The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-10 00:00:00

ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.

The revival of Mazeppa has been a great bit. It has
already been performed upwards of seventy consecutive
ights, and still continues to attract over-flowingto axes.
Mr. Batty has also engaged a most accomplished
vocalist, Mias Annie Hardie, who sings Scotch ballads
most effectively. We know not when we have been
more pleased than we were by her rendering of the
beautiful ballad, "Jessie, the Flower of Dumblane."
The audience were in raptures, and Miss Annie
Hardie has already become an immense favourite
with the patrons of Astley's.

POSTAL REGULATIONS IN SOUTH WALES.—The
recent alteration in the route of the London mail, by which
letters are forwarded from the metropolis and the west of
England into South Wales, vid Bristol and across the river
Severn at the old passage, instead of through Gloucester, has
caused much dissatisfaction and inconvenience at Swansea
and other towns on the rr" allcaed grievance lies in
the fact that the mail ''subject to the
delays and irregu/ _oat mode of
transit, and that in t _ ,onveniences will
be much increart" -`; t 4 London mail was
delayed two ho. ed Swansea; and this too
in the summer seas' .ays have arisen, and in con-
sequence the inhabii anticipate that when the winter
really sets in, their ..espondence, instead of arriving at
eig'4 A.M. at Swansea, will not reach them until eleven and
twelve o'clock. To the west of Swansea a postal delay is of
much consequence, as it reduces the opportunity for reply by
return to a very short time -at Llanelly not more than two
hours remaining; at Carmarthen the time is even still less.
A serious amount of inconvenience may thus be caused, and,
in order to avoid this, and procure the transmission of the
mails through Gloucester as hitherto, the inhabitants are
about to memorialize the proper authorities on the subject,
in order to remedy the evil before the winter closes in.

GLASGOW, SEPT. 7.—Cotton--The market for
cotton wool has been inactive all the week; purchases are
only made for immediate use by the spinners, and the prices
of this day week are scarcely supported. The recent ac-
counts from America have had no effect on the trade. A
moderate business doing in yarns and poops at stationary
rates. Pig Iron - Our pig iron market has teen dull during
this week, and little business has been done, the scrip ques-
tion having somewhat depressed prices. To day mixed
numbers are offerel at 425. 6d. cash, and 435. three months
open time ; buyers at 6d. less. No. 1 Gartsherrie' 435. 3d.
to 435. 6d.; bars are dull at from 5/. ss. to 51. 7s. 6d.
A MERCILESS SPORTSMAN.—Thomas Lee, of Nen-
thal, on Alston Moor, whilst shooting on Greenhill Moss,
rose a covey cf 15 grouse, about 50 yards off. Six fell to the
first barrel and four to the second, seven of which were shot
dead, acd three lamed. The day before he shot 12 brace in
succession.—The Witness.

ST. STEPIIEN'S, WALBROOK.—The repairs are
about to be commenced, we hope effectively. The pictu-e,
by B. West is taken down to be placed in the north transept,
and a window is to be opened over the other. It is ex-
pected the Grocers' Company will present one of stained glass.
The carved work has been placed in the hands of Mr.
If,,gers. The organlgallery will be enriched similarly to that
of St. Mary-at-bill. Over the altar is to be placed a new
cornice, in with the style of the church, and enriched
with carvings of fruit and flowers. The architect is Mr.
Turner; the builder, Mr. Young.— The

BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.—The inhabitants of Bar-
tholomew-close, though situate in the heart of the city of
London, have hitherto claimed exemption from Corporation
services and fines as non-freemen. That right, however, is
about to be disputed by the Bakers' Company, who have
commenced proceedings for the recovery of penalties against
some of the inhabitants, and subscriptions have been opened
amongst them to defend their claim, which is made under a
charter granted by Henry I. to Prior Bolton, and confirmed
by Henry VIII. to Sir R. Bich. The district includes all
that part of the City lying between Smithfield and Alders-
gate-street and Little Britain and Long-lane.

BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY AT WO➢IBWELL'S ROYAL
MENAGEs.m.—Another of the splendid lionesses contained
within this collection gave birth to two remarkably fine cubs
on Tuesday last, and, strange to say, they are pure white!
Mr. Wombwell states that he has bred lions, &c., for up-
wards of forty years, but never knew or heard of such an
occurrence previously.—Scotsman.

THE GREAT BarrAlN.—The negotiations for the
purchase of the Great Britain, to carry on a trade between
Panama and San Francisco, have fallen through, and this
noble vessel is destined, for a time at least, to remain idle in
her present quarters.— Liverpool Albion.
ROCHDALE SAVINGS liaaix.—The Right Hon. Yox
Maule, Secretary-at-War, has given orders that all those
pensioners who had deposits in the Rochdale Savings Bank
shall have their dividend made up to 20s. in the pound.

A RUNAWAY HORSE. On Sunday forenoon, as
Mr. Thompson, the wholesale shoe-manufacturer of Church-
street, Spitalfields, was proceeding down Snowhill i❑ a four-
wheeled phaeton, accompanied by his wife, another lady,
and one of his children, his horse took fright, and ran away
at a furious pace. The animal was not stopped until it
dashed with great violence through the shop-front of
Messrs. Emery, linendrapers, at the corner of Farringdon-
street and Holborn-hill. The amount of damage caused by
the collision was very considerable, the plate-glass windows
boing shivered to atoms, and the stock and fittings much
injured. Mr. Thompson received some severe bruises.
The horse was badly cut, and the phaeton was dashed to
pieces; but the females fortunately escaped with very
trifling itiht7.
DARING HIGHWAY ROBIBERY.-011 Thursday night,
about ten o'clock, as Mr. Garrett, agent to the Royal Ex-
change Assurance Company, was returning home to his resi-
dence, No. 22, Carter-street, \Valworth, he was seized by one
of a gang of fur men, who knocked him down, and plundered
him of a valuable watch. In the meanwhile Mr. Garrett,
who is a very hale stout man for his years (being upwards of
70), roared so loudly that the thieves made off without rifling
his pockets, in one of which he bad no less a sum than between
400'. and st)Ot. in notes and gold.
HARLOW HORSE AND CATTLE EAIE, SEPT. 9.
This fair, which immediately succeeds that of Barnet, and
is particularly noted for the great supply of cart colts sent
from Norfolk and Suffolk, caused f buyers a very good
attendance from Kent, Surrey, and Sussex, two-year-old
colts selling from 18 to 25 guineas each ; three years old 30
to 40 ditto; five year old horses, suitable for London work,
50 to 65 ditto; yearlings, 10 to 15 ditto. ♦ large show of
Welch poneys, making horn four to eight ditto. The supply
of cattle was large, some large droves being sent from Cam-
bridgeshire, together with the unsold stock from Barnet,
forming a very full fair, many of them being sold at a re-
duction of from 10s. to 20s. per bead below the prices of-
fered at Barnet; some very good bred bulls made from ICI. to
151. each.

A grey-headed old man has been fined 10s. at the
Manchester Borough Court for running a race in one of the
public rozds, in a state of utter svadity.
The Tuscan Government has abolished quarantine
on British ships direct from England.