The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-13 00:00:00

CHINA.

Cotton in pieces not in usual demand of the season,
market choked, and prices going down. Opium was
going down ; the stock on hand is small and bad, and
prices low.

MINE A CCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning., about
eight o'clock, the boiler belonging to the fire-whim at Alfred
Consols mine burst with such violence as to shatter itself in-
fragments, and to kill one man--lander at the whim, named
Anthony Cock. He was a native of the parish of Gwitham,
and has left a widow and a large family to lament his loss.
He was found several fathoms from the boiler-house with
his clothes blown off from his body, and quite dead, so that
his death must have been instantaneous. It appears that he
was lighting his pipe at the boiler fire when the sad catas-
trophe happened. Fortunately the engine-man was not in
the house at the time, and so escaped unhurt.. It has not
yet been ascertained that any one else has met with any in-
juries. No blame can be attached to any agents of the mine,
as it was almost a new boiler, having only been a few weeks
brought on the mine.—Cornwall Gazette.
THE REPRESENTATION OF GLAMORGANSHIRE.—
General Sir George Tyler has issued his address to the elec-
tors of the county of Glamorgan. He says—" Permit me
to declare my firm and unalterable attachment to the person
and throne of our Sovereign, and to our Protestant institu-
tions both in Church and State, as handed down to us from
the period of the glorious Reformation. Permit me, also, to
declare my conviction that the safety and well-being of the
various interests connected with the native industry and
capital of this country, whether they be agricultural, manu-
facturing, er commercial, imperatively require the adoption
by the Legislature of the principle of protection, to secure
them against unfair and unequal foreign competition."
THE REPRESENTATION OF NORTH NOTTINGHAM-.
sr-Ili:E.—We (Notts Reticle) are sorry to learn that the
health of T. Houldsworth, Esq., M.P., is rapidly giving
way, and that there is no prospect of his resuming the active
duties he has so long, and in a party point of view, so con-
sistently fulfilled.
LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.

—On Saturday Mr. Harris, solicitor to the official manager
of this company, attended before Master Blunt, and made a
representation to the effect that a solicitor ( Mr. Field) had
possession of all the books and papers of the concern, without
which his client could not stir a step in the winding-up of
the company. He (Mr. Harris) believed that Mr. Field
claimed a lieu of 2,6001. on the documents for costs. Now,
there were no funds in hand, and as the books of the corn,
pany were beyond his reach, he had no lawful proof of the
validity of the claim. Under these circumstances he was at
a loss how to proceed. Mr. Field produced an affidavit sub-
stantiaiing his claim, and said that if a memorandum were
placed upon the file, admitting the bill subject to taxation„,
and stating that it wou:d be paid out of the first assets that
came to hand, he would consent to deliver up the deeth, Scc.,
relating to the company, to the official manager. This ar-
rangement was acceded to, subject, however, 1.0• the adjust-
ment of some minor details between the parties.

ITALIAN LECTURES ON TUE PAPACY.—Yesterday,
at half-past two o'clock, the Rev. Dr. Alexandre Gavazzi
delivered, at the Princess's Concert-room, to a numerous
audience, the second of a series of lectures, in Italian, on the
subject of the Papacy. The theme chosen by him was the
fatal influence exercised by the temporal power Of the Popes
on the Christian Church. A large portion of the assemblage
drawn together on the occasion consisted of the rev. doctor's
countrymen, and the views and opinions to which he gave
expression were received by them with immense enthusiasm.
He was loudly applauded throughout the course of his lec-
ture. His manner is particularly picturesque and striking.
He has a splendid voice, and this, combined with his fine
appearance and graceful gestures, produces even upon those
who, from ignorance of the language,ar e unable to follow the
current of his thoughts, a strong sense of the depth of those
convictions which have induced him in a foreign land to
raise his voice against the iniquities and errors of the Papacy.
METROPOI.ITAN TYPOGRAPHICAL WIDOW, ORPHAN,
OR NOMINEE .SOCIETY.—The first general annual meeting of
the members of this society was held on Saturday evening,
at the British School-rooms, Neville's-court, Fetter-lane.
Mr. Robert Hartwell was called to the chair. The meeting
was very numerously attended. The Chairman briefly ad-
dressed the meeting, and congratulated them upon the results
of the operation of the society for the past year, which had
exceeded their most sanguine expectations, and were so
eminently successful, that he trusted it would still further
stimulate them to increased exertions in its behalf. Mr.
James Longman, the secretary, then read the report of the
transactions of the society for the past year. It stated. that.
during the year €53 persons had enrolled themselves as
members, and that several handsome donations had been re-
ceived in behalf of its funds. The rules as agreed to on the
4th of December, 1849, at a general meeting, had been sub-
mitted to Mr. Tidd Pratt, and a graduated scale of payments
for age had been furnished by Mr. Nelson, the actuary,
when Mr. Pratt approved of the same, and the society was
duly enrolled on the 26th of February, 1850. Since that
period there had been a progressive increase of numbers.
The financial statement showed the total receipts of the year
to be 4511. 18s. 6d. ; the expenditure (including 1201. to six
widows), 1451. 9s. 6d., leaving a balance invested with Abe
treasurer of 3061. 9s. The report having been received and
adopted, the late trustees and committee were unanimously
re-elected. Some slight alterati,,ns in. the rules were then
proposed and agreed to, and the ordinary routine business
transacted, and after the usual compliment to the Chairman,

the meeting separated.
HAWKING ON EPSOM DOWNS.—On Tuesday last, a
hawking party, consisting of about 40) or bOO sportsmen,
visited the renowned Epsom Downs for the purpose of
wit-
nessing the powers of Mr. Barr's celebrated falcons. It
will be remembered that about a month ago Mr. Bishop, of
Bond-street, with a party of gentlemen, witnessed the first
display of falconry on the Downs, which has since created
so much excitement amongst the elite of the sporting com-
munity, that it is more than probable this ancient and aris-
tocratic sport will be soon classed with racing, hunting, and
shooting. The falconer that afforded the sport on Tuesday
is a tine, Quentin Durward looking Scotch laddie, named
Barr, from Arrochar, near Gla-gow, who has devoted much
time to falconry, and is a perfect master of the "fleet and
deadly hawk." The quarry hunted on Tuesday were twelve
fast blue-rock pigeons, four of which were killed in beauti-
ful style, after a pursuit of two or three minutes each. The
remaining pigeons made direct for the Grand Stand, about a
quarter of a mile from the old starting post, where the birds
were ripped, all of which were turned by the hawk before
reaching the stand. When a pigeon gets into a tree or
place of refuge, whereby terra firma can be reached, the
hawk at once ceases to pursue by springing into the air, as if
the pigeon were out of sight. Sometimes the hawk will
attack his prey when on the ground, but only when he is
remarkably hungry. A portion of the sport on Tuesday was
therefore destroyed by the pigeons taking shelter as de-
scribed. Mr. Barr's hawks are so well trained that, as sbon•
as unhooded and let loose, they soar into the air, waiting
and watching the movements of the falconer. As soon as
the prey is struck down, the falcon places one talon on the.
shoulder and the other on the bead, cutting in an instant the
jugular vein with his beak. During this operation the fal-
coner hurries towards him, and disengages him from his
quarry in a coaxing and careful manner. Their docility and
quietude are very remarkable.

DREADFUL SHIPWRECK.S.--REPORTED Loss OF
UPWARDS OF 300 Livs.—During the week several appal-
ling losses have been reported at Lloyd's, and have excited
considerable attention in consequence of the great loss of hie
by which they were attended. The most heartrending are
these announced in the early part of the Week—the total
loss, with all hands, cf two whaling ships in the Arctic Seas,,
off liehrine,'s Straits, sod the wreck of two English vessels,
with adventurers for the gold mines at California, .off the
wont coast of South America. The wrecks of the whalers
1./el3 discovered by a Captain Roy, on the Ist of September
last, off the West Cape ; but the barriers of ice along the
laud, and a heavy gale, precluded him approaching
nearer than three miles of the spot where they lay. Sub-
sequently. he ascertained from the natives, Some, 200 miles ;to
the southward of the wrecks, that the vessels were lost in the
early part of last spring, and that all hands had perished.
No information could be gleaned as to where they belonged.
The English vessels -lost on the west coast of SOuth America
were supposed to be the Julia and Lucifer; the former was a
barque, and was on a passage from Panama to San Francisco,
with Y5O passengers on board ; the Lucifer, a schooner, had
50 persons on board, and was proceeding from the latter
port, for Boston. With the exception of about twenty indi-
viduals, all met with a watery grave.
MAY CATS.—J Wilts, and also in Devon, it is
believed that cats born in the month of May will catch no
mice nor rats, but will, contrary to the wont of .all other cats,
bring in mikes and alow-worms. Such cats are; called " May
cats," and are held in contempt.—Notes and queries.