The Sun.
London, England, 1832-08-21 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

George Hozill and Margaret Roland were indicted,
the former for stealing, and the latter for receiving, know-
ing them to have been stolen, large quantities of wax
candles, sealing-wax, &c. value 71., the property of Mr.
John Field, an extensive wax and tallow-chandler, of
Lambeth-mars h.

The case occupied the Court all the forenoon. It ap-
peared that the male prisoner had held a confidential
situation under Mr. Field for about nine years. The
female prisoner, who was a young woman of very inte-
resting appearance, was an acquaintance of his. It was
stated that she lived in the neighbourhood of Mr. Field's
premises, and was under the protection of a gentleman
who made her a large allowance, and who was in the way
of procuring orders for the theatres and Vauxhall Gardens.
The male prisoner was in the habit of getting those orders
from her, and in return presented her at various times with
parcels of wax and other candles, and gave her invitations
on parties of pleasure in a sailing beat which he kept.
The prosecutor had frequently missed property of va-
rious descriptions from his manufactory, and suspecting
that the prisoner, who seemed to lead a gay life, had com-
mitted depredations upon I hitn,con the 7th of August he
had him taken into custody and searched. Nothing was
found on his person, but he confessed that he had repeat-
edly taken wax candles and sealing wax, and that a quan-
tity of them might be found at the residence of the female
prisoner. The officers went there, and found a large
quantity of the prosecutor's property, which was produced
in Court. The female prisoner accounted for it by saying
she had bought it of her brother.
A great many witnesses of respectability were called,
who all gave the prisoner a most exemplary character;
it was also stated that the female bore the character, in
her neighbourhood, of being exceedingly charitable to the
poor.

The Jury found the prisoners guilty, but recommended
them strongly to mercy.
The prosecutor recommended the female prisoner to
mercy, but as to the other prisoner, it was necessary as an
example to the other workmen that he should be punished.
The CHAIRMAN sentenced them both to seven years'
transportation.
The female prisoner, who was accommodated with a
seat during the trial, was carried out of the Court after
her sentence, in a state of insensibility.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S

DEAL, Auc. 20 —Wind S.W.—Arrived from the
river and sailed, the Zenobea, Owen, for Bengal; Belle
Alliance, Arckoll, for Madras ; and Guardian, Sinclair,
for New South Wales.

PORTSMOUTH, Aua. 20.-Wind W.S.W.-Arrived
from London, the Georgiana, Clemente, for Bengal.-
Sailed the Lord William Bentinck, Hutchinson, for
Madras and Bengal.
FALMOUTH, Auc. 19.-Wind W. to W.N.W. fresh
breezes.-Arrived the Martin, Martin, from Bahia; and
Tancred, Smith, from Port-au-Prince. _ _

COWFS, Ann,. 20.—Arrived the Congress, Shaw, from
Havannah.

POOLE, Auc. 19.—Arrived the Hero, Bell, from
Memel.

PENZANCE, AUG. 19. —Arrived the Anne, Davis, from
Memel.

BEACHLEY, AUG. 19.—Arrived the Orwen, Orwen,
from Archangel.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 19.—Arrived the Diana, Anthony,
from Trinidad ; Grace, from Antigua; Lee, Cannon, from
Barbadoes ; Lexington, Covell ; Grotius, Barstow ; and
Mary and Harriet, Tibbetts, from New Orleans ; Choctaw,
Forster, from Savannah ; Fame, Chace, from Charleston ;
Regent, Quekfall ; Campion, Brown ; and Fairfield,
Smith, from Quebec ; Ann Paley, Rolstone, from off Lis-
bon, sailed 11th inst., not allowed to enter. Off port, the
Chandos, from Jamaica.
GREENOCK, AUG. 18.—Arrived the Joseph Anderson,
Thomson, from Quebec; Terranova, Kelso, from New-
foundland.
DUNDEE, Auc. 18.—Arrived the Hector, Reid, and
Traveller, Wighton, from Quebec; Cousins, Wilson, and
John, Dryden, from Bay Chaleur ; Victor, Morrison, from
Cape Breton ; Cottager, Roger, from Reval.
LlsmKEmcK, Auc. 18.—Arrived the Torrento, Sterling,
from Quebec ; Eliza, Davis, from London.
ABERDEEN, AUG. 18.—Arrived the Hercules, Reid,
from Greenland.

HULL, Auc. 19.—Arrived the Lady Helen Marr,
Moore, and St. Mary, Gill, from Quebec.
YARMOUTH, Auc. 20.—Arrived the Minerva, Culling;
Sylvan, Gillam ; and Venus, Symmons, from Quebec.
Dunt.tri, Auc. 19.—Arrived the Thames, Scott, from
Quebec.

NEWRY, Ave. 19.—Arrived the Tarbolton, Thomson,
from Quebec.

The Factor, Smith, from Liverpool to London, was
assisted into Holyhead on Saturday, with loss of foremast.

THE FUNDS.----(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK.

The accounts brought by the Arial from Oporto are not
of a later date than previously received. The last Lisbon
packet left Lisbon on the and touched at Oporto on
the sth inst. bringing news of that date from Oporto;
but, by the way of Liverpool, we have information from
Lisbon of the 11th inst. and from Oporto of the 6.h, by
the Ann Paley, who returned to Liverpool with her
cargo. Lisbon was still in a state of siege. Oa the 7th
inst. the Leveret left the hostile squadrons N.W. by N.
from the rock of Lisbon, distant sixty miles. Admiral
Sartorius had the weather gauge, distant four miles ; he
fired two broadsides into the Don John on the night of
the sth, and received some straggling shots in return. The
last accounts from Oporto, by the Falcon, of the sth,
state that Don Pedro had not advanced, and was not likely
to move soon. On the 6th the Admiral telegraphed, "No
alteration had taken place at Oporto." 12,000 guerillas
were hovering about Oporto, assembled together by the
priest. ; only one cavalry officer and one soldier had de-
serted to Dun Pedro lately. On the tenth of August,
Don Miguel went on board the American frigate to
breakfast.

By the French snail this morning, we have accounts
from Flushing, which state that the different ports there
had been repaired, and the garrison had received a rein-
forcement; and the above place now bids defiance both to
the English and French fl'ets. Seamen had been shipped
from Flushing, to be put on board the Dutch fleet.
The accounts from Poland continue still to be of a me-
lancholy nature. They write from Halisch to the 7th
of July, that the property of persons who have left that
unfortunate country will soon be confiscated ; and a bad
harvest is also expected, owing to continual rains. The
recruitment and carrying off the children has prevented
the agriculture. The Russians even take for recruits men
of small stature ; they have already carried away about
70,000 men, which causes the country to be depopulated,
and it is expected that in September another levy will
take place of 70,000 men.
Accounts from Paris state, that the Chambers are
expected to meet on the Ist of October, when M. Dupin
will replace M. Barthe, and M. Humane M. Louis. The
Presidency of the Council will be given to Marshal Soult,
who will meet 140 Deputies who signed the eompte rendu.
The whole of the Liberal Press will be against the Mi-
nistry, as well as the Tribune.
The Paris Papers say we can announce that M. Van de
Weyer is going to London to terminate, in concert with
General Goblet, the affairs of Belgium.

THE FUNDS.

Consols opened this morning as heavy as they left off
yesterday, 83:1 g for the Account, with little doing at pre•
sent. Report says that some new difficulties have started,
on the part of Belgium, for the adjustment (on the minor
points) of the affairs, which may cause some delay to the
final issue. Bank Stock has rather taken a start for the
better this morning. It left off yesterday 185 to 187. At
present it may be quoted 187 to 189.
HALF-PAST ONE.

Two ships have arrived at Gravesend from Oporto,
which left on the 7th instant, by which it is said that let-
ters are in town of the above date, stating that they were
attacked by Don Miguel's troops, and at the moment they
were writing all was going on well. Other accounts are
also said to be received to the same purport, but the result
is not mentioned, as they were left fighting.
The above account is probable, as by the accounts re-
ceived at Liverpool 12,000 guerillas were approaching
Oporto, and in all probability Don Pedro might have sent
out a division to disperse them. The Captains of the
two vessels are not as yet in town.
Consols are at present 93i for the Account ; Bank
Stock, 188 to 190.
In the Foreign Market PoTrt:RueßrEßegent Scrip 4
CL OCR.-41- to
4 discount. In other Foreign Securities little or nothing
doing.
Consols are now 83 for Account,

POWER, the comic actor, whose personation
of Irishmen has not been equalled since the days of JACK
JOHNSTONE, has, we understand, left the field where he
acquired his professional reputation, and engaged himself to
Cipt. POLHILL, at Drury-lane.

FINE ARTS.

MARTIN'S ILL USTRATIONSoftheBIBLE.
PARTS M. AND IV.
We have just been favoured with the lettered
proofs of these two parts. They abound in Mr.
Martin's usual faults and excellencies, who,
whatever may be said of his want of human sym-
pathies, of his utter inability to give adequate
expression to the passions, is, so far as mere
imagination is concerned, the most striking
painter of the age. In his power of pourtraying
the grand and terrific in scenery—of bringing
vividly before us the stately domes and gorgeous
temples of the Babylons and Ninevehs of old,—
above all, in his perfect and absolute mastery
over space, no artist just now before the world
equals, or even comes near him. Here, his ge-
nius " dwells like a star apart." In other respects,

it merely glimmers with cold, feeble, uncertain
radiance. Haydon surpasses him in strength of
feeling ; Etty in the anatomical details of the
human figure ; Wilkie in the forcible simplicity
with which he tells and works out a story, and
makes himself understood at a glance. Mr.
iVlartin (except in the ideal) cannot compete
with these great masters of art ; he must therefore
content himself with the praise of being able to
resuscitate the " famous Babylon," and give us
the best, because the truest, idea we have yet
had of the glories of the city of Semiramis.
The Death of Abel is a fine production, subject
to the strictures we have just hinted. Nothing
can be grander, more sublime, or more filling
to the imagination than the adjuncts of the pi c-
ture : by adjuncts, we mean, the war of elements
that is going forward in the once peaceful Eden,
as if to mark the awful hour when death first
stole upon the human race : the frowning crags,
thunder-smitten and blasted with lightning; the
vast chaos of clouds, hanging, like a curse, upon
earth ; the broad, winding Euphrates here re-
flecting the meteoric splendours of heaven,
there black with the deep shadows of the over-
hanging cliffs ;--nothing, we repeat, can be more
impressive in their way than these things ; but
here our praise must stop. The still-life of
the picture is precisely that part which
should possess most spirit and animation.
For what are the leading ideas that the Death of
Abel suggests? Not the grief of the father,
not the hysterics of the mother, not the corpse
stretched full-length on the ground ; these are
but auxiliaries to produce a general effect : the
one prominent feature, round which the whole
interest of the picture rallies, is the figure of
Cain himself. The rage, remorse, horror, phrenzy,
depicted by the countenance and gestures of the
first of earth's murderers—this it is that gives its
character and imparts its striking moral interest
to the story. Yet Mr. Martin has backed out of
this, which he must have felt to be a, dilemma,
and has got rid of it by a side-wind. His Cain
is a sad vulgarism. His countenance is devoid
of passion ; there is no curse branded on his fore-
head ; he takes things coolly, and looks like a
mere pickpocket who has stolen a watch
and seals, and is running away from the
cry of " Stop thief !" Adam and Eve
are better ; but the former is too exagge-
rated, and the latter too devoid of sentiment .
Of the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
it is impossible to speak in too high terms of
praise. It is as magnificent—as sublime a de-
scription as even Mr. Martin himself ever pro-
duced. The figure of the solitary prophet in
the foreground, bewailing with uplifted hands
and eyes the catastrophe which he foresaw, yet
could not avert, adds considerably to the
effect, and impresses us with a high idea
of Mr. Martin's poetic sensibility. The
Deluge is also an imposing production ;
but it is too much of a Variorum edition of
Mr. Martin's former painting on the same sub-
ject. This, however, we will say, that he is the
only painter who has ever impressed us with a
lively notion of this catastrophe. All the other
Deluges we have ever seen—and we have seen
some dozens of this favourite subject of art—
have invariably reminded us of a❑ equinoctial
overflow of the Thames in the Essex marshes.