The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sza,—A paragraph which appears in The Sun of
the 12th instant, under the head of police-office, Lambeth,
stating that "on Monday, John Jame, a young fellow,
whose friends were said to be highlespectable, his father
being harrack-master at Cork," bc., &c., having been
brought under the notice of the widow of the officer therein
referred to as his parent, I, at her request, beg you will con-
tradict so much of the assertion as stated "John Jones" to
be a son of the barrack-master at Cork, such being incorrect,
the only son of that lamented officer being at present in the
East Indies, where he has served for the last five years with
one of her Majesty's regiments.
Your attention to this will oblige, your obedient servant,
JOHN MULLEN,
Captain and Staff Officer of Pensioners.
26, Lynedoch-street, Glasgow, Jan. 22, 1847.

BEITISU AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.—The opening
soiree of the season was given last Friday evening, at the
rooms of this society, which were as crowded as usual with
an elegant and fashionable assemblage—Madame Dulcken
Mr. Muhlenfeldt, Mr. Blagrove, Mr. Goffrie, Mr. Goodbere:
Miss Birch, Miss Rainforth, Miss Dolby, Miss Ransford,
Signor Marras, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Machin, Mr. Seguin,
Signor and Madame Frederick Lablache, Miss Eliza Birch,
and Miss Messent, contributed many agreeable morceaux in
the musical department; after which an exhibition was made
of a new life-preserver and life-buoy called the Nautilus,
which appears to have these advantages over all preceding
ones—namely, greater simplicity, the power of self-inflation,
great buoyancy, easy portability, and a structure which pre-
serves it against the risk of its air being exhausted by punc-
tures or superficial injury. Mr. Buckingha thud gave an
outline sketch of his late tour through Italy, including a visit
to Herculaneum and Pompeii. He gave also some interest-
ing details respecting the character and policy of the new
Pope, with whom he had enjoyed a long personal interview,
and after this he adverted in terms of just eulogium to the
genius of a rising English artist, resident at Rome, Mr.
Theed, specimens of whose talent were placed in the draw-
ing-room for the inspection of the company. The Noble
•President of the institute, Lord Devon, was present.
ADULT DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION, RED
leAsts.—On Sunday morning divine service
Litat4 was to,_
formed in the chapel of this excellent institutive to a v
full congregation, when the entire discourse and service as
;s
rendered intelligible to the poor deaf and du b m creatures
n by
a new, most admirable. and rapid mode of interpretatio,
which witness is both interesting and affecting. In cony
sequence 01 the liberality recently extended to this valuable
charity havii.g occasioned the liquidation of a large debt, a
considerable number of deaf and dumb of both sexes, from
the age of 13 to 17 will shortly be added to the already nu-
merous inmates of the institution, who, in addition to being
wholly maintained, are taught by the most experienced
masters distinctive trades or occupations most suitable to
the inclination, disposition
patients. , or constitution of the various

13th ult. Accounts from Tampico rumour that a large
body of Mexican cavalry had been observed in the vicinity.
The British ship-of-war-Alarm, Lieutenant Mayo, had ar-
rived in the port; the captain bad been left indisposed at
Vera Cruz. From Rio Grand the accounts merely note the
continuance of the moverrienp Consequent upon the changed
plan of operations. The 3Y laid 4th Illinois Regiments, the
Tenessee Regiment of Cavalry, and other-troops, were_either
about to start, or had started, from Matamoras, en route for
Tampico rid Moquete. The three regiments together
amounted to 1,800 men. Great sickness existed at Mati-
moras. Several Americans had been murdered on the route
to Camargo and Monterey. From the latter place we learn,
that on the 12th of December General Taylor would start for
Tampico vi(-2 Victoria, with one division of the army and it
portion of a brigade. It vriis reported Ulm; General Urrea,
with a troop of 6,000 Mexican cavalry, was at Victoria. It
was reported, also, that Santa Anna had assembled a force of
28,000 men at San Luis. The chief, it is said :had imprif
soned Ampudia, and other officers, on a charge of cowardice;
General Wool remained at Parras, and Genered Worth at
Saltillo.

Mexico had been again the scene of intestine disturbances.
The State of Tobasco, resenting the neglect with which the
Central Government treated the applications of the depart-
ment for assistance at the time of Commodore Perry's recent
attack upon Tobasco, had issued a pronunciamento dechiring
independence.
Yucatan, also, was involved in disturbance. Campeachy
had pronounced against the reunion of the department with
the Central Government. _ _ _

Canadian journals to the 30th of December add nothing
to our last accounts.

Havannah advices to the 20th of December had been re-
ceived. They merely state that a Yucatecos steamer had
managed to enter the harbour, in the face of the Unite
4
States vessel-of-war cruizing on that ground, by hoistineth4
British fag:; o
COMMERCIAL -INTELLIGENCE. • •
Our commercial accounts from New York do not extend
to a later date than the 2d inst.:—

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JAN. 2, 2 r.M.—The sales of ashes
this week are small, amounting to only 400 bbls. of both de-
scriptions, including pots at 4 dolls. 683%c. to 4 dolls. 75c.,
and pearls at 5 dolls. 50c. The sales of cotton for the week
sum up 4,600 bales, of which 3,800 were Upland and Florida,
and 800 Mobile and New Orleans. The arrivals during the
same period were 7,864 bales. The market closes firm, and
without change in prices since Saturday last. We quote as

Middling to good middling 10% to 10% MA to log
Middling fair to fair lO% to 11 11 to 11
Fully fair to good fair ... to 1114 12 to 12,4
There is no change in flour, The sales of tallow this week
amount to 60,0001 b. at Bc. 83/4c. per lb. The Albany Journa 1
says that it has been ascertained, after a careful examination,
that there are 29,305 barrels of flour now in store in that
city. This is supposed to be about one-half the amount in
store last year. Eastern orders were filled at Albany on
Thursday at 5 dolls. 37%c. to 5 dolls. sc. for good Genesee.
NEW ORLEANS, DEC. 24.—Cotton—The sales of the day
amount to 2,500 bales, at very full prices, taken for France
and the north.

DECEMBER 22.—Freights—Nothing new has transpired
in foreign freights. Coastwise there is little offering. Flour
has been shipped to New York at 85c.. and to Boston at
90c. Pork and beef 1 doll. sc. to New York, and 1 doll. 12c.
to Boston.

DECEMBER 23.—A barque was taken for Marseilles at 1 doll.
50c. for flour, and a ship for London at 6s. 6d. for flour, and
20d. for corn. Some engagements were made this morning
for Liverpool at 6s. flour and 18d. for corn.
DEMME= 24.—We did not hear of a single cotton en-
gagement for Europe. A brig was taken for Antwerp at
1 doll. 60e. for flour, and the Bremen ship Olbers, for the
same port, at 1 doll. 50c. per barrel for flour.