The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-17 00:00:00

BEWILDERED BY BRADSHAW.

It is an effecting instance of the influence and un-
easiness and de pre:sion on the mind of Mr. Lost, that
he now commenced wildly to seek the object of his
journey in the strangest directions. Abandoning the
railroads on which he had undergone so much, he began
to institute a feverish inquiry for it among a host of
boarding-houses and hotels. " Bed, breakfast,
boots, and attendance, two and sixpence per
day."—Bed and boots seven shillings per week."
—Wines and spirits of the choicest quality."

—" Night porter in constant attendance!'-
" For night arrivals, ring the private door bell."—" Om
nibases to and from all parts of London every minute.'
—" Do not confound this house with any other of the
same name." Among such addresses to the public did
Mr. Lost now seek for a way to Worcester. As might
have been anticipated—as he did anticipate, in fact,
for he was hopelessa now—it was not to be found there.
His intellect was greatly shaken. Mr. Lost has left, in
his diary, a record so minute of the gradual deadening
of his intelligence and benumbing of his faculties,
that he can be followed downward, as it were step
by step. Thus we find, that when he had exhausted
the boarding-houses and hotels, commercial and other-
wise (in which he found his intellect much enfeebled by
constant recurrence of the hieroglyphic " 1-6-51—
W. J. A."), he addressed himself, with the same dismal
object, to Messrs. Moses and Son, and to Mr. Medwin, boot-
maker to his Royal Highness Prince Albert. After them,
even to inanimate things, as the Patent Compendium Port-
manteau,taeimproved C aff Machines and Corn Crushers,
Norman Razor, the Bonk of England Sealing Wax,
thesorm
Schweppe's Soda Water, the Extract of Sarsaparilla, the
Registered Paletot, Rowlands' Kalydor, the C) cloidal
Perasol, the Cough Lozenges, the universal night-light,
the poncho, Allsopp's pale ale, and the patent knife
cleaner. Failing, naturally, in all these appeals, and in
a final address to his Grace the Duke of Wellington in
the gentlemanly summer garment, at.d to Mr. Barton of
the General Furnishing Ironmongery Warehouse, he
sank into a stupor and abandoned her. Mr. Lost is
now a ruin. He is at the Enston-square Hotel. When
turn home he merely shakes his head and
Tu . . 6." No cabman can be found
maduvtitseerds
Wreare
who will take charge of him on those instructions. He
sits continually turning over the leaves of a small dog's-
eared quaeto voluthe with a yellow cover, and babbling
in a plaintive voice, " Bradshaw, Bradshaw." A
few days since, Mrs. Lost, having been cautiously
made acquainted with his cendition, arrived at the hotel,
accompanied by the confidential domestic. The first
word of the heroic woman were:—" John Lost. don't
make a spectacle of yourself, don't. Who am I?" He
replied, " BRADSHAW." "John Lost," said Mrs. Lost,
I have no
patience with you. Where have you been
to?" Fluttering the leaves of the book, he answered,
"To BRADSHAW." " Stuff and nonsense, you tiresome
man," said Mrs. Lost. "You put me out of patience.
What one earth has brought y in to this stupid state?"
He feebly answered, " BRADSHAW." No one knows
what he means.—Dickens ••Household Words."

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.htlesAtreferoßoGrAcrinDrgdEiato.n.)the
official
list,M IthNecEtrez(cFseTirpEots of cotton at the American ports to the
STATE
zitih,
2d July were 2,263,466 bales. The better qualities were
kc. per lb. higher ac New York than on the 25th ult.
(mainly through the influence of accounts from this side)
—the lower grades, however, being very much neglected;
and these graces bad lost ic. in the southern markets,
while the better ones remained firm. The general prospects
of the growing crops were highly favourable, genial
rains in the Atlantic States having improved its condition
in those districts from which alone any complaints have
latterly been received. There is nothing In these accounts
to weaken the prevailing opinion with us, that the raw
material has nut yet run its downward course; and this
opinion continues, therefore, to exercise a somewhat de-
pressing influence upon the value of our staple produc-
tions. Good spinnings of No. 6's to 12's water twist, in
the bundle, have indeed commanded last week's prices
in to-day's market; and the engagements still :in hand
for warps of the lower counts, say from 16's to
24's, enable the makers to maintain their quotations
with firmness,—those only (and not all of them) being
disposed to concede ed. per lb. whose contrae is are ex-
piring. But, in 20's and 30's water, sui table fur Ger-
many, spinners find themselves at a disad vantage of id.
as compared with this day week; in warps, above the
counts just named, there is also a little giving way;
and, although there is a good deal of steadiness in
cops, yet business is scarcely practicabl a at the rates
of this day week. The India mercticnts are quite
out of the market ; and their descriptions o f yarn, to-
gether with 40-inch shirtings, are consequontly more
depressed than almost any other articles. Domestics,
T's, and long cloths are steady, as are also printing
cloths. Looking at our market in general, it is
evident that business is very much kept in
abeyance by that prevalent opinion in regard to
cotton, which we have before referred to. ; and an
increasing irregularity in prices is a .consequence.
In addition to the small failure of Raphael and Co. we
are sorry to hear of that of another Levan L firm—viz ,
Ralli and Marrogort'ato, of London, with their Man-
chester branch, C. P. Ralli. For several ;lac nths back,
little has been done by the latter, whose debts, therefore,
consist only of some trifling balances. The Lo ndon firm,
however, is stated to owe about 20,0001., chi" fly on ac-
count of bills drawn upon them in favour of Levant
houses in this country.
RocMDALE, MONDAY.—The flannel market has under-
gone little or no change since that of the preceding
week, except in coarse goods, such as kers( ye, which
have been rather more inquired after. The vet oul market
has been full as easy, except in low-priced English wools,
which are scarce, and maintain good prices.
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—On the whole there has
been an improvement in our market on last week's.
More business has been trausacted in the Cloth Hall.
Striped woollens and fancies are in request. Stocks are
low in the hall, and more is being done to order. In..the
,
shipping trade nut much has been done. The wool '
market is flat, as is usual at this time of the year.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The woollen trade continues ae•
five. Tne market at the Cloth Sisturday last,
was brisk, and a fair business has been done to-day. I
Prices remain firm.