The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-27 00:00:00

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DECEiVIBER 27, 1851.
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t Wool—The wool market i 3
ihr charge. The di, prop'.
tool and that of yarns acts as
oils, as the spinners only buy
t to see much activity so
1-of things continueF. Yarns
rovement in the demand for
prices can be realised than
still the rates as they now
such a 3 will only
Pet limited form.
much as is usual
inc 23 in price that
past.
—Christmas fall-
larket-day, there
:2a Was expected,
it indication of a
at present. There
shirting.; suitable
is, at full prices.
tics, but they still
1110 trade. Some
week, and a fair
'ices. The cloths
of maddapolams,
re, but there has
1, which will pro-
;ocks. After the
.nd or the staples
low prices which
kr the guarantees
the unexampled
be forthcoming.
!El now very geue-

AL AMERICA.
lyd's that.the ship
detained at Val 7
,Riccinence of the
;el being " again

Bnlues. They:are said to number about 4,500 men, in
a good state of equipment and filled with enthushsm.
After making all dun eilow,z,len for the pnrtiaiity of
their friends, we aro persuadA that they are in all
respects superior to their coe3, and anticipate that the
when it does come, ill be of vict,..ry.
"Oa the 201 l the advance guard of the tioverrrnEnt
troops b,gan to march from Loneonailla toward 3 Chil-
Tan, having been d taincd by rains. &Tinian°, rill
Coaannander in-Chief of the insurgents, started from
COnCopelOn on the 16th.
"On the 9th inst. the. Government paid the regular
dividend on the internal debt, and Also clneeiLd thu
usual amount of the bonds.

CU,TO3I u.Juss.--Oa the 221 instant the n©w Cus-
tom-house regulations went into eff,3ct. The duties, for
the moat part, htmeeforth ere 25 per cent. fil,ny sr-
ticks, as raw materials for manufacturers, are ire e;
others, as jewelry, at 2 per cent. only; ready-made
clothing at 30 per cent.; and tobacco at 100."
The Valparaiso Reporter supplies the following
items of news from the neighbouring states:—
" Ecuador—The presidency of General Urb*.ea has
been unanimously accepted, and it is probable that peace
will be maintained for some time.

" Peru is in perfect trauq.iiility, and this pc seeable
state will, no doubt, greatly contribute to its a ivance•
went in commerce and liberal institutions.

" Bolivia is also in peace, although Congress
_has not
fulfilled the promises with which it began its meetings.
At first, some of its members dared to raise their voices
and claim reforms in the Government, but they were
speedily silenced, and Congress will close its niestings
without L.viug done auythit.g except abolishing the
Qaina bank—a measure which Government had resolved
en before."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Va,paraiso Mercantile Repot ter.)
VALPARAISO, OCT. 26.

During the present political disturbances in the cAtn-
try no change for the hater, as far as the home tredo is
concerned, can be looked for. We have no doubt, and
have sufficient info on to assert, that though at pre-
sent the political sgi ttyof our fermerly peaceful Republic
is clouded, those clouds will soon be dispersed, and that
the country cannot lose its proz;petity through the pollti-
calintrigues of a few. Meanwhile, however, until the
disturbances in the north and south are entirely settled,
the confidence bath of buyers and sellers is shaken.
These remarks apply to the home trade, but bear no al-
lusion to the export trade with our customers of Salta
Bolivia and other parts who have to lay in stocks during
the coming month for the approaching summer season.
Our market is well assorted of English, French, and
German goods, and importations during the month have
been considerable, particularly in plain cotton goods
from Manchester, which would have mot with ready
sale under different circumstances.
The new tariff, which went into force on the 2241 of
this month, has caused a considerable activity in the
Custom house dispatches, particularly in the dipatches
of French silks, the duty on which is now 10 pr cent.
higher than formerly. A sale of about 20,000 qtls.
nitrate of soda has been effected at 18 rls, partly deli-
verable during the month and the remainder in Dectus-
her, and this high rate is likely to continuo white freight
for British shipping keeps at the present rate.
No alteration has occurred in the rates of freight for
produce to Europe since our report of last month; few
charters are in the market, and quotations may be
nominally made at 30s. for nitrate of seda to Liver-
pool, and 355. to a safe port in the United Kingdom,
calling at Cork for orders; rates for other produce
in proportion. Freights to California 8 dollars.
The Hamburgh barque Adolph was sold by auction at
3,000 dolls. Under prevailing circumstances we can
make no alterations in our price current, and our quota-
tion must bo considered nominal.

Neither have any transactions taken place in our staple
export articles, as flour, barley, ai.d other alimentaries,
the principal port of shipping, Concepcion, being
blockaded. The nominal price fur flour may be (voted
at 9 dolls. 4 fo. bl. 200, and 4 dolls. per far.ega Lr small
quantities of barley has been obtained. Neither can wo
report any transactions in coals, copper, or quicksilver;
The silver, in bars, arrived by the Bolivia, were sold
at the commencement 10 dolls. sr. to 10 dolls. sir. per
mark, and 10 dolls. 4r. has been since accepted for some
small parcels remaining over.
Exchanges—Draughts on London, 44441; ditto Ham-
burgh, 381; hard dollars, 12 per cent. premium; copper
in bars, 16 doll..; silver, 10 dolls. 50., 10 dolls. sic.;
gold dust, 1i per cent.

bottom. She saw the
riloner give the peer to
her daughter, tiNt puting in some sugar from a
p
basin en the stand, and s'_irring it uo. Witness ,grated
some nutmeg into it, and her daughter drank part
fit; while holding it in her hand, Utley said,
" Aiti't you going to drink it all ?" bat she said she
was afraid, for the doctor had forbidden her bier. He
replied, " Drink i ail out ; won't hurt you." 11'3
had poured the 1.)"r by lacr dauhter'i desire.
About half-past three in the morning, after drinking
the beer, wiiness'a daughter was very sick and vomixd
for two hours. She reniaihed very in all the
next day. _ _

O 1 the crozs-examination of the witness by Mr.
Gooday, who appeared nn behalf of the prisoner she
statt.d that the 1..)..er was drunk before the coffee. She
kept the scent-bottle in her pocket, with the stuff in
it, from the Sunday morning until the following sa..
turday. Mr. Vincent, the. surgeon, had come there
during the wtzk—she did not. know how many times;
and th6ugh she saw him every time he came, she told
him nothing of the bottle during that week. When
he came on the fol:owing Monday she gave him the
bottle.

In reply to a question from the magistrate, the
witness stated that her reason for not telling Mr.
Vincent was, that she was afraid be would —.ail her
daughter, and that it might frighten her to death,
Mr. B, Irmge, surgeon, of Bury, stated that on
Tuesday wet k Mr. Vincent sent a bottle to him to
b 3 analysed, which he did the same day, and found it
to contain no metallic poison. On the following day
Mr. Vincent brought a little flat bottle, about half
filled with what appeared to be water, with a white
sediment at the bottom. The witness had since ana-
lysed the contents of the bottle, and found arsenic in
It. The bottle had been ever since in his possession.
P. C. Cald well, the next witness, deposed that he was
at the house of the prisoner on Wednesday evening
last, when the prisoner told him that ha had mixed
two powders, a portion of one in some beer, and the
other in some coffee, which had been given to his
wife; that he had taken 531113 of the powder him-
self as medicine, which made Lim very sick, but that
he afterwards felt better, and thought that by giving
her some it would also make her better. The pie-
soner further said he bought the powders of a man
named Attwood, at Bildeaton. He then said that be
had got_ three fat pigs in a hovel, and that he would
give Mr. Vincent one, and himself (witness) any
amount of money not to say anything about it, as no
one would ever know it.

It is important to add, as assigning a motive for the
commission of the alleged crime, that in the wife's
deposition she stated that some time ago she bad a
sum of money left her, part cf which she gave to her
husband. Latterly he had pressed her for the re-
mainder, which she refused to give him, and that ever
since he had treated her harshly.

SIR C. NAPIEK'S SERVICES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—Sir Charles Napier, in a letter to you, which
appeared in the Times this morning, coolly asserts
that my statement of the 20th inst. is a notorious
falsehood. May I request you will oblige me by al.•
lowing me to prove, though the columns of your
journal, that if it is so, I have been unconsciously led
into error from not having seen Sir Charles Napier
i❑ the usual place for a commander who could with
justice lay claim to having " stormed Sidon and takcn
the garrison prisoners ;" Sir Charles Napier's assertion,
" I stormed Sidon and took the garrison prisoners,"
letding every one to believe that he headed the troops
and led them to the attack.
The first question I would ask Sir Charles Napier
is—Who was the Britih officer who as gallantly
dashed across the bridge into the town at the head of
the 'Turkish troops ? Not Sir Charles Napier, but
Mr. Arthur Cumming, now Commander Cumming,
of the Royal Navy.
S?..condly,—Who led the battalion of Royal Ma-
rines to which I was attached up to the sea-gate of
the town to support the Turks above-named ? Not
Sir Charles Napier, but Captain Morrison, of the
Royal Marines.
Thirdly,—Who led the battalion of Royal Marines
that marched to the attack of the other sea gate ?
Not Sir Charles Napier, but Captain Whylock, now
Colonel Whylock, of the Royal Marines.
Surely, if Sir Charles Napier was not at the bead
of either of these bodies of troops, he cannot well take
all the credit to himself of having " stormed Sidon
and taken the garrison prisoners."
Sir Charles Napier might have gone up, outside
the walls of the town, to the upper or land gate, but
the point of attack on which the largest body of
troops was concentrated must have been the post of
' danger ; and I am still of opinion that if an office)*
does not lead on his soldiers to the attack, but crawls
round outside a wall whilst the first and hottest
brush is going on inside, he cannot with any modesty
lay claim to be considered the great warrior Sir
Charles Napier would wish to make himself appear.
I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant,
Dec. 26. A ROYAL MARINE.

THE REV. P. COOPER.
(From the Corh Southern Reporter.)
The more we reflect on the letter addressed by the
Reverend P. Cooper to the Freeman's Journal, the
more astounded we are at the audacity of its tone,
the more amazed at the indiscretion of the writer.

That the reverend gentleman could have imagined any
journalist, not reduced to the condition of absolute
servitude, capable of submitting to the dictatorial
command conveyed in it, is more than we are able to
comprehend. But if he did imagine that his threaten-
ing missive could produce the effect, and wrote it
merely to frighten the editor of the Freeman's Journal
into a suppression of the manifesto of Mr. Keogh
and his colleagues, his conduct would not appear so
pre• ern inentiv absurd as it now does. For, evidently
more than doubting the acquiescence of the Freeman,
in his extraordinary demand, he yet insisted on hav-
ing the fact, that such a demand was made, pro-
claimed to the world, by the publication of his letter.
He felt it to be more than probable that the journalist
could not bow to the degradation of complying with
his orders : and yet he seems to have been quite sa'is-
fled that the country at large was sunk to such a point
of baseness, as to concede that he was justified in
issuing them. A grosser insult to the intelligence
and independence of Catholic Irishmen we really
could not conceive possible.
We should like to Ino TV who or what Mr. Cooper
is, that he dares to forbid the publication, by the
Irish Press, of an appeal to the Irish people, by cer-
tain of their representatives, on a subject in which
they are immediately and seriously concerned ? By
what authority does he assume to intermeddle in the
business ?—ls it as curate of one of the metropolitan
churches that he constitutes himself censor of the
Press?—" Don't dare to print the mischievous letter
of these Parliameutary busy bodies, till you know
what the Primate thicks of it ; or, if you do, let the
country know that I, the Reverend P. Cooper, one Of
the curates in Marlborough-street, warned you not ?
—Risum teneatis amici Why, his reverence medi-
tated a coup if etat. What twenty-four Archbishops
and Bishops, and a supernumerary, did not even at-
tempt, at Thurles, the Reverend P. Cooper made a
bold effort to accomplish on the 18th of Decem-
ber, 1851. The 18th Brumaire was a joke to what
he tried to do, but—as failures will occur sometimes—
didn't. _ _

But, as it is hardly probable that he acted in his
simple capacity of curate, in what other did he
" warn" the Freeman , Is he Censor of the Press

"in petto P" Does the Primate intend the reverend
gentleman for this distinguished post ? If so, we
must " warn" him that he has made a great blunder,
in anticipating the period of his appointment. Ire-
land has not yet been " ultramontanised" enough to
begin this sort of work. Our countrymen have been
accustomed, so long, to so much freedom of the
Press, at least, as consists in the publicationo lettersanmoefsun-
derstand
from patriotic M.P.s, that they will by n
Mr. Cooper's mode of dealing with them.
It would demand, at least, a few yearsy:thtahctaqhtuaiatainottoaf Itcheee,
wtoitbhritnhge
their
rrinacumilnuds
ionftothace Ucordnairnecresiwt
Metropolitan Curate.
Let no one suppose that we are going
way in taking up this letter of Mr. The
r.
reverend gentleman has appealed to Cooper's.
and
out of our
the counntry,
other-
wise, answers him, the better. We replhd"l
the sooner the country, through its press a
our
own account, in the first place, and we beg to inform
Mr. Cooper that his warningt the Freeman's Journal
was about the most unpardonable outrage on jour,
nalism that could well have been attempted. As
such, it becomes our duty to resent it, in the strongest
,language we cau use. Audacious in its object, and
insolent in its tone, every newspaper which is not the
mere tool of some enslaving influence should denounce
it. Not because the threat comes from an individual,
of very small personal pretensions; but, on the con-
trary, and a fortiori, because a sort of weight is at-
tempted to be attached to the Curate's admonition,
I by coupling with it the Primate's name. The com-
mand of Mr. Cooper would be• merely ridiculous, but
it has a significance which becomes important when
connected with the allusion to Dr. Cullen. Were the
act on which we comment that of the latter, it would
' merit still more resolute rebuke.

MRS- BLOOMER A PoSTmASTER.—The President
of the United States has appointed Mr. Bloomer postmaster
at Seneca Falls, N.Y., and firs. Bloomer the deputy.

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satipiettory, ar.d
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doinft is fully as
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for s e months p
ESTE' , DEC. 24.
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bu,i :3 to-day th;
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