The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-11 00:00:00

SPOIZTING.

The Doncaster Raees ;lal,Tsifendid this year, and
the meeting very numerous. Dress-balls will take place
on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the Mansion-house,
with fireworks.

On Monday last, in consequence of the heavy rains
that had fallen, two lads of Perth captured 300 pairs of
rabbits by this simple plan. Being well acquainted with the
rabbit burrows about the Earn, and watching the gra-
dual rise of the river, when it was within a few inches of
the "hole," they, with a small spade, dug a channel fur
the water to flow into it, which immediately ejected the
inmates, who were smartly captured on attempting to
make their escape. A cart-conveyed the whole to Perth,
where at an average they were sold for fully 4d. a pair.

COUnT-INISEIONASLE.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Exhibition of
Works of Art yesterday, at the Suffolk-street Gallery.
Viscount Melbourne left South-street yesterday, for
Woburn Abbey.
The Marquis of Abercorn arrived last week at his
seat in the Highlands.
The Earl of Lonsdale has gone to Lowther Castle,
Westmoreland.

Lord and Lady Maryborough leave town early in the
ensuing week, for Deal Castle, Kent.
Earl De Grey leaves town on Monday next, to take
possession of his Viceroyalty. •
Sir James Graham left town on Thursday for Dor-
chester.

The Earl of Malmesbury died yesterday morning at
Earl 1)e Grey's villa on Putney Heath, after an illness
of several months.

TiIiSCELLANEOUS.
To-morrow (Sunday) is the anniversary of the rescue
by the Poles, with King John Sobieski at their head, of
Vienna from the Turks, by which the Mussulman power
was annihilated in Christendom. This event used to be
commemorated annually for the space of 100 years.
The report of the death of Mr. Davidge, of the Surrey
Theatre, is contradicted on the best authority—that of
Mr. Davidge himself.

At Foidington, a small village near Dorchester,
twenty-five houses were burned down on Thursday
last, at one o'clock in the day. Some thousand pounds'
worth of property were destroyed, and upwards of forty-
five families rendered homeless.

At an adjourned vestry meeting, held at the Town-
hall, Brighton, on the subject of church-rates, it ap-
peared that a rate of three-pence in the pound had
been collected, amounting to nearly 1,7001., and that up-
wards of 1,0001. of that amount ought to be accounted
for by the churchwardens, as they had illegally ex-
pended it in adorning St. Peter's Church, that edifice
being erected under the Church-building Act, which
does not allow of the expenditure of church-rates for
such purpose. It was agreed not to pass the church-
warden's account, and to resist any future church-rata
till the amount was accounted for. The meeting was
adjourned for two months.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, SEPT. 10. --011I:1\1ar-
ket has been freely supplied with Cotton all the week, and
it has been somewhat irregular in price. The general
business, however, has been done at a decline of fully
Is. Bd. per lb. The good qualities of American are ex-
cepted ; their extreme scarcity enables them to support
their position. Brazils and Egyptians continue to be
very heavy of sale. In Surats no change can be quoted.
Sea Islands are the same 'as last week. 500 American
have been taken on speculation ; and 1,250 American,
and 150 East India, for exportation.
LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, SEPT. 10.—We have
only one transaction to record in the business of the Stock
Exchange :—Great North of England Railway Shares, 65.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 10. The
Share Market continues flat. Manchester and Birming-
ham, 214 ; Manchester and Leeds, 60 ; North Midland
Thirds, 9i ; Manchester and Salford Waterworks, 54 ;
Bank of Manchester, si.
Ship letters have been received from Rio de Janeiro,
China, and New York, but their dates have been antici-
pated.'