The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-01 00:00:00

DIORAMA.

We attended yesterday a private view of this ri)":"
bition, which, in addition to the well-known paintl.%
of the Interior of the Church of Santa Croce, containe
an additional one, illustrative of a little Swiss Villa%
among the Savoy Alps, before, and after the fall of 5_
avalanche. So far as truth of representation
have. never seen, not even at the Diorama, a er•
striking painting than this. The reach of pile
spective is most extraordinary ; and the aspect 'lf .;„e
snow-crowned mountains, with the one solitary CO
in front, from whose wooden roof the icicles are h°'.cif),
ing in glittering clusters, is so naturally and /11ity,
pourtrayed, as to give all the appearance of reap,
The painter of this cliff d'ceuvre is, we believe' 3p
Bouton, who has exceeded all his former effort,
this favourite style of art.
goes, ;

THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY).
—....—_
CITY, TWELVE O'CLOO.th
Our arrivals this morning are the French MOS, Wi.:‘,
ship letters from Sydney and Lima. We have like"-
Charleston papers to the 6th of March.
Accounts received at Newport in 24 days from Curael
states that Porto Cabello still continued closely blockadet;
by the Constitutional cruiziers, while General Paez proteeta
the fort held by the Revolutionary generals Balriche a°
Caravano.
Extract of letters from St. Augustine (Florida), Feb'gri
24th :—" General Gaius has arrived at Tampa 13°Y,-d. to
General Scott is now at Picolata. The Indians are 6"" lino,
be in the neighbourhood of Hernandez. The
Otir° • 0
forces will not return to St. Augustine until the ea°l„,,att
is finished. We are now in the midst of scenes of Heenan'
savage savage depredations. The plantations of General kle;-nt,
dez has been laid waste, and many places have been burnt'
and for some distance south of us. The men are ill 00
cellent health and spirits ; but we are sometimes Pui.uotts
hard allowance : on our last day's march we had bu'
biscuit each, but thank God we have now plentY." norl
' ST. AUGUSTINE, FEB. 25.—The Indians area
- d
coming over to the Whites in small parties of ten ai a
a;
twelve at a time. The rumour that Powell is dcad is rateg
ing ground. The whole force now in Florida may
he,jetr•
at about 3,000 men, volunteers and all. The Irish
teers are in good health." Orr
We have but few arrivals this morning, and of n° 01
tance. This day being Good Friday, it is a close 13°
in the City, at all the public offices and places of resort'
-..
THE MARKETS—(THIS MARKETS—(THIS PA-1().
..0

SMITHFIELI
The supply to this day's market
dull, at the following

) MARKET•
was moderate, and the

pd.
O
TO SINK TU OP tO6
4 6 510
Inferior Sheep ditto .••••' ;
........ 6
Second quality dit g
Coarso.woolled &ay..... 510 0
Southdown Webers ••• 3 6 4,
Large Hogs ............, .. 1 u /
n
... , 4
Small Porkers ......... 7, e
Quarter old Pigs ,eac,
. ns. Bd. to 7s. 4d.
'Mt/CS sTATICINISI•
I Calves.
150

PRICES PER STONE OF 8L

s. d. to s. d
Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8
Second quality ditto "I 0 3 8
Prime large Oxen 4 0 4'. '2
Prime Scots, &c.
Large coarse Calves 4 6 5 0
Prime small ditto 5 2 5
Slckling Calves each ...12 u 30 0I
Lamb
urrLY, AS PER CL
Sheep.
1,150

Boasts.
40.)

lENHAL,
the Carcas+•

cl•
NEIVGATE AND LEA cl.teo' 111
At per stone, 13 . 04 8 "5 6.
s. d. to s d
Beef, inferior
- middling ......
160 32 80
.... 6
-- prime large - prime ........ 5 ~. b
... is
-- prime smia. .... 3 8 310 Perk, large ................ 4,
Veal
Lamb 6s. 7,1.:t0 75.. 4d.
A_____lutton,
minifdedriloitrii ........ ..g:
49
00 44 li

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NEWSPAPER DUTY.—The friends to :of .",-0)
of the Stamp Duty should remember that a disceoaot ll
cent. on one penny, is not the same thing the
redodistitt hi
per cent. on fourpence, consequently that
not amount to a clear threepence on each stamp ;er, the Poor
the present plan of the Chancellor of the Excheriti feure„ties
of the sevenpenny newspaper cannot be reduced- Woaperuhlogo
must be also reduced, or the stamp duty
which is the essential object to be attained. The
threer..fart"bie•
or a halfpenny. Free postage is every waY ion ibis laolr
We recommend those who have any doubts . ',lit, jtisti P 550
point, to read a clever pamphlet by Mr. C. Knight,
end,
set at dispeesa oar
lished, in which the question is mast elaboratelif
r 0 t)"'
think, unanswerably argued.—Kent Herald.
„n 0, i pie'
FIRE AT BOWIIILL.—On the afterno-,00, of ierf
day, a fire broke out at Bowhill, the seat of the v wore fob
,iat
threatening appearance, and as the wind
cleugh, in Selkirkshire. At One time the fire
100 W
the time, it was feared the whole square of ele sow/0141A
was blooe, if es.
have been consumed. By the strenuous and Peiperatie"e
ertions of the domestics, and those whom the and 760 eolicie
drawn together from the neighbourhood, the
fir-enatecb iiils°°i'l
to that part of the building in which it had er'giW
extent of the damage, it is estimated, will not - Jell in.
The fire is ascertained to have been caused bf therigiod if
a beam of wood which was built into a chireeeYgfieg hp
tended only for the vent of a heated air stove. wss t beset
recent alterations, however, the flue of the latoltqcb tb, to th.
into th same vent—by the inrease heat of voilaicatea
was see on fire, and the flames were d thus coralau fol'
lowing roof of the building.—Ayr °butter. ,L, t ...,11 he OA
Mr. O'CONNELL's VISIT TO HULL
acePt"..."ol°
0- invitation of the men of Hull :
repathY.. coudeeiroie 11
in° to 55P gel passage is found in the Libe,r,ator'slettevritatio is
endearing cherished bgyr
omo
no
du, p o n
It
proanother,ves yaonodr,
s Perm t le for the_o tho
and loved land of my birth. It proves that Y.0:5 of tioset boo
system of monopoly, bigotry, and every sPc,l,,d,aaci / 0°
which Ireland has for six centuries been
reachedaftlielu yee'ioistilca
little of the details of that misrule has the adre.
viol
: which 1 so° oev
little do you know of those periods in vi-- laives_cidre
_tis
tion of the laws was a greater curse than evee,es a,„ ral•
could possibly be ; when bigotted and partial elutedP 7 oor
partizan juries, and bad their wicked decrees ea eate .4111!
, ....,,s a f „,ror .cp
sheriffs ; when the criminal on the benca "(1 w en rof c!_e.,
miscreant than the criminal in the dock ;',_ me the
„artF,
life, and liberty were disposed 04 not on
„Tic; of tb_earpittr:t
case, but in relation to the creed or the poll a wise aPtweezirot
Those days are gone, or fast going bye, an'
tic government( acting with strict
parties, are beginning.to consolidate a . .0 pro
• f freedom 0
empire into one combined union o inaertpiaairittls :festplicisriff'