The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-03 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

_s a portion of the readers of the True Sun—now
no more—may we be allowed to express our sentiments and
hopes (in which we are sure we shall be fully supported by
most, if not all, the readers of the late and the present paper),
as to what is desired and looked for on the substitution of the
one for the other.
Even a partial eclipse of that bright luminary of the press
would have been regarded as an event of much importance by
those whose energies have heretofore been zealously devoted to
the full solution of the motions and laws regulating the motions of
thoie heavenly bodies which compose our political system ; but the
total extinction of the ?rue Sun is as event which has proved
a complete poser, and, like a thick fog, has damped the ardour
of the mind, and made us anticipate the necessity of being
Obliged to pack up our instruments of observation till "a fa.
vourable opportunity."
But trifling aside. We can assure you, Mr. Editor, that
the tvithdrawal of the Tree Sun has caused much anxiety,
regret, and dis.cussion, amongst those who were in the habit of
reading that journal which ti now incorporated with roues,
We hope to find the incorporation perfect, and that we shall
have no just reason to sorrow for its loss.
We hope to find the same talent, vigour, and manly spisit_ the same fearless and uneomprenthing advocacy of the people's
rights—the readim Si to expose and clieck every abuse—and the
seine display of firm principle which so emiaently chayaeterised
the articles of. the True Sun re-echoed with all the might
and power of a liberal mind in your columns.
But whilst we express our hopes, let it not be considered
that our " fears are father to the thought ;" no, it is not sa but the withdrawal of that paper, so long adtrired fee its ex-
cellent spirit, is a matter of much importance at the present
moment ; and, we are sure you will ho ready to admit, one of
paramount imp°, lance, if no sueeessor shall be found to match
it in ability.
The affairs of this great kingdom having now Nached such
an cvertful et iis that a blow struch iu eri,4 would cause such c
a crashing ruin as would shake the very foundations of social
law, and entail hopeless misery on every degree of soolcty,
from the peasant to the Peer—how necessary is it, ;lien, that le? some independent journal should take its steraii as the beacon t.;
and guide to those who wish their eauntry well, and who„
whilst fully determined on thele eights would not raslilu theow
the vastly intricat,e 14;4ehintry into confusion?
• WBe hope that you will erect that Pharos, to guide those
who arc inexperienced, but who have, notwithstanding their 2
want of knowledge, a duty to complete, and a perilous.
voyage to undertake, Xr
We 8
hope to see you advise.! the citizen, and Dersents in the -
middle statioa of life, 'who have to earn their bread honestly,
how to remove those impedimente, ttlitch, like the fragments
of a blaQted rock, now ebe..eiket their way—advise them alight, §
and censure tlit4 deviation front the proper course ; and when
tho ;lay shall come (and most assuredly it will come), when
corruption shall be talked of a,s a thing gone by, and equal
and just lees, and free end unfettered representation shall
"race this land, Taa Siin shall be found to have been sme of
the iteerutiaents in the direction of the march of naiad, which
shall produce these glorious results, and, like the glorious
light of the summer, be aekneeledwel by all men as a type of
that Eternal Truth whiell tie shall cease to exist—e, Aide
toi, et le l'aidera."

;In.—

WO arQ, Sir, t'our's respectfully,
SOME OLD RHADEIiS OF THE LATE, AND
PRESENT READERS OF YOUR JOURNAL.
Limehouse, Jan, 1, 183t3,

Tho H

„r 4101, Captain Curzon, private Secretary to
tluoett Adelaide, is to have a suite of apartments in Marlbo-
rough House.
Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the
Thatched House Tavern, Lower Road, Islington, before Mr.
Stirling, and a respeetabe jury, on v iew of the body of Francis
Davey. aged 14, who committed suicide by hanging himself
under the following circumstances:--Mr. Robert Davey, of
No. 14, Lower Road Islington, deposed that the deceased was
his brother, and had lived with witness for the last ten months;
lately the lad had been in a very depressed state of mind, for
witnesa was unable to assign any cause. On Sunday
witness and his family spent the day out, leaving the deceased
In charge of the premises; on witness's return, about twelve
o'clock at night, he was unable to obtain entrance for s,me
considerable time ; at length a lodger opened the door, when
witness inquired respecting the deceased, and was told that he
had not been seen since 3 o'clock in the afternoon. On search
being made, the unfortunate lad was discovered hanging to an
iron beam in the shop by a cord; he was instantly cut down,
and Mr. Martin, the surgeon who attended, pronounced life to
have been extinct some hours,-...Verdict, Temporary mental
dera ngernent.
Last week, at Little Torrington, three children of
a poor man, named Burch, their ages from two to five years,
were taken alarmingly ill. One died the day after, and the
other two the day following that, A Coroner's Inquest was
held on tho, bodies, before H. A. Vollack, Esq. ; and there
b.:ing no evidence to show that the extraordinary fatality was
occasioned by other than natural means, the Jury gave a ver-
dict ” Died by the visitation of God." They were buried in
one coffin —Bristol Mercury,
On Thursday se'nniuht a serious accident happened
on the works of the Great Western Railraad, near this city,
owing to excessive carelessness in the use of gunpowder. It
appears that one of the men had just brought a fresh supply
of gunpowder for blasting the rock, and had deposited a con-
siderable quantity in his cap, which he placed near to the
candle used in the blasting. One of the men in passing acci-
dentally kicked down the candle, which communicated with
the powder, an explosion took place, and the five following per-
sons were more or less severely bm'nt, viz. :—John Ilosgood.
and 'William Wyßtt, dangerously; James Wyatt, John Ald-
ridge, and Thomas Bolt. The unfortunate sufferers were
conveyed to the Infirmary.—Bristol Afirror.
A malt named William a weaver, was on
Monday committed to Lancashire Gaol, charged with the
wilful murder of a female of the name of Alinshull, the
daughter of Thomas Higginson, of the Legh's Arms Public-
house, Warrington, who was found dead in the privy, on the
morning of the Bth inst.
Dr. Vimont, a celehrated phrenologist, has disco-
vered a new crg4n—that of mairiage! which he locates on
either side of the organ of philoprogenitiveness, upon which it
somewhat encroaches.
On Christmas-day, as a female guard (the gaoler's
servant) of the Tipperary Brider.ell sans in the act a admi-
higering to the oqh.trclrts of the inmates some bread and milk,
one tlay.tug fellow took the fair one by the waist, lodged her in
a cell, and having put her safety under lock and key, in o-
ceeded to release his c•ornpatilons in durance vile, consisting of
fore notorious offenders, who had been lately committed for
having bnrglariously entered the house 4,1 a farmer of th t vi-
cinity; the alarm was instantly given, when Constable Mul-
holland with a party lost no time in makin; a diligent search,
which: however, proved nnsuacessful.-4interie4 Sky.

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COTTON TRADE.

REVIEW OF THE COTTON TRADE OF THE
PAST YEAR.

',airliner., 30th DECEMBER, 1837.
The year which Is about to terminate has been one of the most re-
markable in the annals of the Cotton bus ness, and furnishes snore than
ordinary topics for observation.
The stimulus which had bsen imparted derine the first months of
last yar Ls every branch of indlatry, through t un we facility of me.
silt (aid to none more than tl.O caftan trade), hsd rt et iced a salutary
check beteg the Close, one of the consequeoces of whirls had been a g a.
dual fa'l in prices, and a larger sleek in the Poi t then had been colitis
dently predicted, at an earlier period. Still, anwever, the quantity on
hand, being little more than ten weeks' consumption, could scarcely be
deemed cxeeedive, a fantewhich; coupled with the glowing demand fir
the article for the manufactories of this and other countries, seemed to
jUstify an opinion that the then prices would be sustained in the face
even of an abundant crop. But whatever variety of effect might have
been anticipated flum this or other causes, the most sagacious did not
pretend to foresee the disastrous state of things which a few mantis were
destined to diselose.
Before the end of January, the import 'awe to produce a Sensible
impression upon the market ; In the three following maths It continued
to gain an increased ratio upon that of the year beft.re, whilst the accu-
mulation of steek Was still esiora strike/se has hie rather more than
doubled by the end of May. Doting the whole of this period, prices had
been uniformly d.clining, and though a speculative demand necasioa-
ally enlyened the market, it was too transient in its effects to restore
confidence, or to arrest the downward movement of knees. The trade
bought sparingly, less, however; from motives oftrtidenca than of neces.
sity, and the means of many considerable consumers were further es ip
pled by their having been large importers on their owe account. '
The market at length settled down to its lowest point about the middle
ofJune, from which time to the end of July it remained in the most
hopeless state of depression ; fair qualities of Upliael had fallen front
10d. to 6d. per lb. Penanibueo from 12d to 8/el per lb., and Sum
trout 51d. to 4d. per lb., and the stock had swellea to 40;1,400 bags,
an increase of 150,500 bags upon the corrrepondiree time of the prece.
ding year.
Those who remember former periods of glut in 1827 and 1828, when
prices were fully as high, and the quantity on hand considerably greater
than in July last, with a cimninaption of little more than oue.half, will
readily admit that the circumstances of the stock alone were wholly
insufficient to explain so serious a fall. But whatever may have been
due to this cause, it is obvious that the embarrassed state of commercial
credit was the main instrument in bringing about suet' serious reunite.
It is beyond the scope of a publication like this to trace the financial
difficulties to their source, and-tfieir immediate eßcee are 100 fresh in
the recollection of every one to require mess particular nolica Their
influence was felt with-- mere- or.loss Intensity for many mes, aid
their action upon Cotton was, eerhaps, diseroeertionably sovee, being
the article, amidst the genet al dulness, which, frqnt OArtne43 or the
payment, and its comparative facility of Mies i'Veented the readiest
means of meeting the pressing wants of t 4 slay,
It soon began to be perceived, however, that the evil would work its
own cure, and that the iMpodlments which were thrown in the way of
negotiating bills would operate its a vet y seasonable chock upon the
shipments in the autumn. Upon these grounds, law seeetinstions were
entered into, which at once gave great atesstlisteea to the market. The
amendment, however, was very greaual, and no material advance took
place until the simundruitseett these views was within-sea by time failing eft
in the invert. From the }Gwen point in June to the Cos., of the market
yesterday, the advance has been on fair qualities of Amer: lien 2 4d , and
of Brazil, Egyptian and East India 1 1,4 d. per lie
Subjoined will be found the tabular statements r f import and stock,
by which it will be seen that the /Weiner is pretty nearly the same as that
of last year, whilst the haler Is considerably less. It will be observed,
also, that there is rather more discrepancy than of leis. years (though a
very unimportant one) between the estimate I and the asee.estined steels,
a variation which may be accounted fir by the impoits up to the latest
moment-being included in the latter. The cansumption, in spite of
partial interruptiolie fftial disputes with the oeerettees in Preston and
Glasgow, and the still more serious drawback?. a/4 4u out of the su Tea-
sion of demand for goods for the United States during a large portion of
the year, has continued to inereitee, having now rent:sect, according to
the most accurate estimate which can be made, 20,79.'e nags per week,
being 934 bags per weekmore than last year.
Some opinion will be expected as to the prospects for the future:—
the history of this eventful Yen has shown haw extremely fallacious
calculations maybe, which are based on the simple questions ofdemand
and supply ; but the financial arrangements between the States and this
country being now placed; as it is hoped, upon a more secure footing,
disturbing causes such as have been eeeently experienced, may be safely
exe.uded from consicleratiesn, The quantity in the hands of the trade is
unquestionably greeter than it was at the same time last year, the diffe-
rence being weinaps, at a rough estimate, equal to the difference of the
stock je the port at the two periods. All accounts concur in a favour-
able report of the new crop, the shipment of which, front the ceuses al.
ready alluded to, has been much retarded; au unusually large balence
also of the old crop, from the same causes, remains in the hands of the
planters and others, which will come forward simultaneously, and will
no doubt contribute to swell the import of the
first few n.oliths. On the
other hand, the consulotttio,n Is on the increase, not only in this, but in
every country in t'airupe; and even should the stock accumulate during
the full title of import, so as to cause tempter-say inconvenience, it is not
probable that the depression will be either serious or of tong duration,
from tnecinviction which %meld 'rem to be gaining ground, that the
supplies from all qeartars, are not likely to be more than adequate to the
rapidly increasing wants of the country. It hi natively, however, to be
expected that the present prices, which are the result of a combination
of Sursultous circumstances, can be eaidatitined when the spring supplies
begin to pour in; though, eismaseiesing the smallness of ttt*stoe's, and
(viewing the prices in emeaperiston 'with those of the ramp :riot! last year,
on the average 4 dto 2d. per lb. lower), they must be regarded as
moderate, sine high only wired measured by the low standard of last

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Count Knockerinoff left Grilion's Hotel yeatcrday,
on a visit to Count Anatole Domidoff Paris. The Count
purchased several !wises that belonged to the late King's stud.
Hyde Park yesteremv, from two till four, p.m., Was
very gay, qAjf.g. to the extreme finenes of the weather,
41110(11.'' the equipag.es in the drive were these of the Duchess
of Marlborough and Countess Sutherland, the Russian Ambas-
sador, &c,