The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-04 00:00:00

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.

R. Parrish, J. Parrish, and S. Parrish, cut-glass manufac-
turers, Wordesley, Staffordshire—ll. A. Wildes C. Scuda-
more, and F. Scudamore, attorneys-at-law, Maidstone, Kent
—J. Clarkson and G. Clarke, grocers, Oxford-street—J. T.
and C. Alcock, ship builders, Sunderland—W. Badams and
S. Chavasse, colour manufacturers, Birmingham—W. and J.
Howard, blacksmiths, Thetford, Norfolk—l. Niblett and W.
Clift, hackney =stela, Bristol—F. Sleddon, jun. and J. Sled-
don, cotton spinners, Preston, Lancashire—J. Beard and T.
Eldridge, common brewers, Kingston-upon-Thames—F. W.
Buzaglo and G. Wenman, mercers, Wolverhampton—T. Wise
W. Cox, T. Whittle, S. Hanson, and S. Herbert, wine mer-
chants, Birmingham—T. Brocksopp, sen. and T. Brocksopp,
jun., hosiers, Old Bond-street, Piccadilly—J. Haffenden and J.
Haffenden, jun., Coleman-street--G. Hall and B. Ramsden,
architect, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire—G. Chalk and
T. Taylor, builders—G. Fraser and R. Phibbs, stock brokers,
Liverpool—J. and E. Bull, curriers, High-street, Shoreditch
—J. and J. Pedley, plumbers, Hemel ilempsted, Hertford—
D. Davis and H. Hobbs, job masters, Little Chester-street,
Grosvenor-place, Pimlico—W. Wallace and R. Byers, power-
loom cloth manufacturers, Blackburn, Lancashire—R. Galli-
more and G. Shubotham, china manufacturers, Longton, Staf-
fordshire—W. H. Lightfoot, M. Stutely, E. R. Stutely, and
W. M. Lightfoot, paper stainers, George-street, Portman-
square—S. Cockings and W. Whitewav, coal merchants, Tor-
quay, Devonshire—l. S. Johnson and W. Webb, cattle dealers,
Great Bentley, Essex—C. Hargreaves, J. Hargreaves, M. Har-
greaves, and W. Hargreaves, whitesmiths, Bradford, York-
shire—.E. Howell and J. Read, tailors, Upper Brook-street,
Grosvenors-square—W. Gibson, S. W. Cox, and T. Cox, iron-
founders, Derby.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.

JOHN CRICH'f ON, tile manufacturer, Failford, Ayrshire
Dec. 8 and 29, at twelve, at the Cross Keys Inn, Mauchline.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the Returns made in the Week ending Nov. 30, 1841, is
365. 11d. per Cwt., exelusive of the Duties of Customs paid or
payable thereon on the Importation thereof into Great Britain.

CHANTREY'S BUST OF SIR W.

SCOTT.

Chantrey never excelled this bust—it is his very best.
The best, perhaps, in either ancient or modern art.
The man, and the genius of the man, are both there.
It appears that he had sought at first, like Lawrence,
for a poetic expression, and had modelled the head as
looking upwards gravely and solemnly. " This," be
said to Mr. Allen Cunningham, when Scott bad left
after his second sitting, " this will never do—l shall
never be able to please myself with a perfectly serene
expression. I must try his conversational look—take
him when about to break into some sly funny old story."
As he said this he took a string, cut off the head of thy
bust, put it into its present position, and produced, be
a few happy touches, that bust which alone preserves
for posterity the cast of Scott's expression—the most
fondly remembered by all who ever mingled in his do-
mnstic circles.

The history of this admirable bust is contained in the
following very interesting letter :

" TO THE RIGHT 110 N. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART.
" Belgrave-place, Jan. 26. 1838.
" Dear Sir Robert—l have much pleasure in com•
plying with your request to note down such facts as
remain on my memory concerning the bust of Sir
Walter Scott, which you have done me the honour to
place in your collection at Drayton Manor.
" My admiration of Scott, as a poet and a man,
induced me in the year 1820 to ask him to sit to
me for his bust, the only time I ever recollect
having asked a similar favour from any one. He
agreed, and I stipulated that he should breakfast with
me always before his sittings, and never come
alone, nor bring more than three friends at once, and
that they should all be good talkers. That he fulfilled
the latter condition you may guess, when I tell you
that on one occasion he came with Mr. Croker, Mr.
Heber, and the late Lord Lyttleton. The marble bust
produced from these sittings was moulded, and about
forty-five casts were disposed of among the poet's most
ardent admirers. This was all I had to do with the
plaster casts. The bust was pirated by Italians, and
England and Scotland, and even the colonies, were sup-
plied with unpermitted and bad casts to the extent of
thousands, in spite of the terror of an Act of Parliament.
" I made a copy in marble from this bust for the Duke
of Wellington ; it was sent to Apsley House in 1827,
and it is the only duplicate of my bust of Sir Walter
Scott that I ever executed in marble.

" I now come to your bust of Scott. In the year
1828, I proposed to the poet to present the original
marble as an heir-loom to Abbotsford, on condition
that he would allow me sittings sufficient to finish
another marble from the life for my own studio. To this
proposal he acceded, and the bust was sent to Abbots-
ford accordingly, with the following words inscribed on
the back --"Fhis bust of Sir Walter Scott was made
in 1820 by Francis Chantrey, and presented by the
sculptor to the poet, as a token of esteem, in 1828.'
" In the months of May and June, in the same year,
1828, Sir Walter fulfilled his promise ; and I finished,
from his face, the marble bust now at Drayton Manor
—a better sanctuary than my studio—else I had not
parted with it. The expression is more serious than in
the two former busts, and the marks of age more than
eight years deeper.
" I have now, I think, stated all that is worthy of
remembering about the bust, except that there need 'be
no fear of piracy, for it has never been moulded.
" I have the honour to be, dear Sir, your very sin-
cere and faithful servant, "F. CHANTREY."

SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—On Saturday after-
noon, as the keeper was explaining to the company
the names of the beasts, one of those beautiful ani-
mals, the giraffes, in rising in its den, leaned against
the wood-work in front, part of which gave way, and
the animal fell among the company,. which created
such confusion that the whole collection of lions, ti-
gers, leopards, elephants, hyenas, &c., burst out in a
simultaneous roar, to the great terror of the spectators,
who instantly made a rush to get out, but on being as-
sured by the keepers that thero was not the slightest
danger, as the giraffe was of a perfectly docile cha-
racter, the company remained inside, and the hideous
howlings in a few minutes subsided. The giraffe
WAS so stunned by the fall, that it was some time before
it could be got. upon its legs; and on the keeper at-
tempting to left it into its den the roar from the other
animals was renewed to such a degree that the keepers
were obliged to desist, and let the animal remain where
it was the whole of the evening. One of its legs were
injured by striking against the fire-gfate, but it is hoped
not seriously. The accident had such an effect upon the
lions and tigers, that the keeper did not deem it pru-
dent to enter the den, to make them go through their
usual performance.—Essex Herald.
HER MAJESTY.--We understand her Majesty
has signified her intention of being re°
"ch hd" on
Sunday next, and that the ceremony will takeu place in
the chapel of Buckingham Palace.