The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-02 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEEDS, MAT 30.—We have no
change to notice in this branch of trade since our last report.
Sales continue steady, and prices firm.
ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MAY 30.—Sales of low
combing wools are quiet; there is a steady demand for the finer
qualities, prices of which ale firm. Clothing sorts of middle
qualities are in good demand, and go off h eadily at late prices.
YORK WOOL MARKET, MAT 29.—Our first mLrket for the
proelit season commenced this day ; 'wry little wool was shown,
owing no doubt to the continuous cold weather having retarded
the operation of clipping. What was sold realised 13s. (id. to
14F. per stone. _

LE'EDS. —Our cloth markets have been very dull at both halls
thi, week : goods of low qualities have been very dull of sale, and
the stocks on hand are on the increase; prices, h'wever, con-
tinue• firm; for goods of fine and middle qualities there continues
a pretty steady demand : there has also been an inquiry after
fancy cloakings in new styles, but on the whole the markets
have been below an average. The very cold weather we have
had ( f late has checked the demand for spring goods. Very
few buyers have been in the town, business has therefore been
dull in the warehouses.

LEICESTER.—There has not been much doing in the ware-
hmrses for the home demand, being between the seasons. A
fair chipping trade has been done, and moeerate orders are now
giving out by the Americans for the fall demand. Worsted
talus remain steady, and are more in request. 'Wools are quiet
and firm.—Leicester Journal.

BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.-The demand for Wool
e,ritioues languid, but the prices are firm. There is more in-
quiry for Yarn, and an increased disposition to buy, but the
1,; ices are so extremely low, that the spinners find it impera-
tively necessary to decline orders, at the late ruinous prices..
l;1 Orleans, Coburgs, and Merinoes, there is a steady improve-
ment in the demand, and the stocks gradually reducing, which
tends to give a degree of confidence to both buyer and seller
that things have seen their levitst point.
IS:APE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We
Live had throughout the week, a steady and good demand for
n..,st kinds of cloth, and if prices cannot be quoted higher, they
roust be noted at least firm and even buoyant and with the
sta, le at present prices, gn irapeovement may be confidently
anticipated. The dyers are getting busy again.— Spinners are,
gong on satisfactorily at rather higher rates, and with a bri ,k
d ern an d.

SWEARING-1N OF PRINCE ALBERT AS ONE WI THE
COVERNORS OF BLTIILEM HOSPITAL.— A t half.past ten this, morning
Prince Albert, accompanied by his Equerry and Secren.ty, arrived
of Bridewell Hospital, Bridge-street, Blaekfriars, for the purpose
of te:ng sworn in as one of the Governors of Brideweli and Beth/em
pita's, to which funds, about three months ago, 'oe contributed
tl:c munificent sum of 5004 His Royal Highnes.; was received
by the President, Sir Peter Laurie, the Earl of `.shaftesbury, and
he Acting Board of Governors, and conductr4 to the Board_
room, where he took and made the necessary qualifications. His
Ito) al Highness expressed his gratification :it the honour which
had been conferred upon him, of his determination to maintain
the tights and charters of these Royal r.fespitals, as well as his
anxiety for its prosperity. His Royal tlighness then signed the
and, amidst the congratulations of the Governors, departed
about twelve o'clock.
ASCOT RACES.—It is reported that her Majesty
will only visit the course on one day during the races. The day
selected by her Majesty will, of course, be the Cup day." On
that day also, the Five Hundred Pound Prize, presented by the
Einpei or of Russia, will be run for; and for the first time since the
splenLid gift was presented by his Imperial Majesty. The ground
for the refreshment booths and stables has been advertised to be
let, by auction, on Thursday next. Gambling upon the forth.
coming occasion will be as strictly prohibited by the Stewards as
similar practices were last year. Not a single booth of this de-
scripti:m wilt be permitted to be erected. The magistrates of
Windsrx have also just issued a notice to the effect that no gaming.
tah:e be permitted within the boundaries of the borough
during the race 'week. The Ascot race ball will take place at the
TGwn-hall Nlrindsdr, on the evening of the first day of the rams,
under tte stewardship of the Marquis of Exeter, the Earls of
Ross)) n, Orkney, and Stradbroke, the Hon. Colonel Anson., M.P.,
Bstsli Neville, Esq., M.P., and Colonels Richardson and tientinck,
of the Blues, and the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.

_ __...-.
SMUGGLING.—A seizure has been recently made at
the port of Liverpool of a quantity of tobacco which the officers of
the Customs found concealed in deal-ends on board an American
vc,sel arrived from New York. The Commissioners have issued
direction, to the collectors and comptrollers throughout the kingdom
to apprbe the officers thereof at their respective ports, and to enjoin,
them to us their best endeavours to detect and prevent any smug-
gling which may be attempted by similar means, taking care to ac-
quaint the lloard with any matter that may arise tit for their cog-
nisance. it appears that in this instance the tobacco was concealed
In the l hulks in a very dexterous manlier, so as to evade the least
chance of suspicion or discovery, and that the tobacco would have,
escaped notice, but for the very acute rummaging on the part of tins
revenue officers.

THE PRESS AND THE BAR.—A rumour prevails
peenteorn ha ,
that at their last meeting the benchers of the _Mid ;le and, Inner
Templestr
ring connexion
t
'..3 for the morning
wedhiefrhonar person
in A either of those
societies as a student. At present several reporte
papers are students in the Temple, and it is fer.
willres olbuedporn precluded
red that the recent
regulation may interfere with their call" at
itli a
the conclusion of their
terms. it may not be out of place to remora that many of the best
lawyers this country ever produced were IA their earlier life reporters
for the daily press, and that three lear-4 judges who now grace the
judicial bench commenced their carer in that capacity. It is under-
stood that Lincoln's Inn and Ur
rsi 1 Inn will not adopt the exclusive
system recommended by the Inner and Middle Temples.
OPENING OF Til -NORTHAMPTON AND PETER-
BOROUGH I:AiLway.—On P'aturclay another artery in the great system
of railway communieati.on in England opened on the Northampton
and Pir
eterborough
s-Irilway. This important work having been duly
inslicsied l'y 1-3,CP.iral Pasley, the Inspector-General of Railways, and
teund to he is a lit condition for public traffic, the formality of open-
ing 5%i15 fr,aie through on Saturday afternoon, with all the " pomp and
circUlT stance" usually observed on such interesting occasions. A
No ,aal train lett the Euston-square station at a quarter to totrtaietnt O'clock, containing many of the Ditir,e,eatsorsmeatnbdy
tereemersa3..or
and
civic
erocceded to Northampton,
whe"was met
They then re-
turnedauthorities,and proceeded towards I'eterborougb.
where a collation was prepared for the COM-
to Wolverton,
Fusion-square about half-past ten, much pleased
patty, and reached.
with the day's excursion.
Prince Colleredo (son of the gallant Austrian
Gereral of that name. who took General Vandamme and
the
French troops prisoners in 1813, and who fell at Dresden,,
and to whose memory a splendid monument is erected at
Cahn) left London this morning for Ilamburgh, by the
General Steam Navigation Ccmpany's mail packet, Neptune.
THE LATE FIRE AT RAGGETT'S MOTEL.--Outing
Saturday and yesterday a crowd as numerous as on any of the pre.
vious days continued congregated in Dover-street, anxious to as.
certain if any other bodies were discovered. The search of the
ruins was proceeded with during Saturday, but nothing of conse-
quence was found, the only articles of value discovered being two,
gold witches, the owners of which have not yet been ascertained.
The search, in consequence of the seizure put in by Mr. Roljeses,
the original landlord, to whom large arrears of rent are owitsg, was to have ceased at six o'clock on Saturday evening, but it is under-
stood that an arrangement has been entered into between the par.
ties, under which the starch will be continued until the whole of
the ruins have been examined. In consequence of the doubt ex.
isting as to whether the body found on Tuesday, or that discovered
on Friday, was the body of Mrs. Round, it was determined by the:
reli.livcs of that lamented lady that both bodies should be buried ire
the laitaiy vault, but that course is now no longer necessary, bincei
by a pest morlem examination, it has been ascertained that one tras
been a mother and the other has not. The identification is th,,,e.
fore clear. On Saturday afternoon the fragments of several jewels
were found in the ruins. Among them were two earrings, which
Lord Huntingdon identified as belonging to his lady. r
%here was
I also a gold diamond ring, which is supposed to have )Jeen the pro.
i pert y of Mrs. Round, and a brooch, which it is end erttood she in-
tinnier' to have wont at the Queen's drawing-row on the following
day.

TUE ROYAL THAMES YACHT (;Lull.—The match
a very elegant silver gilt cup Paid cover, of the value of
guineas, was sailed far en aturdav by the yachts of this
club, and won by Mr. Tathar:i''s yacht, Prima Lonna.
ALUEUT•GATR-It. is said that one of the new
and inag
'he; "dit"„.,"4. the 1.,"1%- entrance to Ilyd .
e-park, called the Albert?
htueeht Mructir:cs recently erected at Knightsbridge, at
w.rehased by a Noble Ini)(e tOr the large sturn.
"- - - - -

E,eellency Count de St. Aulaire, the French
ambassador, will to-morrow proceed to Woolwich, in order to re.
I eeive their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours,
ho are exi ccted to disembark at the Royal Dockyard, from Bou.. •
logne, to vi•it her Majesty and his Royal Higness Ptince Albert,
The Royal Duke and Duchess will, during their fojoura in this
I country, reside at Buckingham Palace.

MAGAZINE DAY.
BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

We admire the sound judgment and discretion dis-
played by North in his lucubrations during the last
month, in discarding topics on which, at the present
moment, he cannot comment with his ordinary temper
and ability. The revolution in the Tory camp, the
amalgamation of Conservative and Whig politics,
the " organised hypocrisy," the abolition of tests in
the Scotch universities, Maynooth, the Irish Acade-
mies' Bill, Tara, and Meath, and the Martyrs' Levee,
are all eschewed as dangerous ground, and his
labours are devoted to poetry, the novel and
the drama, specimens of British critics, painting,
aesthetics of dress, and similar subjects
of disquisition, calculated to humanize and
delight the mind, and also fit out the corporeal frame
according to the most approved principles, not of
Brummell and Stultz, and the artist styled, in the
days of yore, the " first gentleman of Europe,"
but of some secret divinity, unknown to the
kilted Romans and the half-clad Greeks, who is to
be ranked immediately after Urania, and classified
as the tenth Muse under the title of Esthetia. She
has been long wanted. Chesterfield expended much
time and labour in personifying her, and if we are to
believe him sincere in his long and minute admoni-
tions to his son, preferred this newly-discovered and,
hi his age, nameless deity, to all the elegant and learned
nine. This is one of the most important discoveries
of the age. Urania, and Pallas, and Juno, and the
planets yet to be brought to light by Rosse's gigantic
telescope, must be ranked as the most insignificant
discoveries, when compared with a deity who has
countless millions of votaries, and a shrine in every
palace and every cottage ; who is worshipped by the
young and the old, by man and woman, by the sage
and the peasant, by human beings, nay, brute beings
of every genus and species ; whose sway is omnipo-
tent, and whose dominion has no bounds. The
oracular injunctions of a deity so powerful must be
listened to, believed and obeyed by all, and our readers
will therefore thank us for furnishing them with the
very last ordonnance issued from the divine shrine as
recorded by Maga, the priestess of modern Athens :
" Whether you be male or female, do not wear mach
Jewelry—beware of being taken for one of the swell-mob
and the doubtfuls ; but if you are a lady, and wish for jewel-
lery in the evening, choose between pearls and diamonds;
better have a few of these and good, than whole caskets
of topazes and amethysts. If you are a gentleman wear
only two rings—one for your lady-love, the other for
your armorial bearings—if you have a gold chain to your
watch, keep it, but the less you show of it the better.
Avoid a foolish custom now springing up, of fastening
the coat with a couple of supplementary buttons,
attached by a metallic link. This is the trick of some
scoundrel tailor, who sent home a coat too small for the
wearer, and thus persuaded him (he must have been an
ass) to tie two buttons together, and so make both ends
meet. It will do very well for a commercial gent., but
-not for a gentleman. We need hardly say, be not fine on
a Sunday : dress plainer then than usual, if you would
maintain your dignity ; and be not ashamed of an old
coat—only let it be clean, portez-le bien, soyez bien
gante, bien coifie, et vous n'aurez jamais l'air d'un
bourgeois. Above all things, whether you be a man,
woman, or child, remember that the more you approxi-
mate to uniformity of colour foe the whole of your dress
the better, whether )ou prefer white to black, blue to
green, or brown to red, no matter. Stick to the law of
aesthetic unity—retain natural and undisguised contour,
breadth end mellowness of colour, ease and dignity of
movement, and you will approximate to perfection.
We turn to another subject, one little less interest-
ing, a true and correct, and elegant description of
the youth, manhood, and death of the greatest of
generals, the immortal Hannibal. Speaking seriously,
the subject is treated in the very best style. The
language is suited to the noble theme, and the won-
derful skill, resources, energy., patriotism, bravery,
and military talents of the man who swore before the
altars of his gods eternal enmity to Rome, are all
depicted with a glowing fervour, a truth of de-
lineation, and a generous overflowing spirit of en-
thusiastic admiration which would make even the
most callous reader join in the lofty eulogium, that
" Hannibal was at once the Burke, the Pitt, and the
Wellington of his country." We can find room for
only the introduction to the article which, short as it
is, will confirm our opinion :
" Two thousand one hundred years ago, a boy was
born at Carthage, whose,. name and exploits have ren-
dered his country immortal. His character stands forth
with unparalleled lustre even from the bright pages of
ancient story. It is hard to say whether he was greater
ess a patriot, a statesmant or a general. Invincible in
determination, inexhaustible in resources, fertile in stra-
tagem, patient of fatigue, cautious in council, bold in
action, he possessed also that singleness of purpose, that
unity of object, which more than all is the foundation of
great achievements. Love of his country was his one
and ruling principle. Hatred of its enemies his lasting
and indelible passion. To these objects he devoted
throughout life his great capacity : for this he lived, for
this he died. From the time that he swore hatred to
the Romans, while yet a boy, on the altars of
Carthage, he never ceased to watch their de-
signs, to contend with their forces, to resist
their ambition. Alone of all his countrymen he mea-
sured the extent of the danger with which his father-
land was threatened by the progress of their power.
Alone he stood forth with the strength of a giant to
teombat it. But for the shameful desertion of his vic-
torious army, by the jealousy of the rival faction at
Carthage, he would have crushed the power of the
legions, and given to Carthage, not Rome, the empire
of the world. As it was, he brought them to the brink
of ruin, and achieved triumphs over their armies greater
than all other nations put together. After he was over.
thrown, it was comparatively an easy task to conquer
the world. For this he received in life exile, disgrace,
and death: for this he has since obtained immortality.
At his name the heart of the patriot has thrilled through
every subsequent age. To illustrate his virtues, genius
and learning Lave striven in every succeeding country;
' and the greatest praise which the world can yet bestow
on warriors is to compare them to Hannibal."
This number concludes " North's Specimens of the
British Critics," which have been extended to a
sufficient length, and contains some melancholy
" Stanzas, by B. Simmons, to the memory of Thomas
Hood." We give the three first and the last—the others
being chiefly descriptive of works published by
Hood :

" Take back into thy bosom, Earth,
This joyous, May-eyed morrow,
The gentlest child that ever Mirth
Gave to be rear'd by Sorrow.
'Tis hard—while rays half-green, half-gold,
Through vernal bowers are burning,
And streams their diamond-mirrors hold
To summer's face returning—
To say, We're thankful that his sleep
Shall never more be lighter,
In whose sweet-tongued companionship
Stream, bower, and beam grew brighter !

" But all the more intensely true
His soul gave out each feature
Of elemental Love—each hue
And grace of golden Nature,
The deeper still beneath it all
Lurk'd the keen jags of Anguish ;
The more the laurels clasp'd his brow,
Their poison made it languish.
Seem'd it that like the Nightingale
Of his own mournful singing,
The tenderer would his song prevail
While most the thorn was stinging.

so -never to the Desert-worn
Pid fount bring freshness deeper,
Than that his placid rest this morn
Has drought the shrouded sleeper.
That rest may lap his weary head
Where clotrnels choke the city,
Or where, mit: woodlands, by his bed
The wren shall wake its ditty:
But near or far, while evening's star
Is dear to hearts regretting,
Around that spot admiring Thought
Shall hover unforgetting.
How fierce contrasts the city's roar
With thy new-conquered Quiet!
This stunning hell of wheels that pour
With princes to their riot,—
Loud clash the crowds—the very clouds
With thunder-noise are shaken,
While pale, and mute, and cold, afar
Thou lest, men-forsaken.
Hot Life reeks on, nor reeks that One
The playful, human-hearted—
Who lent its clay less earthiness,
Is just from earth departed."

COLBURNS NEW MONTHLY.

This number opens with a humorous poem from
the pen of our old friend Thomas Ingoldsby. It re-
fers to a period of history when

" You are all aware that •
On our throne there once sat
A very great King, who'd an Angevin hat
Vith a great sprig of broom, which he wore as a badge
in it,

Named from that circumstance, 'Henry Plantagenet."
The heroes of this tale are the two brothers of Bir-
,cl:3ngton, the one a pious monk, the other a maurai3
sTje..t, to whom it appears we are indebted for the Re-
euivers. The author begs we will think of these bro-
Iters whenever we pass that vvy—

" And while o'er the wave you feel the craft p:itch hard,
Pray for the souls of Robert and Riehard
TI :e " Steeple-chaser" is an amusing ',
tale,or h
twith a
ve: .y tragical end, intended as a warning f
ad-
vet iturous. Literary and familiar Reminiscences of
Th omas Campbell," contains many anecdotes of the
griat poet, written by one who knew him well.
Among other things we have an account of his lite-
rary' partialities and antipathies, and also some exam-
ples of his kindly benevolence. " Lights and Shades"
proceeds with unabated interest, and the " Robertses
,ou their Travels" is as entertaining as ever. "A
iFeep into the Royal Academy" contains a rather se-
vere criticism on the exhibition. " Costume of the
Court of George II." is by Miss Strickland, and re-
lates to the, at present, all engrossing subject, not of
the character and opinions of our ancestors, but of
their modes and fashions. We here find many
spirited sketches of the celebrated beauties of that pe-
riod. " Chenier's Love Dream" is a beautiful little

poem, by the Hon. Mr. Smythe ; it is full of feeling
and simplicity, breathing the very spirit of mournful
devotion. It is a picture of the " vanity of human
wishes," the unhappy lover recall the bright visions
of the past—
Many a Temple, all vain glory,
Built in Dreamland out of air ;
Crumbling story after story,
Cloud-like driven—where, ab, where !
In the noontide of my feeling,
Out of passion and of heat,
Many a mirage came revealing,
Many a phase of one deceit.
Dreams of voyage, where the water
Mirrors back lagunes and isles,
And St. Mark's undying daughter,
Sees her charms, and seeing,
He thinks on the fond hopes of youth, and finds them
only " dreams"—
Dreams all vanish'd, joys all blighted,
Hopes 'twere madness to renew ;
Yet believe me, spuru'd and slighted,
Grief has its illusions too.
And in vigils lone and mournful,
Sadness makes to me more sure,
All the smallness of the scornful,
All the grandeur of the poor.
And I see the shadow darken,
Of a nation's wrath around •
And my quicken'd senses hearken
To the thunder under ground.
Yes—the air is gay with laughter,
Lady's love and stripling's jest ;
When were victims mark'd for slaughter,

Other than in flowers drest ?
The " Excursion up the Oronooka" is concluded
in this number; it is interesting to the last. There
are several other amusing tales and histories, among
which we must not forget the commencement of a
sketch of Lords Stowell and Eldon. On the whole
this number is as full of variety as ever.

BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.
The present number opens with a continuation of
Albert Smith's romance, " The Marchioness of
Brinvilliers," in which we have the conclusion of the
fete at Versailles, and an admirable description of
the residence and doings of the poisoners Lachaussee
and Exili, in the Rue de l'Hirondelle, the Rookery of
ancient, as it is of modern Paris. " The Gaol Chap-
lain" contributes another dark page from the history of
life," and the " Middle-aged Man" gives us some plea-
sant reminiscences of Allan Cunningham. We have,
from the " Irish Whiskey Drinker," a pleasant "Gar-
land of May Flowers," culled from the parterres of
the poets, ancient and modern, mixed with sundry
choice originals. It is a choice bouquet. There is a
thoroughly German tale from the pen of Mrs. Romer,
entitled " St. Silvester's Eve," and a most Bog-like
sketch by Alfred Crowquill, entitled "The Lodging-
house." " The altered Man," is the history of
a hunting, shooting, dog-fancying, savage, who
by matrimony transformed into a polka-learning,
opera-frequenting, novel-reading, tame, domestic ani-
mal. The tale is admirably told by Paul Prender-
gast, who is the very Ovid of modern metamorphoses.
The first of a series of sketches of " Ennobled
Actresses," from the pen of Mrs. Mathews, is given
in the present Number. It is a biography of the
Duchess of Bolton—the far-famed Miss Fenton, the
original Polly of the Beggar's Opera. There is a
great deal of pleasant reading in the June Number
of Bentley.