The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-07 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7.

ustnlly low quotations attracts little attention, and laege
imports of iron con inue to scud down prices.
The rate of exchange for first-class six months' sight
bills cclitinuc2 Is. 10 7-16(1. to Is. lqd.
With an abundant supply of tonnage there has been
a decline in freights. The rates to all quitters are now
extremely moderate. Stigar may be quoted to London
3/. 155., to Liverpool 31. 10'. per ton.
Indigo—There is nothing to report of indigo. Some
of the new crop has come in, but no tratuactions of any
importance are likely to be effected until the result of
the London Oc'eiher bales become known.
The crop will probably be rather in excess of
120,000 mds.

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, THURSDAY.
The Queen ani Prince toz;k an early walk this
morning in (hbornt, Park.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wa!es and the
younger members of the Royal Family, walked and
rode as tivial.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party
yesterday.

Sir William Wynniett bad an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday. Mr. Richard West Nash had also
an interview yesterday iAith the Noble Earl, at the
Colonial- cake.

Lord John Russell left Pembroke Lodge, Richmond
Park, yesterday morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight.

THE LATE QUEEN DOWAGER.

The final instructions relative to the funeral of the
late Queen Dowager were yesterday issued by the
Lord Chamberlain to Messrs. Tapprell, Holland, and
Son, of Mary!ebone street, Regent-street. The re-
mains of her late Majesty will not lie in state, and in
consequence of that part of the mournful ceremony
being dispensed with, the day appointed for the funeral
has been altered from Saturday week (as previously
announced), to Tuesday, on which morning the
solemn procession will be formed at Stanmore, and
the mortal remains of the Queen Dowager will be
conveyed to Windsor Castle, where they will be de-
posited in their last resting place, in the daytime, as
it was the express wish of her late Majesty to
combine economy with dignity. The arrange
ments in St. George's Chapel have been com-
pleted under the superintendence of Mr. Bant-
ing and Messrs. Tapprell and Co. The whole of
the solemnities will be under the management of Mr.
Banting, and the details under the immediate su-
perintendence of Messrs. Tapprell, Holland, and
Son. Tickets of admission to St. George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle, on the day of the funeral, can only
be obtained from the Lord Chamberlain or the Dean
of Windsor.

The procession will leave Bentley Priory at an
early hour on Tuesday morning, and proceed by
way of Ruislip, Uxbridge, and Slough, to Windsor.
At Slough the cortege will be joined by the Prince
Consort, and other members of the Royal Family,
who will accompany it thence to St. George's
Chapel.

The distance to be traversed, from Bentley Priory
to Windsor, is about twenty miles, and the interment
Ls fixed to take place at one o'clock. _ _

The outer coffin, which is not yet completed, will
be exhibited at Messrs. Banting's, in St. James's-
street, to.morrow (Saturday).

The following circular has been issued to the
officers of the navy and Royal Marines :
" Her Majesty does not require that the officers of
the fleet should wear any other mourning on the
present melancholy occasion of the death of her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager, with their undress uni-
forms, than black crape on the left arm, hat, and
sword knot ; nor with their dress uniforms, than
black gloves, and black crape upon the left arm, hat,
and sword knot; nor that the officers of Royal
Marines should wear any other mourning with their
uniforms than black crape on the left arm, hat, and
sword knot; except on duty, when they are to wear
also black gloves, and the sash covered with black,
and a black crape scarf over the right shoulder ; and
except at Court, when they are to wear b'ack crape
on the left arm, hat, and sword knot, and a black
crape scarf over the right shoulder.
" The drums of the Royal Marines are to be co-
vered with black, and a black crape is to be hung
from the pike of the divisional colour staff."

THE VIOLET BUY.
REYMES FOR YOUNG READERS.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)
'Penes on a day in early apt log,
Before the butterfly took wing,
Before the bee was seen about,
Or sleepy dormouse ventured out.
Grey clouds shut in the sky of blue,
The sunshine tried to struggle through,
The wind was angry in is gust,
Waring a load of blinding dust,
April was growing somewhat old;
But yet %was cold; oh, very cold!
A tiny boy, with pallid face,
Stood in the city's thickest place,
His limbs were lank as limbs could be,
His tattered garment sad to see;
A basket on his arm he bore,
Which gave to sight a little store
Of violets in bunches spread,
Fresh gathered from their native bed.
Their perfume scarcely lived at all,
Their purple heads were very smell,
Their leaves were pinched and shrivelled in,
Their stalks were turning dry and thin;
'Twas very, very cold spring weather,
And boy and flAvers seemed starved together.
For many an hour his tired feet
Paced up and down the crowded street,
And many a time his moistened eye
Looked at the wealthy passers-by,
Without ono fellow creature staying
To list the sad words he was saying.
At lest, a gentle lady stopped,
For she had seen a tear that dropped;
She gazed upon his cheek so pale,
And heard him tell this simple tale.
" Oh, lady, buy my violets, pray !
For I have walked a weary way;
Long miles I trod before I found
The primrose bank and violet mound.
I'm hungry, penniless, and cold,
My flowers will fade before they're sold,
I've not touched food since yesterday;
Oh, lady, buy my violets, pray !"
The child was telling mournful truth
He had no friends to guard his youth,
Aud there he stood, with roofless head
And whitened lips that prayed for bread.
The gentle lady gave him pence,
And kindly bade him hasten hence
And purchase food.—The hungry boy
Looked up with gratitude and joy,
And fast and eagerly he went,
Arid honestly the mite was spent.
It chanced, the lady strolling back,
Upon the very self-same track,
Espied him sitting low and lone
Upon a seat of humble stone,
Devouring with an earnest zeal
The simple loaf that form'd his meal;
And as he ate his relished fare,
'Twas plain he'd not a bit to spare.
A dog—a lean and famished brute,
Most sadly pitiful—though mute,
Just at tnat moment dared to come
And watch for any falling crumb.
His ribs stood plainly through his hide,
And fearfully he crouclu_d beside
The violet boy, as though in dread
Of getting blows instead of bread.
The boy looked down upon the beat,
And for an instant stayed his least;
But soon he spoke in coaxing tones,
Patting the creature's staring bones.
Then lured hide close, and gave him part
Of what had cheered his own young heart;
He gavo the poor dog many a bit,
Without one thought of grudging it,
Though he himself was hungry still,
And had not eaten half his fill.
And so—not knowing who had seen them—
The bread of life was shared between them.
The lady who had marked the deed,
Now walked toward the child of need,
And asked him why he gave away
His bread, that would have served the dad•?
" An hour ago," the boy replied,
" You gave me m ,ney when I cried,
And had compassion when I sought
The food your kindly mercy bought.
This poor dog cetne to ask of me,
As I before had craved of thee;
I'd suffered long the bitter woe,
The cold and starving only know,
And lady say, what could I do?
Fer he was cold and starving too!"
The lady smiled, and rightly guessed
There must be good in such a breast;
That 'mid all sorrow Want could bring,
Still helped a dumb and friendless thing.
She questioned him—and all he told,
Did but the mournful truth unfold:
His father in the churchyard lying,
His mother in her straw bed dying,
His only brother gone to sea,
And none on earth who cared to be
Acquaiuted with a wretched tale,
That only breathed in doleful wail.
She sought him ont—she had him taught
To live as honest people ought;
To gladly work—to wisely read,
To spend and save with prudent heed;
She found a good man to employ
The little, pallid, starving boy,
And ample did his worth repay
Her charity, that cold Spring day.
That boy may now be often seen
I❑ comely garments, neat and clean;
With rosy cheeks and bounding feet
Pacing that very city street;
And sometimes in his leisure hours,
He goes among the fields and flowers;
And then an old dog trots along,
With ribs, well covered, /sleek and strong,
And licks his hand and seems to know
It saved him, starving, long ago.
Perchance, that boy may sometime be
A merchant of a high degree;
Perchance, he may not gather wealth—
Content with Happiness and Health—
But this is sure, that come what may
Of Fame or Fortune in his way,
His riches and his rank will spring,
Through mercy to a poor dumb thing!
ELIZA. COOK

There are about 10,000 tons of shipping at present
building on the bulks of the Cl} de, principally steamers,
•—A'vrth British Mail.

1849

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
PORTSMOUTH; THURSDAY. - The Mary Anne,
Captain Parke, from Madras ani the Cape, passed
this port to.day, and sent in passengers and mails by
a pilot-boat. The mail from the Cape, Is eight days
later than that brought by her Majesty's Aip
Eurydic2, viz., to the 19th of October. Captain
Parke was the tint to inform us of the cessation of
the Kafir war, and we now are indebted to him for
the following intelligence from the revolted Cape
colony :
(From the Cape of Good Hope Shippinj ard e

Gazette of Oct. 12-)

The following resolutions were adopted yesterday at
a meeting of the Anti-Convict Association. The meet
ing was not only the largest that has been held from the
commencement, but it was the most enthusiastic, har-
monious, and determined; and the resolutions were
carried as soon as their object was distinctly understood,
not only without a dissentient voice, but without a word
of doubt or hesitation. They unquestionably express
the deliberate sense and will of the community, and
there is no doubt that they will be thoroughly and
effectively carried out:—
" That in consequence of the bad faith of the Right
lion, the Earl Grey, and of his attempts to make this
colony a penal settlement against the wishes and in de-
fiance of the petitions of the inhabitants; and that in
consequence of the detention within the limits of the
colony of the ship Neptune with convicts on board,
whose destination is the Cape of Good Hope, on the
ground of a professional opinion given by her Majesty's
Attorney-General as to the illegality of sending them
away, which the whole of the other members of the bar
have pronounced to be erroneous, society in this colony
is rapidly falling into disorder from one end of the
country to the other, and the local Government is every
day becoming by reason of this disorder and dissatisfac-
tion, less and less capable of fulfilling the duties of a free
Government, and less and less capable of protecting the
lives and property of the frontier and other inhabitants,
should any troubles arise among the native tribes and
people on the border.
" Therefore it is the duty of all good and loyal
snbjeets of her Majesty at once from this day to sus-
pend all business transactions with the Government, in
any shape or on any terms, until it is officially declared
that the Neptune with the convicts on board will
go away as soon as all necessary supplies for her
voyage can bo put on board; and that all intercourse
and connexion between private individuals and
his Excellency and heads of the victualling departments
shall be dropped from this day, the merchants, bakers,
butchers, shopkeepers, and all other good and loyal
people dealing only with such private individuals as
they know and clearly understand to be unconnected
with those departments by or through which supplies
sufficient to afford a pretext for the detention of the
convicts may possibly be obtained.
" And that the measures already taken for this par-
pose being too slow for the urgency of the case, it is re-
commended that after this day all shops and stores shall
be closed, as for a solemn fast, except for the accommo-
dation of ordinary private and well-known customers,
that his Excellency may no longer be in doubt as to the
impossibility of detaining the Neptune with her convicts
within the limits of this colony."
On the 17th, the house of a Mr. Fairbairn (Alto,
if we are rightly informed, is a sort of leader i❑ the
anti-convict agitation) was attacked by coolies, and
himself maltreated and his furniture injured, on ac-
count of the inhabitants refusing the requisite !up-
plies to the Government authorities. The house of a
Mr. Norden had also been similarly attacked. Upon
which the Governor issued the following :

" PROCLAMATION.
"BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR HARRY SMITH.

" ruts it is reported that the house of Mr. Ben-
jamin Norden, in Cape Town, and the house of Mr.
John Fairbairn, at Green Point, were last night respec-
tively attacked and severely injured by riotous and un•
ruly mobs, and human life imminently endangered; and
whereas so long as the present excitement is kept up,
and more especially so long as the labouring classes are
kept in idleness and exposed to privation by the atop-
page of trade and business, now sought to be enforced
by a dangerous cold( derocy in this city, all crowds and
assemblies congregating in the public streets and tho-
roughfares are calculated to excite much and well•
founded alarm in the minds of her Majesty's peaceable
and loyal subjects, and are therefore by law illegal; and
whereas, whilst I desire at all times to respect the rights
of her Majesty's subjects to meet freely at safe and fit-
ting places for all lawful purposes—a right which I
myself was lately instrumental in conferring—l cannot
in the existing circumstances of this city and its vicinity
permit the assembling of crowds or large numbers of
persons in the public streets or thoroughfares for the
purpose or under the pretence of discussing public ques-
tions, or of hooting and insulting individuals who happen
to be obnoxious to such mobs, or for any other purpose
of an exciting nature and unconnected with the ordinary
pursuits and avocations of peaceable inhabitants;
" Now, therefore, I do hereby, peremptorily prohibit
all such mobs, crowds, or meetings in any public street
or thoroughfare, and authorize and enjoin the police
force, supported, if necessary, by military power, to
prevent the formation of all mobs or crowds of persons
collecting together for any such purpose as aforesaid,
and to disperse any such mob or crowd which may
happen to have formed, so as to set free from the present
state of intimidation such of her Majesty's subjects as
arc deterred, by fear of violence in personal property,
from transacting their ordinary and lawful business, and
so as to preserve, as much as may be, quiet and good
order throughout the city, and repress in their origin
the excesses to which such irregular and illegal assem-
blies, iu periods of excitement like the present, have a
tendency to lead; and I most earnes'ly exhort all her
Majosty's faithful subjects to resume or pursue their
several avocations, and aid and assist in preserving the
peace of this city, so long and so honourably distin-
guished for its order and tranquillity."
A " general order" from head-quarters at Cape
Town, dated the 16th of October, contained an
address from the Governor to the troops in the colony,
congratulating them upon their forbearance under
the trying circumstances surrounding them, especially
with regard to the case of adequate supplies being
withheld from them, and enjoining them to pursue
the same line of conduct as most certain to be the
best they could follow, both for themselves and the
preservation of that peace so desirable and indis-
pensable to the safety and welfare of the community
at large.
While Captain Parke was at the Cape the impres-
sion was that the inhabitants would soon resume
their usual occupations. 'The Neptune still lay
_in
the Bay.

THERE ARE KIND HEARTS EVERYWHERE.
Deem not when cares perplex thee,
And thou feelest in distress,
Or when the world cloth vex thee,
And thy fainting heart oppress,
There aru none to sympathise
In our many trials here:
Let not such a thouOit arise—
There are kind hearts everywhere.
Yes; on A'rie's desert wild,
And amid Siberia's snows,
Are found tender hearts and mild,
That can feel for others' woes.
And travellers aweary
Have been waited en with care,
Among the deserts dreary—
There are kind hearts everywhere.
If you have met from neighbours
With unkindness for regard,
No assistance in your labours,
Or from certain joys debarred,
Think not that all are surly
You may chance to meet with here—
Oh! judge not so unt;uly,
There are kind hears everywhere.
If we from friends have parted,
Or when some ills betide us,
We find the poor kindhearted,
And ready to oblige us,
No matter what the stations
Of our loved and tried ones here,
Or what their occupations—
There are kind hearts everywhere.

M. TILERS' HISTORY OF TUE CONSULATE AND
EXPIRE OF FRANCE UNDER I.POLEON.—The ninth
volume of Mr. Culburn's authorised translation of the
above important work, comprising particulars of the
war in Spain and Portugal, is published tbii day, and
may be hAI of all booksellers. Also, 2. Lives of the
Princesses of England, by Mrs. Everett Gretn, editor cf
the Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies, 12 vols. 3.
Sir James Alexander's Acadie; or, Seven Years' Ex-
plorations in Canada, &c., 2 vols.; and 4. Pepys' Diary
and Correspondence, new, enlarged, and cheaper edition,
complete in 5 vols., w i:11 iilustra;ions, 103. 61 each.
We understand that Messrs. William Tegg and Co.
have removed, or are about to remove, from their pre-
sent premises, to more extensive ones in Queen-street.
This ,establishment has always been celebrated for its
stuck of juvenile books, and we are sure that, in antici-
pation of Christmas, their present stock of books fur
juvenile readers is replete with every novelty of the
season.

MR. NICIIOLLS' SHAKESPERIAN READING, Ex ETEIr-
HALL—Considering the distinguished reputation which
Mr. 11. Nicholls has already earned for himself as en
elocutionist, it would be superfluous of us now to criticise
in detail his reading of Macbeth. A nacre masterly
exposition of one of re best plays of the great poet has
seldom or never been heard before. He is possessed of
an uncommonly fine voice, which he modulates with the
greatest while his true and accurate coreeption of
the various character: he presents to his audience quite
deprives the entertainment of any resemblance to a mere
recitation, so much so indeed that one feels as dt eply
interested in the play as if it were being performed
upon the stage, surrounded by the usual concomitants of
scenery, accessories, and all the gorgeous tinsel trappings
and gewgaws necessary for a dramatic representation.
Fur three or four hours he is listened to with rapt
attention, that best criterion of ft good piece and a good
actor (for which
latter capacity we consider him emi-
nently qualified), snd at the conclusion be is always
rapturously applauded.
Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland
Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the

Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Pressly, Mr. Timm,
and Mr. Trevor, bad Llso an interview yesterday with
the Right Hon. Baronet, at his official residence in
Downing street.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. An appeal from Bengal, "The East India
Company v. Ooditchurn Paul," was concluded. An
appeal from Bengal was commenced, " Muttylole
seal v. Anundochander Sandie."