The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-05 00:00:00

A GREATER LOSS.

"It %as only Ham. The night should have turned
more wet since I came in, for he had a large sou'wester
bat on, slouched oier his face.

" Where's Em'ly?' said Mr. Peggotty.
" Ham made a motion with his head, as if she were
outside. Mr. Peggotty took the light from the window,
trimmed it, put it on the table, and was busily stirring
the fire, when Ham, who had not moved, mid:
" Mas'r Davy, will you 'come out a minute, and see
what Enfly and me has got t 3 show you?'
"We dent out. As I passed him at the door, I saw,
to my astonishment and fright, that he was deadly pale.
He pushed me hastily into the open air, and closed the
door upon us. Only upon us two.
" Ham! what's the matter!'
" ,Iklas'r Davy !—' Oh, for his broken heart, how
dreadfully he wept !"

Little Em'ly has been carried away by Steerfortb,
aided by his detestable serving-man Littimer. The
conclusion of the scene is a masterpiece, in this kind
of composition, simple, natural, and impassioned. The
agony of Ham and Peggotty, the broken-hearted letter
of little Emily, announcing herdisappearance, the hor-
ror of David Copperfield, and last of all, the exquisite
touch of nature on the part of poor old Mrs. Gum-
midge, are penned with a nervous force remarkable
even in the pages of Dickens. Altogether, the last
number (one of the best things ever writtcn by our
illustrious author) closes in gloom and desolation—
David Copperfield having forgotten, in the sorrowful
fall of little Em'ly, even the manifold charms of Dora
Spenlow.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, FEB. 4.

STOCK EXCITANCE.—The market was not quite so firm
as last week, and but little business has been transacted.
Great Western, Quarters, closed at 155/i.
LIVERFOOL, FED. 4.

STOCK EXCITANGE.—The market was dull to-day, and
the amount of business done has not been large. The trans-
actions were as follow : East Lancashire, 111/8 Great
Western, Quarters, 16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consol.,
55 Ditto, Fifths, 71. lls. 3d. dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 91,i
dis.—Ditto Fifths. (West Riding Union), 6,A dis.—London
and North-Western, 115 c.—Ditto, New Quarters, I'h p.—
Ditto, Quarters (C), p.--Midland, 43%—Ditto, Halves,
235; dis —Ditto, Conso!. (B. and D.), 204—St. Helen's
(Railway rnd Canal), New Preference, 6 per cent., 31h dis.
—South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. I ls. 3d. c.—York,
Newcastle, Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till
1850, 51,c-, dis.
MANCHESTER, FEB. 4.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was dull to-day.
The transactions were as follow:—Caledonian, Preference,
73/I—East Lancashire, 10 11-16—Ditto, Preference, 7 3.16 n.
—Lancashire and Yorkshire (W. R. U.), 64 d.—London
and North-Western, Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters
(C), 13a p.— Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quar-
ters (No. 1), 9 n —North Staffordshire, 10 th d.—South•
Eastern and Dover (No. 4), Scrip, 6% c.

.
YOR IC, FEn . '2.
S VICK EXCITANGE.—The transactions to-day wore of
L'OIIOW : —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 163—Great North.
emu, Preference, 11—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Prefer.
ence, 10...Y0rk and North Midland, Preference, 5%,

THE ART JOURNAL.
A beautiful engraving, copied from the original
picture of " The Woodland Gate," by 'William
Collins, ILA., one of the most agr( eable paintings in
the Vernon Collection, forms the frontispiece to the
February number of the Art Journal. The " Age of
Innocence," also from the same national gallery, pre-
sents us with a felicitous copy of the faded colouring
of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Hiram Power's exquisite
statue of the " Greek Slave," one of the most inimi-
table productions of modern art, is also represented in
the form of another embellishment. Mrs. S. C. 11411
wends her way in her latest. pilgrimage to the home
and shrine of Sir Christopher V The original
designs for manufactures are still continued with un-
abated excellence ; and in every other department
this graceful miscellany of art is pursued with its
accustomed ability.

Part 11. By

LEILA; or the Siege of Granada.
Sir E. 13. Lytton.
Another monthly instalment of this delightful re-
print brings us to the moment of the ferocious en-
counter under the walls of the Moorish capital, of the
Prince Muza and the flower of the Spanish chivalry.
The Great King Ferdinand is introduced in the
course of the number, together with his son Don
Juan, his confessor the Padre Tomas, and the
chief cf his great magnates. Li the part before us
the embellishments are Kenny Meadows' sketch of
the beautiful heroine, and Stephanoff's picture of
" Muza at the lattice of Leila."

THE LIFE AND EPISTLES OF ST.
PAUL. Part 11.
Jerusalem, the city of cities, is gloriously depicted
in the frontispiece to the second number of this
biography, the artist being ncne other than W. 11.
Bartlett. In their labours of editorship the Rev.
Messrs. Howson and Conybeare reveal very consider-
able capacity and judgment; their minds being evi-
dently directed to the accomplishment of their great
design with the awe befitting this august and beau-
tiful subject—the subject of the life of SAul of Tarsus.
If completed in a manner worthy of the undertaking
the hook when finished will rank high in our national
literature.