The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-02 00:00:00

LTHURSDA

THE TRAGED Y at CAMBERWELL.
(Tills DAY)

An inquest on the bociles of Anthony Fawcett, and
his two cnildren, Frederick, r.gcd 19 montiie, and Emily
aged five and a half years, was held to day before Mr.
Carter, the coroner Er East Surrey, at; t.l Windmill
Tavern, Wyndham-roaci, Camberwell.
On iaquiry at the sceLe of the dreadful ocearrenca it
was ascertained tha:, the surviving child, Mary Ann
Fawcett, was improving, though not yet entirely out of
danger. Mrs. Fawcett suffers less from excitement and
is more composed in tau. mind.
The excitement in the neighbourhood had not abated
this morning, and the outside of the tavern was thronged
with persons.
After the jury had been sworn,
The CORONER said ha had been informed by Dr.
King, that thot4,ll the widow and child were not in a fit
state to be present at the inquiry to-day, they were both
much better. He therefore prepesed to take the iden-
tity of the bodies, in order that they rniOrt be buried
according to law; next the evidence of the parties who
were tir:t called in, and then the evidence of Dr. King,
who would show the CUlise of death in each case.

The jury then proceeded tO-;i:;-thei..;;di;;, which
presented a frightful spcctaclo.
Sophia Fawcett, single woman, aged 19, examined—
She said I heard first of this affair on last Tuesday
morning. I was living at 4, Queen.street, Oxford-
street. I am a dressmaker, and have been living there
two years and a half. 0:1 the rnoreing in question I re-
ceived some information of the death of my father, and
I came here. I knew my parents w;:re living here. I
was at home on Saturday evening and came away on
Monday morning. They came here on Saturday. The
house is No. I, Queen's-place, Wyndham-road. I have
not seen my father since his death.
The CORONER—Is there any party present who has
seen the bodies, and can identity them ?
A person in the room here intimated that he thought
ho could identify the deceased persons.
The CORONER (to witness)—llo you think you could
bear up and go and see the body of your father, and
brother, and sister?
Witness (crying)—l may, Sir.

She was then conveyed Jut of the room by the Leadle
to the house over the way, and came back greatly de-
pressed.
Witness's examination continued—l have just seen
my father, and sister, and brother. His business or
occupation was that of a porter to Mr. Bridgemeo,
confectioner. Ho was forty-two last January. My
sister's Christian name is Emily. She is five years
old. The youngest child's Christian names are Frede-
rick Anthony; he was twelve months old last January.
Sarah Sadler was next examined; she said—l am a
widow, and live at 7, Helstead-place, Camberwell. I
was coming out of my own door on Tuesday morning,
at eight o'clock, when I saw a female knocking at the
door of No. 1, Queen's-place. No one answered, and
she knocked a second time, and then looked through
the key-hole and said, "My dear, open the doer." I
did not sea any one inside at that time, nor did I hear
any noise. I supposed she was addressing her child.
In about four minutes the door was opened from the in-
side, and then the woman screamed out. I went close
up to her, and saw a little girl coverea with
blood standing close to her. The first word it
said was "Oh, mother, go up-stairs." I left the
mother and went up-stairs to the back bed•-room
on the first•fleor, and there I saw a child lying on the
bed covered with blood. It appeared to have a bit of
bread and butter in its band—it was a female child.
Two men followed me directly, and they went close up
to it. The child was dead. The blood was gushing.
from the throat. I left the room instantly and came
down to the back parlour; there I saw a child lying on
the ground. I went up, touched it, and found it was
elect. It had some sugared bread and butter in its hand.
It was dressed in night clothes, and had shoes nod
stockings on. There was blood on the floor a❑d on its
dress. The blood appeared to come from its throat. I
next went into the washhouse, cad saw a police-
man and another person dragging a body of
a man from under the sink into the yard. He
was alive at the time, and gasping for breath.
He had a carving knife in his hand. He had on dark
trowsers, slippers, a shirt, but neither coat nor waistcoat.
There was a great deal of blood upon the ground, and
his hands were both covered with blood. I never saw
any of the persons before the occurrence. The woman
went to the side or private door. I found the shop door
was fastened when I went inside. The back door, which
leads to a small garden, was partly closed, the body of
the man preventing its being entirely opened. There
was nothing to indicate that any person had escaped
from tho house after having inflicted these injuries on
the bodies.

(The inquest was proceeding when our report left.)

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather,
the receipts at the doors yesterday amounted to
2,830/. 1 ls., the number of visitors being 59,050. It
rained fast and furiously as the hour approached for
the building to close, and great was the dismay and
confusion, the demand for cabs, and the cramming of
omnibuses, in consequence. The south entrance of
the transept was completely blocked up with impatient
and distressed waiters upon the skyey influences. The
distress manifested by the female portion of the as-
semblage for the prospective destruction of their
finery was particularly affecting, nor in the wildest
flights of B!oomerism could anything be found more
grotesque than the arrangements of dress which were
made to neutralise as far as possible the effects of the
weather. Gowns were inverted, and petticoats tucked
up with the most unhesitating energy, while, by one
of thosw extraordinary examples of the law of supply
and demand, umbrellas of every size and quality
sprang up in forest-like abundance. Of cabs and
omnibuses there was, as there always is on such oc-
casions, a dreadful deficiency, so that a large propor-
tion of the people had to trudge, under the pelting
rain, and ankle-deep in mud, on their way homewards

THE SUN,

SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE,
1i.,-)VAIARIL;I2 FIRST OCTOBER .LIEETING.

WEDNESDAY.

Fifty pounds, for three yrs old, let 51b; four, ,S.t 811;
five, B.t 13lb; and egtd, 9st. D.f.
Mr. D. SI-:1'01's Westow, 5 yrs (Regors) 1
Sir W. Boot;':;: Rcitail, 5 yrs (Bartholomew) 2
Ever. belting. We6tow made all the running, and woe
cosily by two ler.gth. Run in 5 min.
Handicap Swecpstabes of 20 sous. each; 5 ft if deckred,
&e., to go the owiler of the sound hum; for three
yrs old and upwards. D.M. (4 Subs., 1 of whom
declared.)
Lord Derby's Croupier, 3 yrs, Bst 31b (Flatmrtn) 1
Mr. Combo's Necklace, 4 yrs, 8s: 51b (Rogers) 2
Sir R. Pigot's Runnymede, 3 yrs, Bst 710 (Robinson) 3
Betting—Even on Croupier, 5 to 2 agst Runnymedo,
and 3 to 1 agst Necklace. The favourite waited on
Necklace, and won in a canter by two lengths, Neck-
lace beating Runnymede by a length. Run in 1 min.
52 arc.

LON D N,

D I A.

We have received rid Marseilks nor letters and
papers by the overland mail. A teiewaphic sum-
mery, aid Trieste, of the intelligence brought by this
arrival appeared in our columns a day or two ago.
The following is the letter of cur correspondent at
Bombay, dated September 1 :
" Gholab Singh has succeeded in putting down the
insurgent hill tribes in the north of his uominior.e.
He has communicated his success to the English au-
thorities, who have duly congratulated him on the
occasion. The report of Dhost Mabomed's death
appears to have been without foundation. That
Prince still seems actively engaged in endeavours to
enlarge his dominions. He has taken advantage of
the death of Yar Mahomed Khan of Herat (which
took place on the 4th of June) to send his son Ryder
Khan with a large army to invade Herat by the
Bulk-hill route. It is considered likely that the
young Khan will ask for, and probably obtain, the
aid of Persia in repelling the invasion,
" The cadre course of the Indus and ita tributa-
ries has been visited by heavy rains and unprece-
dent,nl floods ; the latter have swept away same hun-
dreds of villages, and occasioned much destruction of
life and property. In Sinde—generally a rainless
climate--more rain has fallen in the last 20 days
than is supposed to have fallen during the whole of
the 20 years previous. In Kurrachee most of the
barracks and officers' houses were either fallen down
or unsafe, and the troops were living in tents.
" Major-General Batine, a veteran of 47 years'
standing, commanding the cis-Jhelum division, died
at Lahore on the 21st of July.
" The Commander-in-Chief's camp is to form at
Buddee on the 3d of November, whence it will pro-
ceed by way of Rupur towards Peshawur. The Go-
vernor-General's camp is to be formed at Umballa on
the 15th of October; his Lordship will then proceed
leisurely by Kalka, Saharunpoor, Deyra Dhoon,
Bareilly, Nainee Tal, and Almorah, and thence
towards Calcutta. It is hoped that in passing he will
find time to visit the King of Oude's dominions,
which are in nearly as disturbed a state as those of
the Nizem. The levelling to the ground of the innu-
merable mud forts dispersed throughout the country
is most urgently to be desired.
" The lion. Mr. D. Bethune, law commissioner at
Calcutta, is dead. It is supposed that he will be suc-
ceeded by Sir Erskine Perry, Chief Justice of Bom-
bay, should the latter be disposed to accept of the
appointment.
" The Bengal Railway Company have advertised
for tenders for the construction of the second section
of their line, viz., from Pandova to Raneegunge,
which will complete the experimental undertaking
upon which the expenditure of a million sterling was
sanctioned by the Court of Directors. An extended
survey of the country beyond Burdwan is in con-
templation, with the view of settling the question as
to the ultimate direction of the line. The site for the
terminus at Howvah has been decided on. It be-
longed to Captain Oakes from whom the Company
have purchased it for about 70,000 rupees, and is
situated close to the Howvah Ghaut. In Bombay
contracts have been let for the line from Boree-
Bunder to a place called Persid Point, on the other
side of the Tannawater. About 10 miles remain to
be contracted for to complete the experimental line
sanctioned by the East India Company. A survey of
the proposed extension lines will be undertaken next
cold season, unless Government withholds its sanction.
"The Nizem's dominions are in their usual state
of anarchy. A body of some hundreds of Rohillas
have lately been committing depredations near Nun-
droag. A force under Brigadier Mayne has, however,
been sent against them. The Arab mercenaries,
alarmed at the Governor-General's recommendation
for their extradition, are collecting from all quarters
at Hyderabad, to watch the course of events, mean-
while they are on their good behaviour, and are con-
ducting themselves in an unusually orderly manner.
Sooraj-001-Moolk's arrangements for putting off the
rainy day by borrowing money at ruinous terms on
assignments of revenue for the payment of the debt
seem to have been attended with more success than
any of the similar schemes of his predecessors. He has
already lodged with the Resident bills for nearly half
the amount of the debt, and promises to pay the ba-
lance by October. The diversion of so large a sum
from the usual purposes of Government can only have
the eff,2ct of still further crippling the Nizam's
finances, and commensurately increasing every species
of disorder to which their present disorganized state
has given rise.
"Ensign Scott, of the 48th Madras Native In-
fantry, has perished, together with about twenty
coolies, by the wreck of the ship Randolph, from Ma-
dras with coolies for the Mauritius.

" During the past month considerable excitement
has prevailed throughout the Bombay Presidency
regarding the contemplated dispatch of an expedi-
tionary force to the Red Sea, for the purpose of chas-
tising the Arabian tribes, who are openly protecting
the murderers of Captain Milne and other British
subjects. Orders had been received from the Court
of Directors to demand and, if necessary, to enforce
the surrender of the murderers, who had left the ter-
ritories of their sovereigns, the Sultans of Laledge
and other chiefs of the Abdallee, and had taken re-
fuge with the more distant Jouthelee tribe, which had
openly protected them. At first negotiations ap-
peared to hold out no chance of success, and the aspect
of affairs seemed very warlike. Troops were warned
for service, and the Governor and the Commander-
in-Chief, at the height of the Poona season, left the
Deccan for Bombay, where they still remain ; but it
bas now been decided in any case to do nothing till
the season opens.
" By the last advices from Aden the political agent
was still engaged in pursuing his negotiations with
the tribes in the interior, and his prospects of success
were more promising than before. The great object
in view is to persuade the chiefs of the Jouthelee to
deliver up the murderer of Captain Milne, who has
taken refuge with that tribe, and been openly and
avowedly protected in their territory, to the chiefs of
the Abdallee, his lawful sovereign, in order that jus-
tice may be done upon him according to his own laws.
With this demand the Joutbelee has declared himself
willing to comply, but the delivering up of a guest is
so repugnant to Arab principles, that direct compli-
ance is hardly to be expected. More probably the
chiefs will artfully place the assassin within the reach
of the Abdallee, and if the latter fail to take advan•
tage of the opportunity to seize the culprit, then the
former will avow himself free from the responsibility,
and the onus will be shifted to the other.

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" In this state of affairs, the Government cannot
finally determine on its course. If the Jouthelee chief
assumes an hostile attitude, an expeditionary force
will be immediately organised and transported to
Arabia as soon as the season will permit, but if the
Jouthelce be exonerated from participation in the

protection of the assassin, and we have only to deal
with the Abdallee tribe which surround Aden, and

their chief, the Sultan of Laledge, then reinforcements
to the garrison only will be required, and our opera-
tions will be vastly simplified.
" In the event of Captain Haynes' negotiations
proving successful, justice will be done upon the mur-
derers of Captain Milne and of the European seamen,
and the whole matter will be brought to a peaceful
termination.

" Errors to a considerable amount have been disco-
vered in the accounts of the Bengal Medical Fund
with Government. Similar errors in the books of the

Government Savings. bank at Bombay have occasioned
the dismissal of nearly all its employes. Frauds to the
extent of 70,0001. (nearly seven lacs of rupees) have
been discovered in the opium agent's department at
Bombay, and there are numerous similar abuses in

other departments. Discoveries of this nature are
becoming painfully frequent. _ The evil is in most

cases due to the dishonesty of subordinates only. I
am aware of no case in which the head of an office

has ever been suspected of anything worse than a
want of efficient supervision, and in many cases such
absence of effectual supervision is rather the fault of
the system than of the individual. The frequent
changes of office incidental to a seniority system of
promotion, in which a single vacancy may change
the heads of half-a-dozen offices just when those who
held them were becoming acquainted with their
duties ; the complicated method in which the accounts
of most departments have been hitherto kept, assisted
in some measure perhaps by the relaxing effect of the
climate on European constitutions, all conduce to
place the great majority of Anglo-India officials in
the hands of the native or uncovenanted assistant, who
is a fixture at the head of their office establishment
to an extent unprecedented in England and most de-
trimental to the interests of the public service. It is
a common remark, which probably would not have
been applicable to the Indian service forty years ago,
that while the English gentlemen at the heads of
offices are generally rather behind the world than
otherwise, the native head clerks of their establish-
ment are usually buying land and houses and becom-
ing wealthy men. The same remark applies to the
European as well as the native subordthates of the
Commissariat and other similar departments."—Times.

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
CALCUTTA.
(From the .Engli,shnian of August 19.)
Since our issue of last mail our export market has
exhibited but little change, business continuing to be
carried on, without spirit, to a moderate extent, and
with that reserve which the unsatisfactory complexion
of mercantile home affairs, coupled with the increasing
stocks of so®e leading staple i❑ our bazaar, fully jus-
tify; and although we cannot report any general decline
in prices, we have to state that the readiness to meet
offers on the most moderate previous value imparts to
them a want of buoyancy verging on a downward ten-
dency.

Tile import market has, during the last week, been in
a very unsatisfactory state, owing to the occurrence of
some failures among native dealars of repute. These
unfortunate mi►haps have created a feeling of consider-

able rlirmarnong the Etuities, who increase the evil by
rasbiag uljoat the 13..z.e.frti, a:d pressing the dc.tler
severely Er immediate riaYment. 'Some of the princi•
al
importing bouses are oa the recerve with. rer,pec'.; to sales
ana deliveries. It is to be hoped that the looso •
~,,,stem
of credit which has obtt;ined so universally Lii now
be checkel and business placed upon a tile re safe
and legitith4te footing. The consequence of the present
state of efnirs has been almost a temporary 7,peimiou
of business, and a serious falling cif in deliveri 5 3 as re-
spects sill clttcn goods, excepting prints ant 1 chintzes.
The deliveries of metals have been ca the 11 MO. mode-
rate scale which has obtained of late, with, if anything,
a very trifling improvement in copper. No sales of
spelter are reported. For particulars we refer .to our de
tailed report below. .
The unfortunate occurrences referred to in the bazaar
have had the effect of sending up exchanges /)y checking
collections and suspending the delivery of got ,de. It was
expected that the large loss of bills by !be 1' aorta (about
five lass) anti the rea, rve ve.4 by ,expor cers of
country produce would have improved rates; but these
iLiiiieneest have been more theta counteracted by the
disturbed state of the import market, anti rates have
crept up to 24 to 21, with few buyers, and those few
on the re.ierve.
Freights have receded 5.0 to 7-6 per ton,closiog again
stiffer.

Our money market continues unaltered in bank rates,
but the failures among the piece goods dealers have
caused much uneasiness and scene pressure in the bazaar.
Government securities have slightly declined, and in
shares hardly any business bas teen transacted.
ledigo, since last mail; has remained without any
transaction, and the re ports from the manufacturing dis-
tricts continued as varied as ever—in some instances less
satisfactory than before; a leading and not unimportant
feature in that direction being the excessive heavy fall
of rain reported from Agra, which has already done
much injury to the young plant, thereby materially
altering previous prospects of the out-turn in the Dosb,
and leaving little room for the but lately entertained
hope that its production would be considerably in excess
of that of the previous season. Under these circum-
etaces we incline to the opinion that a more than rea-
sonably to be expected combination of future most fa-
vourable influences will be required to produce a total
crop of 100,000 mds.
BOMBAY MARKETS.
FROM THE 26TH Or JULY TO THE 30TH Cr AUGUST
INCLUSIVE.
(From the Bombay Times.)
The money market continues most plentifully sup-
plied—in fact cash has become quite a drug, and since
we last wrote the banks have lowered their rates another
1 per cent. Government securities are somewhat lower,
owing to speculators having been in the market as sellers.
The following may be called current rates.—Transfer
stock, 1151 nominal five per cent. Siccca paper, 107 i;
four per cent. Sicca paper, 96; four per cent. Company's
paper, 91 ; five per cent. Company's paper, 104 to
1041. Bank shares have been in some demand, and the
rates of the day are bank of Bombay, 23 per cent. pre-
mium ; Oriental Bank, 7 per cent. discount ; Commer-
cial Bank, 11 per cent. discount ; Agra Bank, par.
Since our last report the London mails of the 7th and
24th ult. reached Bombay respectively on the Ist and
23d inst ; and the following vessels from the west have
reached us, viz :—from London, the Trafalgar and Ra-
jasthan ; from Liverpool, Dorcas, Rajah, China, Baron
of Renfrew, Templar, Nith, and John Bull ; and from
the Cly de, Ontario, and Allerton.
In imports a large business has been done, supplies
having arrived in quantity and been offered freely. On
tae other hand transactions in exports have been limited;
in cotton, however, our chief staple, more has been
doing latterly, shippers to China having been induced
to come forward in consequence of a fall in prices.
Money is abundant, and may be had at alow rate on ap-
proved security.
Cotton Piece Goods—The business done is these has
been iarge and pretty general. A decline in price has
been occasioned in almost all descriptions by the
liberal way in which the goods have been of-
fered. Prices have for the last few days been most
fluctuating, the large arrivals and anxiety to rea-
lize displayed on .:be part of importers having alarmed
the dealers, there being no outlet for goods yet,
and the bazaar quite gorged, so that at present the
market is dull anu depressed in consequence of the dis-
inclination shown to continue purchasing. As the mon-
soon has been most favourable throughout the whole of
Western India, large quantities of goods will doubtless
be consumed, more especially at the low prices which are
now current; we, therefore, have some encouragement to
look forward to renewed demand, but the largo supply
now in the market forbids us to expect any improvemon
in price.

Grey shirtings-40 and 45 inch of all qualities we
quote something lower than in our last. The sales of all
kinds reported are 35,550 pieces.
Madapollams have likewise declined in price 1 to 2
annas per piece, and have been taken largely, but are now
unasked for. Sales, 58,000 pieces.
Jacconets have also been disposed of to the extent of
39,000 pieces, and have declined in price.
T cloths, up to 61b., are in great quantity, and have
fallen 2 annas a piece, but heavier qualities are quoted
as in our last.
Longcloths and domestics—The season not yet having
opened, these goods have been very little asked for; fur
the longc!oths there has been some little inquiry at a de-
cline of 2 annas per piece.
Bleached Goods—Shirtings and madapollams are
hardly asked for, nor are jacconets, except the medium
qualities which are in request. Twill has not yet met
with any demand. Satin spots are inquired after, as
are also jacconet chocks. Sales quoted are 35,000
pieces of madapollams, 10,000 pieces of jacconets, 2,500
pieces of twills, and 8,600 pieces of satin spots.
Fancy Goods—Some descriptions are inquired after,
such as fine bld. mulls, low lappets, fancy border dhoties,
and lappet scarfs; while Swiss lappets and bock muslins
are not in request.
Plain twill cloths and dyed turkey red are still dull
without change in price; mulls, however, meet with some
inquiry.
Cotton Yarn—Prices have undergone little change.
Both mule and water have met with large sales. The
only decline we observe in mule is in 30s, 60s, and 80s,
while 40s, 90s, and 100 have risen in price. Water ad.
vanced a little in price, the stock having become light,
but in consequence of recent importations it has again
declined. 30s and 40s have likewise fallen in price
in consequence of recent arrivals. Dyed orange
continues without improvement, but meets with a fair
demand. Turkey red of good quality meets with more
inquiry, and is looking up, but low is still dull of sale.
Metals—The business which has been transacted in
these has been large in nearly all descriptions, with a
general rise in prices, with the exception of iron hoops,
faggot steel, and South American copper, which continue
at the quotations entered in our last.
Woollens—We have nothing
to report in these, as the
season for these goods has not yet opened. We hear of
a few sales of flannel, but the article is very dull.
y p
Cochineal—The market for this article is still much,
depressed. Our quotations are one anna lower than be-
fore. We have heard of no sales.
Beer--A very limited inquir revails' and sales of
Allsopp's and Bass's are in
small quantities only at our
last quotations. Of the inferior brands about 250 hhds.
appear to have sold at 30r. per hhd.
Spirits—The demand for brandy in wood still con-
tinues, but gin and other spirits both in wood and bottle
are very dull.
Marine Stores—Canvas, both bleached and unbleached,
has met with a greater demand than has existed for
some
.months past, and has slightly risen in price.
Paint and linseed oil moderately asked for. Cordage in
request. Sewing twine dull. Spirits of turpentine very
Sundries—The only sales which we have to report
are :
Cotton Wool—The market has been very dull through-
out the month until within the last few days, with a ten-
dency to depression in value, but no evident decline in
prices had taken place until the arrival of the overland
mail of the 24th of July. Prices, however, immediately
receded, an the accounts received by that opportunity
becoming known; they have now fallen from 6 rs. to 12
rs. per candy, according to quality. This fall in prices
induced a number of native purchasers to come forward
for the China market, whither a considerable quantity is
now being sent in addition on importers' account. There
appears to be nothing whatever doing for England—the
purchases reported are all for China. Fresh supplies from
the north are now coming in several boats have arrived
hero to-day. A further fall in prices may pretty cer-
tainly be expected when the season fairly opens.
Opium—Up to the arrival of the last mail from China
the excitement mentioned in our last report continued to
exist, and 1,225 r. at 1,25 Ur. for the best, and 1,200 r.
was given, and at these high prices the Sir Herbert
Compton for Woosung, and the Ptkin fur Hong-Kong,
took about 1,650 chests. But upon the advices by last
China mail reaching us, which brought unsatisfactory
account of the market in Wocsung, consequent upon the
failure of several native bankers interested in drug pay-
ments,
eat
prices fell, and have continued to de-
cline, in e, h
of to-day b• mg nominally 1,135 r.
a e n
per chest.
Tonnage—Early in the month rates to Great Britain
receded slightly from the nominal rates which were
quoted in our last, in consequence of the great scarcity ofely
en
freight, and some trifling g g rue ts were made for
Liverpool at 30s. to 355, per ton. Very little cargo is
quoitm mioendsia t
offering at present, and the nominal rate for both Liver-
pool and London is about 40s. per ton. For seed to
London, 21. se. has been paid. The rate to China has
been very unsteady, having been so low as 11r., but 13r.
per candy is now the rate of the day,
Exchange—For the mail via Madras on the sth inst.
the rate on London closed
dad
2s. 01-1. six months' sigh'.
It opened for this at 2s.e 0:1-d. at 5-16ths, but has since
receded to ls. 11-13-16th d. at 1-
first class China cre-
dit bills six months sight: the transactions for the mail
are included within these limits. On China we quote
220 r. per 100 dollars, 60 days' sight—the tendency still
upwards. On Calcutta our quotations are loq, 60 days'
sight.

BEHNES' STATUE OF THE LATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.
—The model for the colossal statue of the late illustrious
statesman, intended to adorn, the town of Leeds, is now com-
pleted, and is calculated fully to sustain the high reputation
of the artist as one of the first sculptors of the age. The
position selected is that familiar to the publi!, when Sir
Robert is supposed to be addressing the House of Commons,
and exhibits a dignified simplicity combined with an easy
grace and elegance, for which the original was peculiarly
distinguished. As a work of art, it perhaps surpasses any
previous production from the studio of the same sculptor.
Nothwithstanding its large dimensions, it is in every respect
life-like and true to nature. But the artist has had to
labour under one disadvantage, and that is by the necessity
of an adherence to mcdern costume, which renders stiffness
to some extent unavoidable. The model is to be cast in
bronze, and when elevated on a suitable pedestal will have
a fine and imposing effect. Mr. Behnes is also to be en-
trusted with the important task of executing the statue of
Sir Uobert intended to be erected in the City.