 toes
from Louvaine, 1,228 bags from Rotterdam, 106 bags
191 tons from Antwerp, 75 tons 18 sacks from Dieppe,
76 tons from Gravelines, 200 bags from Hamburgh, 110
tons from Calais, 13 tons from Honfleur, 130 tons from
Ostend, and 65 tons from Jersey. The latter arrival is
referred to in the Times as a " novel importation." Is
not the writer in that paper aware that, in some past
seasons, we have imported from 20,000 to 30,000 tons
annually from the Channel Islands ? To-day we had a
very inactive demand for nearly all kinds of potatoes,
the prices of which had a downward tendency. Present
rates as under:—

Per Ton. Per Ton.
York. Regents 100 s to 130 s Kent &Ess.Whites s to s
Ditto Shaws 9ss to 120 s Ditto Shaws —s to s
Scotch Reds 9os to 110 s French Whites ... 80s to 93s
Ditto Cups 9ss to 110 s I Belgian ditto
Ditto Whites... 70s to 80s Dutch ditto

EXHIBITION OF MODERN ART
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pictures, collected and opened this morning to public
inspection, by the association for promoting the free
display of modern art. The paintings, which num-
bered several hundreds, were hung in the gallery
near Hyde-park-corner (formerly the Chinese Exhi-
bition), and certainly the collection for the present
spring evinces a very considerable amount of ability
as well as of industry on the part of the contributors.
Corbould is, as ever, successful—his subject for this
season being the " Ancient Hostelrie at Knights-
bridge," a production of brilliant and agreeable
animation. Several capital landscapes have come
from the ateliers of the Williamses—E. W.,
A. W., and G. W.—the best amongst them being
the " Lowering Weather," by the last- mentioned,
the truthfulness of which we can all of us unfortu-
nately appreciate so vividly from recent experience.
Of the rest of the landscapes we can only speak col-
lectively as being more than creditable; and foremost
among these Peel's " Whalton on the Ribble," Nie-
mann s " Kilns at Alfreton' " M'Culloch's " Highland
Stronghold," Robins's " Porto Ferrajo," Gilbert's
" Willow Bank," Durnford's " Coast of Jersey," and
Brandard's " Honfleur." Among the paintings of
animals, the most extraordinary for its naturalness is
the one by Mr. Scanlan, representing three formidable
bull-dogs. The character of these noble brutes is
defined with the touch of Landseer ; they are no
mere fancy sketches, but actual portraits.
There can be no mistaking their identity.
Of the domestic scenes, none at all ap-
proached in our estimation the little cabinet pic-
ture of the " Infant's Repast," by Mr. F. M. Brown;
the " Soldier's Wife awaiting the result of a Battle,"
by Mrs. M'lan, and the " Highland Girls Winnow-
ing," by Mr. M'lan. The meal and chaff blowing
out of the sieve—the beautiful face of the boy looking
timorously up into the face of his mother—the ex-
quisite finish of the costume of the parent in the
nursery,—all are compositions of peculiar merit.
But the finest production in the whole gallery—a
painting full of genius, and poetry, and passion—was
without one moment's question, to our thinking, the
other contribution of Mr. F. M. Brown, representing
" Lear and Cordelia." The artist has revealed in
this noble production a power, a pathos, and an
imagination such as must elevate him, if properly
cultivated, to the very loftiest rank in his profession.
Granted that the treatment of some of the details is
harsh and formal to a fault, granted that it has too
much of the hardness of the earlier schools of painting
—but in spite of any drawback of this description—
the picture is the work of real and eminent genius.
The face of the old, mad, dying king is masterly—
the exhaustion expressed in the attitude—the lax
parting of the poor veint-ribbedfingers,dropping out upon
the carpetting blossoms of primroses and wild flowers
—the violets tangled in the silver locks—the royal
purple torn like a beggar's garment—the evident
plaintiveness of the low, sweet music played outside
the tent by the musicians—the agonized features of
the faithful and lamenting Kent—the sadness of the
poor droll—the suppressed curiosity of the soldiers,
and the filial grief and tenderness portrayed on the
features of Cordelia—all are admirable, touching,
worthy of embodying the glorious creations of Shak-
spere. If Mr. F. M. Brown only rids himself of his
mannerism, he will rise to be a great painter.
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THE GREAT AMERICAN HALL,

LEICESTER SQUARE.

THE LARGEST PANORAMA IN TAE WORLD.

at. GA
The \Valhalla, Leicester-square (better known to
our country friends as Miss Linwood's Gallery), has
been fitted up in the most elegant style by Professor
Risley and Mr. J. R. Smith for the exhibition of a
gigantic moving panorama (which occupies four miles
length of canvas) of the course of the Mississippi
River, from the Falls of St. Anthony to the Gulf of
Mexico. It appears that Mr. J. R. Smith had com-
pleted a moving panorama of the Mississippi River
more than ten years back, which was exhibited at
Boston during the year 1839, where it was un-
fortunately destroyed by fire. Mr. J. R.
Smith, however, preserved his original drawings,
but was unable to complete a new panorama
from them until he was joined by Professor
Risley. In the meantime great changes had taken
place on the shores of the Mississippi, and flourishing
towns, with plantations and picturesque homesteads,
were to be found in 1848 in places which, in 1838,
were occupied solely by the primeval forest. It was
determined, therefore, that the artist should again
perform the voyage of the Mississippi, making fresh
drawings of everything remarkable, so that the pano-
rama should be a fac simile of the Mississippi scenery
as it appears at the present time. This voyage was
completed in 1848, and the panorama, therefore, is a
faithful representation of the scenery of the banks of
the Mississippi in 1848. It is divided into
three regions—the corn region, extending from
the Falls of St. Anthony to the mouth of the Ohio—
the cotton region, from the mouth of the Ohio to
Natchez—and the sugar region, from Natchez to the
Gulf of Mexico. _ As a work of art this is far supe-
rior to the ordinary run of panoramas ; it is the work
of one who understands and has cultivated art. Some of
the effects of light and shade are perfectly marvellous;
indeed, in an artistic point of view, is quite equal, and
in some respects superior, to those marvellous pano-
ramas with which, ere he became an R.A., Clarkson
Stanfield was wont to delight the Christmas audiences
of Drury-lane. Since Stanfield gave up scene-
painting we have seen nothing of this kind to equal
Mr. J. R. Smith's panorama of the Mississippi,
and we understand, from a gentleman who has
made the voyage of the Mississippi, that its fidelity as
a " portraiture " of the scenery of the mighty river
is equal to its merits as a work of art.
The artist is in attendance, and explains the various
portions of the panorama as they are brought into
view. The hall is elegantly fitted up, and the seats
are most comfortable—a matter worthy of considera-
tion when an exhibition last upwards of two hours.

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
agree with the Rev. Mr. Davis (the chaplain
of Newgate Gaol), that it is much more merciful to
hang a man than to transport him for life, but differ al-
together with him as to the effects generally produced
by the fear of death by the hangman on criminals who
have committed murder, and do not hesitate to assert,
that " the great majority of such criminals would pre-
fer death by the hangman to transportation for life."
The material question, however, on this painful and
most important subject to be considered is, " which is
the greatest deterrent from the commission of murder,
the tear of deuth by the hangman, or transportation for
life." I again repeat, and that from an intimate know-
ledge of the feel►ngs of criminals, that the great ma-
jority of them would prefer the latter.
I am strongly opposed to capital punishments for
many reasons, three of which are—first, because judges
and juries are not infallible ; secondly, because very
many innocent men and women have been executed ;
and, thirdly, because I feel that we (under any circum-
stances) should not take away that (life) which we cannot
restore. I am, Sir,
A LATE FREE PARDONED CONVICT AND
CHEMIST.
March 23, 1849.

THE " EVENING Sux."—We beg to thank the pro-
prietor of this journal for favouring us with a copy of
The Evening Sun, containing the earliest account of
the important intelligence from Austria.—Downputrich
Reporter.
RETURN OF WlNTER.—Yesterday morning the
metropolis and suburbs were visited by a heavy fall of
snow, which continued to descend uninterruptedly from
half past six until eight o'clock. During the day the
wind continued to blow keenly N.E. by E, with drifting
showers of sleet and hail, the barometer standing at 40
degrees Farenheit. Saturday was equally cold and
piercing, with ultimate gleams of sunshine and falls of
snow. The market gardeners in the suburbs are in some
anxiety for their early spring crops.
We are authorised to state, that Mr. George Clive,
the judge of the County Court of Southwark, has been
appointed Recorder of Wokingham. There is no truth
in the report that the office was abolished.
DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOHN LAWRENCE, R.N., C.B.
—This gallant officer expired after an illness of great
suffering, and long duration at his residence, Durn-
ford-street, Stonehouse, on Sunday evening last, in
the 67th year of his age. The Companionship of
the Bath was conferred upon Captain Lawrence for
his gallant and zealous services, while command-
ing the Fortune brig, under the orders of
Rear-Admiral (now Sir George) Cockburn, whose
flAg was flying on board that vessel in April, 1813.
On the sth of October, of the same year, Captain Law-
rence captured an American privateer schooner of 5 guns
and 45 men. He obtained post rank January 1, 1817;
was appointed to the Eden, 26, fitting for the West
Indian station, August 31, 1822, where he continued
three years. He subsequently commanded the Hastings,
72, during all the operations on the coast of Syria. The
Good Service pension was conferred on him in April,
1847.—Devonport Paper.
THE BATTLE OF CHILIANWALLAH.—The following
is a list of the non-commissioned officers and men killed
in the gallant charge made by a squadron of the 3d
Li4ht Dragoons, under the command of Captain Unett,
with the names of those killed in other cavalry regi-
ments on the same day, the whole being in addition to
the names already published by the Gazette and from
other sources:-3d Light Dragoons—Sergeant Daniel
Thompson, privates Henry Barry, Nathan Brett, James
Collins, James Comber, W. I). Digges, Robert Grif
fiths, John Bart, John S. Hamilton, Henry Hale, James
Hunt, Emanuel Johnson, William Langston, John
Mackey, Edward Marshall, Richard M'Enery, George
Miligan, Edward Norton, William Pilbeam, Richard
Reed, Owen Rewan, James Slade, William Swan, and
James Thyer. 9th Lancers—Sergeant Richard Calcott,
privates John Cunnian, Robert Dalton, and Abraham
Matthews. 14th Light Dragoons—Privates George At-
kins, David Evans, and George Tookey.
THE TIMBER AT STOWE.—A further clearance of
timber from the Stowe domain is about to be made. No
less than one thousand oak trees are now offered for sale
by private contract.
THE OREGON TERRITORY.—CMUS of the Indian
. tribes in the Oregon territory, from lat. 42 to lat. 54
Males, 33,956 ; females, 35,182 ; slaves, 5,146 ; total,
86,947.