The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-08 00:00:00

Mr. John D. Paine, architect, LitTcolti's Inn-fields.

We quote the following from the Kent Herald,
which partly refers to the passage of the Caisson from
Deal, and the subsequent report :
DEAL.—In spite of adverse predictions, and many
ominous shakes of the head, the Caisson last week reached
the sand, settling in safety on the interior part of it, facing
the town, commonly known by the name of the " Inward
Salt Bank." The occurrence took place so unex-
pectedly that there were no more than the ordi-
nary number of persons on the beach to witness
the sight. No doubt the suddenness of tLe exit
was a source of disappointment to many who had calcu-
lated on the extraordinary novelty of the spectacle. The
arrangements as to the towing and steering were con-
ducted with much skill and precaution, by the Monkey
steamer, and the "Lady Flora," commanded by Lieut.
Batt. The passage out occupied about two hours and a
half. It is also, perhaps, worth mentioning, that the spot
where the Caisoon is placed has seldom less than six feet
of water, even at low spring tides.
Everything now seemed to promise a favourable re
sult, and cordial greetings and congratulations sere mu-
tually exchanged, when Friday last brought a sad reverse;
a strong north-west wind sprung up, causing a heavy sea
on the sand,t he force of which the Caisson, notwithstanding
its massive ribs, was unable to resist. The whole of the
plates forming a segment of a circle which had been
added to the upper tier since its arrival, were suddenly
wrenched from it, damaging by extensive fractures those
immediately beneath.
Mr. Bush is still, we hear, confident of success, which
nothing but the sudden advent of bad weather has fur
the present defeated.

DUTCH FUNDS.--Amancaram, Aua. 5.
do sty. Hii's.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent 00000 ........." 00000 :2 :21,
Jitti,„ ditto 5 per cent. .••••••••••••••••. 00000 PA 11 11,
A mat Svndtc. 44 percent 91% '4
Ditto, ditto, 3144 per cent 7N '6%
Commercial Company, 4,4 per cent 143% 14454
Ditto (1835 and 1837) 5 per cent. 00000 ".„ la% 100%
Loan 1837, 5 per cent.
Exchange on London, One month l2 lni
Two months
Hamburgh, One month 35 '75
Two months 35 50
Dutch Papers, Aug. 6
BELGIAN . ÜbtDs-13numasta, Avc. 5
AetUkii pent..h, per Cent.
ttothschild'a Loan, 5 per Cent lOl%
Loan of Ihirty sfillions, 4 per Cent. .....
--3 per Cent.... —
-..Thirty.seven—.--
..
. - ..

Loan of City, 1:32.4 per Cent P3%
iociety et Commerce, 4 },per Cent es
dank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 73
National Society
Exchange on London (short) —
—Brussels Pavers, Aug. 5.
A USTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA. JULY 2'J
t ire per Cents. Metalltques
Font' per Cents. llO5
Three pia Cents.
'tank shares .... ....... ..... ..... ........... ... .

THE FINE CLOTH TRADE OF LEEDS.—It is well
known that a very material cause of the scarcity of em-
ployment in the stable trade of this distric', during
the last three or four years, is to be found in
the change of the fashion—in the taste which has
prevailed so generally for the use of the coarsest
woollens of all descriptions. The amount of labour
required, through the whole process of manufacture, to
finish a piece of fine cloth, being about four or five times
greater than is bestowed on the coarse qualities, as
pilots, beavers, tweeds, &c., it is not surprising that in
this branch of our national industry we have expe-
rienced an additional source of embarrassment and dis-
tress. From this cause it has been observed that many
of the establishments in Leeds, where fine goods are
made, have suffered most severely, and we are extremely
sorry to say that there is no present hope of a speedy
change in their favour. We understand that one of
the most extensive of these houses have dismissed
near forty hands, chiefly heads of families, on Saturday
week, and about eight or ten weeks ago almost the
same number, while through last summer and during
the winter up to the present time they have worked but
half time. Surely much of the distress and privation
felt in this branch of trade might be relieved by our
gentry and the affluent portion of society discarding the
unsightly coarse garments they have been in the habit
of wearing, and adopting the far more genteel and, we
believe, returning fashion for fine cloths.—Leeds Mercury.
During the short time that the exhibition of the
Bristol Mechanics' Institution, at the Horticultural
Rooms, has been open to the public, it has been visited by
upwards of 20,000 persons.—Somerset County Gazette.
THE BELFAST WRlT.—This writ was issued on
Monday, as we expected. It will probably arrive in
Belfast to-day or to-morrow. With respect to candi-
dates, we have nothing to add to what we stated on
Tuesday. Mr. Ross and Mr. Emerson Tennent are the
only candidates actually before the electors. The for-
mer gentleman arrived in town yesterday evening.—
Northern Whig (Thursday).
COMAIRRCIAL.—A degree of briskness prevails at
our port, from the arrivals of vessels with corn, seed,
and wood. Several Baltic sail have arrived during the
last ten days, and we are happy to hear that better
freights out to Petersburgh are likely to be obtained ;
in place of one penny per foot, for which vessels
have been going (of course at an immense loss),
threepence is to be the price. This, though only one-half
of what was obtained in previous years, is somewhat
better to our shipowners, and, we hope, jo;ned with the
facilities afforded by the operation of the Grinding-Corn-
in• Bond Act, thereby furnishing cheaper provisions, some
profits may accrue. The corn dealers have been paying
duty on large parcels every day ; it is said that upwards
of 20,000 quarters have been paid duty upon in little
more than a week ; that, at Bs. per quarter duty, will
realize 8,0001. to the revenue, besides a large quantity
of oats, &c.—no unimportant sum in the total receipts of
Hull.—Hall Advertiser.

MURDER OF AN INNKEEPER AND EIS WIFE.—
On the night of the 25th of Juno last, the house of
Mr. James Mawkdesley, the Oak Tree Inn, in Copprel,
Lancashire, was broken into and entered by three or more
persons, who stole 13s. in silver, and a pistol. Two of them
beat and wounded Mr. Mawkdesley and Fanny his wife, so
as shortly afterwards to cause their death. Inquests were
held upon their bodies, and verdicts of " Wilful mur-
der" returned against persons unkuown. The tallest
of the three men is about five feet eight or nine
inches high, and wore a dark-coloured dress-coat
and a hat. The two others were about five feet five
or six inches high, and wore dark-coloured fustian
jackets and caps. It is believed that the men had
been in the neighbourhood for some hours pre-
viously, and had found means to ascertain the defenceless
state of the occupants of the inn. Two bludgeons were left
by the murderers on the premises— one is a cart rail painted
red, the other is of ash, and appears to have been cut from
a collier's sinking pick, and has. a string at one end to go
round the wrist. A reward of 1001. will be paid by her
Majesty's Government to any person furnishing such in-
formation and evidence as will lead to the apprehension
and conviction of the offenders ; and Sir J. Graham will
recommend the grant of her Majesty's pardon to any
accomplice (not being the person who actually committed
the murder) who will give such evidence as shall lead to
the same result.—Durham Chronicle.
NEW ZEALAND COOKERY.--A supper cooked in
the manner peculiar to the aborigines of New Zealand
was dressed at the Star Hotel on Tuesday night last, by
Mr. Wood, who had long been a resident of that island.
A hole was dug in the ground, in which some stones
previously heated by a wood fire, were rlaced. The
dishes to be cooked, consisting of two legs of mutton,
two hams, a piece of beef, two couple of rabbits, four
couple of fowls, two apple and two plum puddings, with
a plentiful supply of potatoes, turnips, carrots, and cab-
bage, were then placed thereon; the whole was then
closely covered over with thistles and a mound of earth.
After remaining thus enclosed for nearly three hours the
earth was removed and the various articles dished up for
supper, of which a select party partook, who expressed
themselves highly gratified at the flue 1141%-ur and juicy
richness of the respective dishes.

LITERATURE.
ENVIROAS OF LOADON. Part IV.
Blackwood, London, 1842.

We find in this Number minute and copious details
respecting Bushey Park—so many years the resi-
dence of William the Fourth, when Duke of Cla-
rence; Wimbledon and its breezy common • Hamp-
ton, where Garrick's villa stood, and to which such
frequent pleasant references are made in that most
social and entertaining of all biographies, Boswell's
" Life of Johnson ;" St. Anne's Hill, the favourite
residence of Fox in his declining years ; Chertsey,
once famous for its Abbey, and for a long time the
scene of the poet Cowley's retirement from active
life ; Claremont, where the late Princess Charlotte's
happiest years were spent, and where she died ; and
Shepperton—a town or village dear to all lovers of
g*dgeon and barbel-fishing. The accompanying il-
lustrations are numerous, and, for the most part, of
superior merit. The sketches of Wimbledon Com-
mon, and of a river scene, near Thames Ditton, are
very sylvan and picturesque.

SELF-CONTROL. Bruce, London. 1842.

This is a republication in one volume—price only
one shilling and fourpence !—of the late Mrs. Brun-
ton's novel of " Self-Control," which, on its first ap-
pearance, about fourteen or fifteen years ago, attained
a more than ordinary share of popularity. The work
is neatly printed, in double columns, and forms the
Fifty-sixth Part of a little weekly miscellany, entitled
" The Novel Newspaper."

KNIGHT'S PICTORIAL SHAKSPEARE.
Part XLVL Knight, London, 1842.
The present Part forms the Second Number of the
Life of Shakspeare, which is written by the Editor
in his most animated and graphic manner—a clear
proof that it is a " labour of love" with him. The
incidental allusions to Kenilworth Castle, and Sir
Walter Scott's visit to it, are full of interest.

FROM THE FRENCH PAPERS.
A lady, elegantly dressed, entered, three days since,
a bathing establishment in the Rue de Paris, at Havre,
and asked for a bath.. She said to the girl in at•
tendance that she would remain in it one hour, and
desired to be left alone. The girl retired, but a few
instants after, when passing, hearing a strange noise,
she entered the room, and found the lady bleeding to
death, from wounds which she had made in the veius
of her arms. She was taken to the hospital, and is
now out of danger. The motives for her thus endea-
vouring to imitate the death of Seneca are unknown.
A quarrel arose, last week, at Havre, in a house
on the Quay Lamblardie, between a German and his
wife. The man came in drunk, and ordered his
daughter, a girl of fourteen, to go and fetch him some
beer. As it was one in the morning, the wife was
opposed to her daughter going out at so late an hour.
The man, in a fit of passion, began to beat the wife,
when the child came between them to protect her
mother. The father seized her, and flung her out of
window, which was on the second floor. The child
was killed, and the father was soon afterwards taken
into custody.
A humpback, named Pascal Faisiant, of about
thirty-eight years of age, and of most repulsive as-
pect, was tried on the 26th inst., at the Court of As-
sizes of Loiret (Orleans), for having attempted to
poison his father. This latter, an old man of eighty-
two, had given up his little property, some years ago,
to his children for an annuity. The prisoner was
always quarrelling' with the father, and had of late
been so backward in paying the annuity, that the old
man was obliged to send to him a huissier to receive
a sum of 30f. which was due. On the sth of March
the father went to work in a piece of ground be-
longing to one of his daughters, and about two in the
day he saw his son glide along a hedge which bounded
it, until he came where the old man's basket lay, over
which he stooped, as if to put something in, and then
retired as quietly as he came. The father proceeded
to take his lunch, and was surprised to find that the
bottle which his daughter usually filled for him was
not more than half-full. The wine, too, was sweetish,
and had an odd taste, which he could not relish. He
took but little of it, and complained to two women
who happened to pass by that he had a burning sensa-
tion in his stomach from the drink. They poured
some of the liquid on the ground, when it bubbled up,
leaving a white foam behind, and they exclaimed that
he was poisoned. He went home, and his daughter
gave him some milk and water, which caused him to
vomit repeatedly. A medical man gave him some
antidotes, and after the fifth day lie began to mend,
and at last recovered. The liquor in the bottle was
analysed, and gave a considerable quantity of sul-
phuric acid and arsenic. It was proved that the pri-
soner had purchased 50 grammes of each poison at
Orleans the day the crime was committed. He was
found guilty, and sentence of death passed on him.
A correspondent writes from Leipsic on the 27th
ult.—" Our wool fair this year has been generally
favourable. The supply brought to market amounted
to 40,000 steins, or about 825,0001b5., and the whole
found purchasers. Nevertheless, in consequence of
the stagnation of the manufactories of fine cloths in
Germany, the superior wools suffered a reduction of
between four or five thalers (from 15f. to 18f. 75c.)
the stein, so that the highest price per stein was from
twenty to twenty-four thalers, or from 75f. to 78f.
75c. There was a general complaint that the extreme
dryness of the season had filled the wool with a
quantity of dust, which the washing had not been
able to remove. The chief buyers belonged to the
Germanic Association, but among them were several
English and French dealers."