The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-03 00:00:00

THE KNI GB TGF G W YNIVE. No. X 1

Charles Lever.
Maurice Darcy gets deeper and deeper into Div? jos
merit, but his hilarious and generous dispiasition
him noLly throughout. He enters as co lone! into b,
expedition under Abercrombie, and, singular esolli,
Forester. is accidentally among the volunteers uncieront
command. We may therefore anticipate manyOolong
contretemps between the colonel and the vialuitteert,,se,,•
that Forester's condition is " unbeknown" to the pcsl(
of G wynne. Miss I)aly's character i developing, /cid
very charmingly, a natural goodness of heart 01110-
itsulf under all her ecct'ntricities. 'rho two etnbel
ments by Phiz are inferior to their priKlecessors.

THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL. to
Like good wine the People's Journal contioue';4
ripen. The number before us is of a very etiPejjesl
character. There are no less thaw nine
o'ee
en'ci
engravings from the pencils of William Harvey'', p; of
1%-ado s. Hunt, and Eliza Fox. The cow by Ball"' of
"!_Devil B 3 ron" is horribly clever, and the likeeesrgoo
W. J. Fox is inimitable. Among the very etlille,ooo
and very talented literary contributions, there el!
by Harriet Martineau, Dr. Smiles, I.7libu Burrit..,",befl,
ter Savage Landon, Angus. B. Reach, Calder C7o`r the
E r
benezer Elliott, and others. The pronall rl
ensuing numbers of the publication is eitiglibia
tractive, giving us promise of Douglas ib,(llo9Ple's
Loudon, and a multitude of other writers. ."e coess
Journal must ci =nand a continuance of the 9.11 I, of
which it has already attained, from the eon:thins'
ivi° ark,
o rn nv gifted minds upon a periodical of such re
able cheapness.

S
FURTHER DISCOVER-L-1 Or"
MINERALS.
(From the Swan River News, Western,Auti.rfais.)sit
We hnve Lem favoured with communications frOlniar
James S (the first Governor of the colony)/
_.„'"-;
T. R. C. Walters, and Mr. A. Shenton, announr:7
discoveries of minerals by their respective correspcts
ents. Sir James Stirling's letters inform him that trS(;„
of a mine of copper or lead, or both, have been diE 4
vered on his Woodbridge estate, as well as indicatlon7o
coal; also, that on Government land, about 18 or I.
miles from Guildford, a mine of tin, with a large Prop
tion of silver, has been discovered. This letter isvoth
Mr. Abraham Jonee, of Woodbridge, wad is dated
Svtemt:er, from Guildford. Mr. Shenton writes (ut:dd
date September 13th), " We are now in a state of
excitement respecting minerals, good specimens Of
are
ores of copper and tin being found ; and great hopes ate
ntertained of the coal min Mr. Walters' letterfsr.
nounce the discovery of copper on the grant 6303500
Lukin, at the Toodyay, about twelve or fourteen,
si%
west of Mr. Davey's grant ; and on Mr. Dempstertit or
or seven miles north of it, are supposed to be of
plating. tilessirTHE OLIVES.—Mr. Jones, in his letter to --- iring
Stirling, quoted above, adds, " The olives are thrn?
well, as alsb many other of the fruit trees, this °lila bi°
PROSPECTS OF THE COLONY.—Mr. A. Sh,ent°ll "yerif
letter dated September 13, says, " Our expoKs this 010
will amountto nearly 30,0001.; far exceeding otirlelsol
The timber trade is also beginning to 'burls-1411300
parties having lately engaged in it. Orders for •1 tent,
been received from the South Austral•an- Goverel: We
but to carry it on; in the way its quality deserveialioo
require a large increase to our labouring Pori vest
which now is not adequate to the demand. S3,'
&c., are in good requisition—in fact not to be got:

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. wig'
SlR,—The Irish distillers, I perceive by Their r`iirigs
tions published in The Sun, are similar in their fee 00,
to the large body of Protectionists, namely, I:ell'erife
willing to forego the advantages they at presentoies.
over their brother competitors here or in our eci'e o-
ft would seem; however, that these gentlemen are, for
reasonable in their views, unwise in their generatio%to
they ought to have taken the whole of the conteoll3l.tteci
measure into their consideration before they coninii„if
themselves to the resolutions they have done. Su se
the terms of the permission upon which they 11191,0t1y
sugar in lieu of malt in their distilleries will sbuttu-e-00
compensate them for any loss they may sustain from
the reduction of the rum duty: in that scheme a
amount of bounty is ingeniously conceded, for they of
have the opportunity of selecting the best qualit'veield
sugar for their process, a description that will Je- .
double the quantity of spirits, the Chancellor 0,1 0.
Exchequer calculates upon, and thereby secure to Ono
selves double the amount of the malt-tax in the "ll'
of the allowance to be granted on their spirit &AY' nclsr
When the Irish distillers come to look at the
,_,l)t-re-
shillings, and pence part of the question as a fol',/e„e'ida
eollecting that it is the last line of figures which "--1, to
the profit or loss, they will regret their endeac°owill
obstruct so beneficial a change to themselves, the wry
then easily reconcile to their consciences the 1111 re
bkely to accrue from the measure to the landholde
waters, and every interest connected with Ireland.

I am, Sir, your obedient servant, „az
A JAMAICA COLCO"

MURDEROUS ATTACK UPON A GAMEE.,•--
ERht
Last night the police received information that, on the:,---the
of the 29th ult., at Muckley, near Much Wenlock,
county of Salop, Abel Martin, gamekeeper to Earl Granyleir
was so severely beaten by a poacher, that no hopes are
tertained of his recovery.
DEATH OF MR. JAMES TOOLE, THE CITY TOAST
MASTER.--After a very short but severe illness, the tat
c, lebrated attendant on all the principal public dinnertime],
political and charitable, died on Monday, at his residence', n to
regretted by multitudes of those who have bad "c/ress of
admire his excellent manner of presiding over the heel
benevolent meetings. -
Letters from Odessa speak of the continuance of
purchases in the grain markets on account of Belgium:
France, and England, and the result has been increased firm"
ness ness of prices. Fur delivery in June a great deal of buin
ee
had been transacted. The last advices from England a!
stated to have exerted much influence on the
lion of the market. general condi-
rui.A.33.4A.—We have
Testy HUMAN SACRIFICES AT_
reason to believe that the factste contained in the Patriot of
ntion in the proper quarter;_
'Monday' last lave attracted
I exerted to prevent th
YlPldetri°stirongest
Government will be
and wt,
effectively exerted
influence ofthe•Brrecituisr!
r e ric,eA ofn Et
nh these horrid
. eic}d;erni
ayeis.s•
of the efforts are
highest respectability
now making by in
wised on Madaffie de S marez, at tholes('
living in NVinenester, karenam, and other parts, to get the
severe s(.ntence p • au
Winchester sessions, either reversed or greatly mitigated.
THE' SCOTCH IRON TRADE.--GLASGOW, JAN. 30. I
The price of Scotch pig iron, delivered free on board here,
may be quoted to-day at 725. 6d. per ton net cash for the
usual proportions 01 Nos. Our market has assumed a firmer
aspect this week, and though there have .been but limited
sales at the above quotation, and 745. three months' credit/
the price tends upwards.
NELSON'S SHIP VICTORY.—A plan proposed by
Captain the Hon. A. Jones, R.N., is said to be under the
consideration of the Lords of the Admiralty
for placing. the
Victory in the great quadrangle of Greenwich Hospital.
Prices
on the Amsterdam Bourie have further
fluctuated witlin the
last two or three dave. Russian
Alexic?n, in col:sNneuee of sales, have gone down,
on the other hand, Austrian La's slightly advanced
guese Four 'per Cents. have also been a little filmer, but
Spanish was not so well held.