The Sun.
London, England, 1842-06-10 00:00:00

DESTRUCTION OF A COTTON•

MILL BY FIRE.
MANCHESTER, WEDNESDAY EVENING. —A serious fire
broke out this morning in Manchester, at a very early hour,
by which property to the amount of at least 8,000/. has been
destroyed. The property in which the fire occurred was one
of tho oldest cotton-mills in Manchester. It was situated i❑
Pin Mill Bow, and was known by the name of the Pin Mill
Factory. The premises consisted of a long and lofty erection
fronting to Pin Mill Bow, generally called " The Old Mill,"
the property of Mr. L. Willan, of Lancaster, at the western
end of which was an engine-house of more recent erection, at
once supplying steam-power to this portion of the premises,
and also to some power-looms hi a comparatively new' building
on the other side of it, erected by the present lessees of the
mill, Messrs. J. Thompson and Sons, corner of York. street,
Manchester.

The premises were discovered to be on fire about a quarter
before five o'clock this morning, by a private watchman named
Collins, who instantly gave an alarm, and great numbers of
factories' hands being then on the way to their work, the news
was spread far and wide about the town in a very short time.
Mr. Rose was on the spot with an engine and its complement
of men in rather less than half=an-hour front the time the tire
was first ditcovered, and he had two other powerful engines
brought to the spot in a few miriutes afterwards. In the mean
time, Mr. Gallimore, dyer, whose premises are situate near,
having a small engine in his possession, and-having heard of the
fire, volunteered its use, and it had been brought into the yard
of the mill. Unfortunately, however, the hose could not be
fitted on to the plugs of the street water-mains, which, in a
large town like this, contain the only water sufficiently free
from sediment to be available, and being taken to a neighbour-
ing pool, the engine had no sootier got into play, and given pro-
mise of effective assistance, than it was choked with mad, and
rendered useless.

Under these circumstances, there could be no hope for the ma-
chinery and property in that and the two stories above it, if
far those below ; and it is a credit to the exertions of the fire-
men, that, acting under the sound judgment of their super-
intendent, they were able to prevent the flames entending to
the engine-house and the new mill. The fire burned with such
fury in the upper stories of the old, mill, that the roof very soon
fell in ; and crash after crash, rapidly and successively an-
nounced the falling of the different floorings and their heavy
machinery, till the building was entirely gutted. The walls
alone, in a shattered and dangerous state, remained standing
at eight o'clock. The fire had been entirely got under by
that hour.

This afternoon the principal wall, including a portion of the
front, and the gable overhanging Fairfield-street, have been
thrown down, removing the serious danger to which thousands
of lives would have been constantly exposed in the thorough-
fares at the end and in front of the mills, so long as they were
left standing. The probability that they would fall outwards
rendered their early removal necessary, and it has happily been
accomplished without accident. •"-

CA U T oN.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS.

Sin—Thinking the following specimen of Christian
liberality and good sense '(especially as exhibited so
near the metropolis as Highgate,) would surprise, amuse,
and instruct, your readers, I um induced to take out my
pencil, and copy it rerbatiin et likratim, as affixed by the
road-side in the form of a placard, with the friendly
"CAUTION" SO large that those " who run may read,"
and posted generally throughout the village and neigh-
bourhood ; and who knows but by your giving it pub-
licity, the aim of its enlightened author may be more ex-
tensively forwarded ; unless, indeed (as in my own
case), people will be so lierverse as to think for them-
selves, and act in direct opposition to the " Caution" so
generously given, for the sight of this placard it was
which first led me to the said anathematized place, and
where I shall now with my family, probably con-
tinue to attend. Such results so produced may be
considered as " untoward" exceptions to the
author's anticipations and intentions, although the
sequel may prove an illustration of• ancient experience,
that the more the people were persecuted "the more
they multiplied."
AN ENENY TO INTOLERANCE.

[Copy of Placard.]
INDEPENDENT CHAPEL,
miscalled
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

CAUTION.
All persons who wish well to the Holy Apostolical
Church of Christ, as now by the merciful providence of
God by law established, are WARNED against being led
away by novelty to the above chapel, and, thus
countenance a system which rests upon no proper au-
thority, but tends to foment divisions among Christians,
contrary to the Apostolical exhortation.-1 Cor. i. 10.
PHILALITUS.

The new approach to the Brighton Railway ter-
minus, from the upper end of North-street, is in a state of con-
siderable forwardness. For some time the cut from the middle
of Air-street through Petty France and Durham into North-
street, has been opened, and the continuation of the road along
the front of Windsor-terrace into North-lane is nearly com-
pleted. It has been for some days past open to foot passengers,
and the carriage-road will be finished by the end of the week.
This portion of the road has been widened, by setting back the
western wall of the Hanover &trial-ground, and the road has
been lowered several feet, making Windsor-terrace really
what its name purported it to be—a terrace. The road across
the field between North.laue and Gloucester-lane is also set
out, running into the open piece of ground directly opposite
the terminus, and likewise branching off right and left into
Surrey-street and Frederick-gardens.—Brighton Gazelle.
TILE LATE EXPLOSION AT APOTHECARIES' lIALL.
The funeral of the late Mr. Henry Hennell is appointed to take
place on Saturday next, when all the chief officers of that insti-
tution, of which he was such a valuable member, will follow
the remains to the grave. The interment is to be in the Bun-
hill-row but ial ground, and the procession will move from the
hall, where the body siill is, at three o'clock.
M. Pinson, the master of a restaurant, in the Rue
de la Vieille- Cornedie, having at various times lost plate to a
considerable amount, became vigilant in the hope of at last de-
tecting the thief. On the day before yesterday, a well-dressed
young man took a seat at one of the tables, and was served
with what he ordered on a silver dish. When the contents
were eaten, the dish was first put aside, then covered with a
porcelain plate, over which the guest held a newspaper on
which he appeared to be deeply intent. At length lie contrived
to slip the silver plate down into his lap on which he had spread
a silk handkerchief, and, wrapping the one into the other, con-
veyed both into his pocket, and, having paid his bill, was walk-
ing off. M. Pinson, having observed all his manoeuvres,
stopped him, and, calling in a police officer, the dish was re-
covered, and the thief was immediately taken before a commis-
sary of police, who committed him to the Prefecture.
('tit; Ci VIC ROOKERY.—Everr person passing along
chea; side, during the last month or two, must have found
the thoroaglitare impeded by crowds of gazers on a tree in the
Church-yard at the corner of Wood-street, wherein three pair
of rooks have been building their nests, and rearing their sable
progeny A few days ago one of the young birds, attemptine-
e s first flight across the street, dropped upon, the roof of a Pad'.
.dington omnibus (number 466), and suffered himself to be
taken by the driver, without the slightest resistance. The
singularity of the circumstance made such an impression on
one of the outside passengers, that he immediately bargained
. for the bird, and confining him in a new wicker cage, provided
with luxuries adapted to his carniverous taste, the enjoyment
of the ravenous animal could be compared only to that of an
alderman at a turtle fea it.

LITERATURE.
UST Smith, Lyndon, 1842.
The, .present translation of Goethe's Faust is the
production of Mr. Lewis
.Filmore, • and has been un-
dertaken expressly for Smith's Standard Librarv,.of
which it forms one of the Numbers. The version is a
spirited one ; and the famous Witch- scene on the
Hartz mountains, though it will not bear comparison
with Shelley's well-known translation, is rendered
with much poetic feeling. No German work of fiction
that has been printed for the last half century, has ap
peared so of, en in an English dress; as Faust ; and Mr.
Filmore's version may, we think, take rank among the
best.• •It is introduced by a modest and judicious
prefaee, wherein the author states the reasons that in-
duced him to undertake his difficult task, observing,
that all the previous translations having been pub-
lished at a high price, and " more than one of them
being accompanied by engraved illustrations in an ex-
ceedingly expensive form," it was thought that a ver-
sion " printed in a cheap and accessible form, would
still find a large circle of readers, notwithstanding
the ground that might appear to be occupied already
with its predecessors." As Mr. Filmore has suc-
ceeded so wet in his version of Goethe's Faust, we
must bargain for translations froM other German
poets. Let him try his hand, for instance, at some
of Schiller's dramas, and begin with that striking
play " 'The Robbers," which has never been ade-
quately rendered into English, and to which, we doubt
not, he will do ample justice. To be sure, the play
exhibits frequent traces of youthful haste, and imma-
ture judgment; but it is full of spirit and enthu-
siasm, and well worthy of Mr. Filmore's attention.

CHATTERTON'S WORKS, 2 Vols.
Grant, Cambridge, 1842.
In this edition we have all Chatterton's acknow-
ledged works, both in prose and verse, together with
his celebrated Rowley forgeries, which occasioned
such a hot controversy among learned antiquaries,
and heaped such a weight of unmerited scandal on
the head of the unhappy author. The interest at-
tached to the controversy has long since died away,
never to b-3 revived ; but not so the memory of Chat-
. terton, who will be long regarded, by those who are
familiar with the circumstames of his Rowley forge-
ries, and the: poems themselves, as the most remark-
ably precocious genius that the last century produced.
At the early age of sixteen, he had fitbricated dramas and
• lyrics of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, which per-
plexed some of the wisest and shrewdest critics of the
age, and filled the public at large with astonishment at
the powers of imagination and sensibility displayed in
them; and at seventeen, he had terminatedhis chequered,
meteoric career, by poison, under the most afflicting
.circumstances ! hlad Chatterton lived, and kept the
promise of his early dawn, he would have been with-
out doubt one of the most illustrious of the Einng-
lish poets ; for his fancy was fertile in au emi-
nent degree, his command of language was un-
bounded, his feeling unquestionable. and his faults
were. all those of an exuberant, but unripened
intellect. In his private character he seems to have
possessed much of the pride, wilfulness, caprice, and
sardonic humour of Lord Byron ; and, like him, to
have been the veriest slave to his passions. But think-
ing of his hard lot and early grave, it is impossible to
animadvert with severity on his errors ; if he yielded
to every stormy gust of feeling, and was swayed by
every varying mood of his mind, disdaining to
listen to the cool dictates of judgment, he
paid the penalty of his infirmity—and what
a penalty it was--4 year's starvation and soli-
tude in a London garret, to be terminated only by
suicide, and a pauper's burial in a workhouse in Shoe-
lane ! The life of Chatterton, which introduces this
edition of his works, is penned in a judicious and dis-
passionate' spirit, and the biographer has the good
,sense to scout, with the contempt they deserve, the
calumnies which were so perseveringly heaped on
Horace Walpole, for his supposed ill-treatment of the
young Bristol poet.

THOUGHTS AT WHITSUNTIDE.
Macon, London, 1842.

We recognise in this little unpretending volume of
poems, the presence of an elastic fancy that disposes
to enjoyment, and looks on everything with the
sunny eye of hope and cheerfulness ; but we will not
so far Hatter the author, as to assert that we can trace
in his prOductions any of the earnest inspiration of
genius. Lord Leigh is an accomplisbect versit:ver,
but not a poet. He has graceful and carious
scholarship ; a sound judgment, that prevents
him from falling into affectations and puerilities ; and
a quick ear for the melody of rhyme ; but he has not
that passionate sensibility and fervid imagination,
without which nothing great or lasting was ever yet
achieved in poetry. The range of his powers is
limited, and he seems to be aware of the fact ;
hence, what he undertakes to do, he does
well, as is generally the case with those whose
ambition and capacity are nicely adjusted to
each other. We are lore particularly pleased with
the calm, uniform tone of good sense that pervades his
writings and forms the principal charm of his
" Thoughtsl at Whitsuntide; and though we cannot
admit his claims to be considered a poet,. in the true
and enlarged sense of the term, yet we will readily
allow that be is as far superior to " the mob of gen-
tlemen who write with ease," as the " Paradise Lost"
of Milton is superior to the bombastic " Satan 7 of
Mr. Robert Montgomery.

THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF
AGRICULTURE.

The article on " Leases " has great merit. The
object of it is to induce the landowners of the United
Kingdom to abandon the present practice of letting,
their farms from year to year, and adopt in lieu there-
of lease: of from twelve to twenty. It is only sur-
prising that this system has not long ago become
g,eneral. Leases are so manifestly advantageous to
landlord as well as tenant, that we can account, for a
contrary practice in England, only from some vague
idea that, by obtaining leases, the tenants would be-
come
independent of the landlord; and the county
squires would thereby lose that political influence,
which they seem to prize more than good rents and
happy tenants. This is utterly absurd. A tenant
never can become independent ofhis landlord ; and if
only well treated, would, in nine eases out of ten,
even with a long lea.se, be inclined to concur in his
political views, or, at all events, not to oppose them.
The arguments on this sultlect are so excellent, and
expressed in such intelligible language, that we give
them at length. The whole article, however, which
byis written Air. John Hannan], of North Deighton,
Yorkshire, ought to be studied carefully. Were its
principles acted upon throughout England, improve-
ments would take place, of which the present gene-
ration of farmers have no idea, and rents would in
time be increased at least one-third:—

" One objection," says the writer, " which I anticipate,
to the extensive letting of farms on lease, is, that it
Would make the farmer too independent—i. e. it .could
destroy the influence of property, and give the tenant too
much control over his land, so as to enable him to
neglect or rob it.
" In reply to the first part of the objection. I have
only to say, that if, by the influence of property, is
meant an absolute, and, in many cases, consequently, an
' arbitrary command over the tenant's property, and an
unlimited hold upon his free will as a farmer, and his
opinions as a man—such an influence, in fact, as apper-
tained to property in the feudal ages—the system would
operate to diminish that influence. That, however,
it would injure that fair and legitimate influence which
the owner ought to have over the cultivator of the soil,
I deny. The source of a landlord's legitimate influence is
not his power to do evil, but his ability to do good ; and I
do believe, much as the landlord's influence is apt to be
sneered at, that, in the agricultural districts, at least,
where it depends upon the former in one case, in ten it
springs from the latter feeling. Indeed, the connexion
between the landlord and the tenant is too intimate, their
interests are too much alike, and the value of a good un-
derstanding at all times too apparent, to cause any dimi-
nution of the landlord's proper iafluence, or any abuse of
the tenant's temporary power, under the lease system.
". That his temporary power, or independence, would
lead the tenant to neglect his farm, is equally unlikely.
His own interest is guarantee sufficient that he would not
injure his land by improper management, during the
earlier years comprised in his lease, while an effective
stipulation, or covenant, would guard the other and
latter years. Thus, say we let a farm on lease fur
twenty years, the plan would be for the tenant to
manage as he thought fit for the first sixteen years (a
few injurious crops, according to local or natural disad-
vantages for such, perhaps, excepted), but to be com-
pelled, by a precautionary covenant in his lease, to pur-
sue a certain course of cropping and of tillage for the
last four years.
" Upon this plan, if a tenant's system of management
was a good one, he might have his lease renewed at the
expiration of the sixteen years, when he would be at
liberty to pursue his own system, and the compulsory
clause would never come into operation."
There are several other excellent articles in this
:Cumber ; and, among the .rest, an amusing one on
Indiscriminate Charity." We, therefore, recom-
mend the 'Number for June to the attention of our
agricultural readers.

THE LOTTERY OF LIFE. 3 Vols.
Colburn, London, 1840.
Lady' Blessington, to whose lively pen we are
indebted for these volumes, has succeeded in interest-
ing -us deeply in her " Lottery of Life." which is a'
tr!le skilfully put together, and abounding in easy and
Vida sk,,stvhes. of London life, such as Ave at once re-
''',gnise to be genuine transcripts from nature. The
narrative, as its title imports. is a» -illustration of the
sudden-and -eventful changes that often take place in
the fortunes of individuals ; and the principal per-
SOnage, Richard Wallingford, is a young man of
humble origin, who having, at an early period of. his
life, been taken into the house of a. rich banker, Abra-
ham Mortimer, as a sort of companion .for• hiS 'son,
Percy, is next placed as a. clerk in his patron's bank,
where he becomes acquainted with the housekeeper,
Mrs. Chatterton, a benevolent old lady, but awfully
addicted to the telling of long stories. Shortly
after Richard Wallingford bas entered on his

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Mortimer, who has been pla --g „, - e , part ,4 •-
a dissipated luau of fashion at Chdo . tA -compeil,4.
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to leave the University, and even d to indi-•
genre ; by- the assistance, however, o. cef
IVallingford
and Mrs. Chatterton, aided by the kindly friendship of-
one of his college chums, Lord Mordaunt, he obtains
the means of discharging Us debts, and is appointed
private secretary to the English Ambassador Rit
ITienna, while kichard Wallingford; whose sister he
marries, woos and wins the hand 'of, Lady Mara:
Mord:unit, through -whose finnily influence he pro--
cures the lucrative and honourable appointment of
Minister at the Court of Turin. The story is told by
IVallingfurd in the first person, and contains several
highly finished portraits; that of Mrs. Chatterton,„akt
particular, with her kind and unsophisticated heart,
and unfortunate predilection for the prolix, is main,
tained throughout with uniform spirit and propriety.
The remark of this deaf old lady, " Speak a little
louder, young man ; its very strange no one will
speak loud enough at present to be heard ! When I
was young every body spoke loud enough ;"—this pass'-
ing remark is perfectly true to nature,.and shows
with what attention the authoress has Watched the
nicer and minuter points of character.

LIFE OF GENERAL MACKAY.
Bull, London, 1842.
General Hugh Mackay, the sultiect of this biogra-
phical sketch, was Commander-in-Chief of the Scot.-
tish forces in 1689 and 1690; he was also Colonel
of the Scottish brigade, in the service of the States
General, and died in 1092 of &wound received at the
battle of Steinkirk, which was fought between the
English and French, and lost by the former, owing,
as was supposed, to the removal of Mackay from the
field, in consequence of his wound. From the pre-
sent memoir, which is the production of one of his
descendants, the General seems, to have been endowed
with military talents of a high order, and, as a pri-
vate individual, to have been remarkable fur the rigid
morality of his conduct, and the fervour of • his reli-
gious feelings.. He was opposed to the famous Lora
Dundee, at the battle of Itillicrankie, where, though
defeated, he distinguished himself by his kill anr.
courage. The present memoir of him bears evident
marks of authenticity, but has scarcely sufficient in-
terest for the generality of readers.

HUTS 1.1 ON BEES. Sherwood, London,
This is a curious and intelligent work, in which
we find Many interesting particulars respecting the
history of Bees, together with useful sug,gestion6
rewards the general management of hives, and a full
and. experimental examination of the various srsteras
of native and threign apiarians. The author is Mr.-
finish, who appearB t 4 have spared neither time nor
trouhle ti render him volume az.4 complete as possible.

FINE ARTS.
lIRITJSH S 111 'CV ON.
We on Tuesday attended aprivate view of this exhi-
.bition, which, in addition to several paintings by the
old masters, contains the majority of the best picture
of the late. Sir David Wilkie, together with many ot
the ketches which he made during his last tour in the
East. With the master-pieces of this eminent artist
the public is already familiar ; and we need, there-
fore, say little more than that they are all clustered to
gether in two of rooms of the'lnstitution, specially
devoted to that purpose. Here are the famous.
paintings of " The Distraining for Rent," in which
the pathos is so exquisite • the "Chelsea Pensioner's
reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo ;" the
" Penny !Wedding;" " John Knox Preaching,"
wherein the arti-t took a higher and bolder flight
than was usual with him ; the " Parish Beadle," which
forcibly recalls Boz's admirable portrait of Mr. Bumble;
" Duncan Gray ;" the " Pedlar ;" and a variety'
of paintings on Spanish subjects, which, however, .tlo
trot rank among Sir David Wilkie's happiest efforts •
Among his sketches, the most striking is, perhaps the
head of Talleyrand, which, unfinished as it is, there,
is no possibility of mistaking. The South Room con-
tains a collection of paintings by the old masters. No..'
149, "The Virgin weeping over the Dead Body of our
Saviour," is by Guercino, who has delineated with
consumate force and truth the fallen mouth, and
heavy relaxed arms of the dead Christ. No. 155, is
one of Titian's works, and represents " Adonis going
to the chase," contrary to the wish of Venus, who
is clinging to him, in the vain hope of persuading him
to remain inactive by her side. The colouring of
this picture has been much injured by time, but enough
remains to show how rich and lustrous it must once
have been. No. 158, " St. Peter Repentant," is one of
Vandyke's most vigorous paintings. Nothing can
surpass the expression a remorse and agony that
appears in the countenance of the Saint. No. 180,
" The Last Supper," is by Sasso Ferrato. It is by
ne means of first-rate excellence,-indeed, the face
of the Saviour is a very feeble attempt ; but as it
is the avowed production of an old master, we
doubt not it will always find plenty. of admirers.
No. 184, " St. Francis, with the infimt Christ,"
is chiefly deserving of notice from the masterly.
disposition of the drapery on the person of the Saint.
The colouring, too, is vigorous, but the infant Christ,
wants elevation of senthnent. The countenance is not
j merely perplexing, but decidedly opposed to all our
received notions of Christ's appearance in Iris boy-
hood. We have seen many Al urillo's incomparably
superior to this specimen. No. 191, " Diogenes," is
characterised by an expression of bitter sarcasm and
distrust.. The cynic is 'looking about with his lan-
them for an hone. 4 man--according to the old tra-
dition ; and it is plain to see from his countenance,
that he despairs of ever finding one. On the whole,
the exhibition is an interesting our, chiefly, however,
in consequence of Sir David Willie's sketches.

POR7'R.4 IT oi;- AUGUSTA

OF CA MBRI DGE.
Graves and C., Lonrifni, 1842.
'Ali" is a half-length portrait of Royal High-
ness the .Prineew4 A ngusta of Cambridge, engrared.
by 'Wass, from an original painting by Ileum, of
ilayenee, There is lino expre,,sion q mingled
*weetness and dignity in the countenance, and much
grace and ease in the altitude. As n worit of art. the
engTaring is good, but not of first-rate excellence.

PORTRAIT OF ,Slll HUGH GOUGH..
Graves and Cf-P.. London, 1542.

• • "Ilie mot ronarkable eirrutristabee connertod
this portrait of General Sir illuzh Gough, Com=.
mander-in-Chief of her Majesty's 'froops in China, is
that it is the production of a. Chinese artist, who
appears to .have acquitted himself with great skill.
The engraving is by Jackson, and is a mezzotint, and
one of the most successful specimens that we have
seen for a Tong time. The General is represented in
a military cloak, with a star on his• bwast, and has a
manly, energetic expression of CoVintenance, cha-
racteristic of a veteran soldier.

MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPEfO!3 OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—The great interest which the proclamation re-,
specting the light sovereigns has excited is illustrated by the
number of letters which have been received on the subject from
parties connected wiqi various branches of trade, all of shorn
are complaining of the inconvenience to which they are sub-
jected. Some seem to be at a loss how to dispose of their sove-
reigns at all; so completely hare they been used to consider them
merely as coin that they do not seem to have thought of the
Mint, or of the bullion merchant. Others complain of the dif••
ficulties they have met at the Custom-house, from the receivers
exercising a vigilance which had not been known heretofore.
The chief misfortune is, that the hardship falls to the greatest.
degree on those who are engaged in retail business, and con-
sequently on many who are not in the most opulent circum-
stances, and have numerous difficulties to contend wish. For:
merly the loss fell upon the bankers, but since the proclamation
these have refused to take such sovereigns as have not the full
weight, and consequently the tradespeople are left' with them
on their hands. The average loss on the light, sovereigns
seems to be, if we compare different accounts, &Witt exi. in
the pound.
SUN.—Yesterday the subjoined notice, which gave much
satisfaction in the many circles, although it only provides for
a certain class, Rho have in their possession lifiht sovereigns,
was issued from the Bank of England. However, it appears.
very clear, that some other measure must likewise be adopted
to afford the same facility to those who may happen to have
a less sum than the minimum fixed :

" Bank of Engleid, June 9, 1842.
" At the request of the Right Honourable the Lords Com-
missioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and for the relief of those
who have in their possession the gold coin of this kingdom
below the legal current weight,
" Notice is hereby given that, from and after this JAY, ant
quantity of such „eold coin in amounts of not less than 501 win
be taken in at the Bullion-office of the Bank of England at
31. 17s. 100. per ounce, from the hours of nine o'clock in the
morning to three in the afternoon, until further notice."
Briggs, Thurburn and Co., the India 6rre., stopped payment
to-day. Their debts are stated at 200,000/. ; and, if time is
allowed them, it is said they will liquidate in full. They are
the agents of one of the 'radian Banks, the agencies of which
are now removed to (outta and Co.
In the Funds, English or Foreign, a small amount of business
iNlVlll4:rnto2:
was transacted, the sports of Ascot having in a measure cleared
the speculators who " puff" and " bang" prices. Alost of the
stock, 163 168 k; Excl7iGierreaßt
prices quoted are firm. The improvement in Consols was
about one quarter per cent. Consols for the Account elated
91
premium ; Colombia, 261; IMesican, 36i to 37 ; Peruvian',
; Bank
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per share.

The following lamentable occurrence happened the
day before TettertlAy in the bath establishment in the Rue du
Templc. A lady of every appearance 4 respectabi:ity entered
and ordered a bath, and, when prepared, told the attendant that,
ill() W 01114.1214; when she regnired her astistal,cr. As three
hours elapsed without her being summoned, the woman became
alarmed and enttreti the eabitri. She 'Gland the lady com-
pletely immersed in the bath the cock turned on and still run•
ning, and the cabinet 8. oiled with the water. The lady was
taken out and medical aid called in, but all endeavours to re-
store aniination were unsuccessful. doubt of theeatastrophe
havitig been caused by a tit it entertained. The name of the
unfortunate lady has not tran.pired.
TREAAMViT Or CRININALs.--Sir Peter Laurie, it
refusing an application on Tuesday, respecting a prisoner,
mentioned that Francis, who is in Norgatefor shooting at the
Queen, had applied to him to be indulged with a mattill.S,
which he had refused, telling Francis that he need not loot
any better treatment than the poorest man in the gaol. at
had no potion of making great fairogOtea of groat Opminails‘