The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-01 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR ROVEMBER. (From Lc Pollee.) The cold weather we have had lately has been the gl6 *- 1 .,1 for the appearance of thoroughly winter toilettes, it their form, material, and style may be considered s° dc ,t • rfectly decided on. As far as in-door dress is con- Brn ol the materials are much the same as those worn mouth ; but the walking costumes have a much more w r,try .upect than they presented even a few days ago. woollen and silken reps, serges, cloths, poplins, thick • Naine, moires, and velvets are much worn. ne velours Anglais—or, as we say, velveteen—will be • b worn, but only in first-class qualities. No material vre suitable for a abort dress, and perhaps no costume d .c. be prettier than a short black velveteen skirt over a :ref silk petticoat with plaited flounce. L'lack velvet 1 ,,,,t4, with long hanging sleeves Feed with silk like the pc:.coat. one will, of course, attempt to wear an out-of-door d r 0 , either short or long, without a small crinoline. For wear some few ladies have a multiplicity of white eigleti muslin petticoats, though, in most cases these are ,r'v wont to disguise the very small crinoline which is rim to support them. With short dresses a perfectly ro.ad crinoline is worn, while train skirts require long and trained crinolines; but, in all cases, they are my !,u, diminished in circumference, being now worn merely tr ,Ipport and not distend the skirt. Te large open sleeves will be very fashionable in rich es:crisis, but are considered only suitable for handsome ir,wses. For others, the small coat-sleeve, or even the quite tight one closed at the wrist, will be preferred. . - Ile high bodies are made quite plain, and fitting to the ; some few have basques, but sashes, of which there i s a endless variety, are more in favour at the present moment. These sashes have generally a small button or hoc underneath, which serves to fasten up the skirt for to! of-door wear. . . _ . The long skirts are still made with a very decided train, sal gort4l as to be nearly, if not quite, plain at the top. ne trout is always quite plain, the back sweetie., put in kwe gathers, though this style is hardly so suitable for moire, satins, or poplins, as it is for thinner e l ,toi;a/s. Some of the short skirts touch the ground, o e..,•rs are a little way from it ; but no one with the least rt.:salon to good style wears them so as to show the top oldie boot. . _ . %ales are worn in an endless variety of forms and sizes, Ere; or loose, with tight or loose sleeves. !:.innets are much the same size as those lately worn, b - .• several new shapes have appeared. It is as yet too • to speak decidedly as to the form likely to be pre- Vied. The " Fanchon" shape is the most becoming ; it 1,. not increased in size, but generally has a fall of lace or rt 'cal over the back, which is brought round and fast ...Nl under the chin. This is considered more suitable for r. winter season than to have the back hair quite ex iled. There is very little variety in the form of winter hats ; tey, of course, do not require the wide brims necessary • r summer. The bronze hats are becoming common, and tr elegantes are wearing grey straw with feathers to match :umpleted by a bunch of scarlet berries or holly leaves. The crossway bands or rouleaux are still in great favour trimming dresses, and are made either In the same • ,aterial or in silk or satin. Many silk dresses are trimmed with rouleaux of satin the same colour, the difference in material being quite sufficient to produce a very good effect, handsome fringes are also very much worn, and the re appearance of flounces will bring broad laces into fashion again. We have seen some black dresses, both in velvet and silk, trimmed with gold braid and fringe. If sparingly and judiciously used, this has a most elegant effect. We select one black silk dress for description. A narrow flounce, about two inches wide, was pinked at one edge and fluted on the skirt, straight along the front ; at each side it was carried up, and formed two deep points, and then straight agai. at the back, to simulate a tunic ; above this were two rows of gold braid about half an inch wide, worked sith little tufts of apple green floss silk ; these rows were about three inches apart. The body of black silk had a corselet of black silk with two points at top and bottom, both in the front and at the back, tr:mmed with a flounce of black silk and one row of the gold and green braid. The sleeves were open quite to the arm-bole, cut in three points, and tnmrael to correspond with the skirt. Under these were tight ale MOS of green silk. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The Scotch confirmation or testamentary dis position of the late Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., was sealed in the Probate Court in London, on Oct. 21, under 15,0001. persorrilty ; and that of Hugh Munro St. Vincent Rose, Beq., of Tarloee, Roes-shire, under 53,0001. The will of Professor Michael Faraday, D.C.L.. F.A.S., F.G.S., of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, Albe marle-street, was proved in the pr:ncipal registry, Oct. 23, by Jame* Faraday, Req., his nephew, power being re served to Sarah Faraday, his relict, the executors. The personalty was swore under 6,0001. Professor Faraday died Aug. 2n, 181,7, at his residence in Hampton Court, at the age of 76. His will is entirely in his own handwriting, sad is closely written on three aides of paper, brietways, and dated April la, 1861. He leaves his property chiefly to his wife ; the will is in words to the following effect : "I request that my burial may be conducted in a moderate, sober, and inexpensive way. Considering that the source of my income will principally cease at my death, I think it but right that all my property, of whatever description, I may hays the power of disposing of by will, should become my wife's should she survive me, which I leave her, subject to some small pecuniary legacies, as a mark of affection to those who in life were dear to me." Amongst the legatees are his sister-in-law, Margaret Faraday and her cliihbun ; his sister, Margaret Barnard an d h er children ; his brother in -I,w, George Barnard and his children ; his nieces, Jane Bersard and Margaret Reid; Mr. Charles Anderson ; and Nisi Savage, the valued and faithful housekeeper at the Royal Institutb n. The will of Miss Mary Ann Tattuun, of Leeds, was roved at the district registry at Wakefield by Robert W. Willoll, of Headingly, engines; and John Whiting, of Rag-street, Leeds, merchant. The personalty was esti mated at 16,0001. The testatrix has left the following etaritable bequests to public institutions in Leeds, free of doty—namely, the British and Foreign Bible S oc i e ty, 101. ; Ackw ortb School, itawden's School, and Leeds Teen Mission, each 50f. ; Peace Society, Anti• Slavery Briety,Aboriginea Protection Society, Royal Lanmaterian Stool, Adel Day School, Leeds House of 'Recovery, Leeds General Infirmary and Dispensary, each 19 guineas. %ere are numerous email legacies to her cousins and kends, and Rome liberal leg ac i es t o b e di v id e d among Me children of her uncle, Thomas Tatham ; the children d her late cousin, Enos Menzel ; the children of her cede, James Tatham ; and to her aunt, Hannah Baker. :le ultimate rechitie she leaves to her cousin, Hannah lliddleton, wife of the Rev. Charles H. Middleton, B.A. The late Mrs. Itachael Myers, of Beverley, Yorkshire, 'hose personal property was sworn under 25,0001., haa telneathed 2,000 f. to such schools charities in Beverley as her car cutors may think fit. The late Mrs. Mary Lloyd Sbirreff, of Hillingdon-end, rxhridge, has bequeathed to the Royal Caledonian Asylum 1,0001., and leaves the interest of 6,0001. to six females iwidows or unmarried), natives of Scotland, residing at Dunse, Berwickabire, North Britain, not under fifty years of age, tobe called " Mrs. Bowniaket 's Fund," out of respect to the memory of her revered grandmother, the widow of the former pastor of Donee. The residue of her property to be invested in the British funds, and the interest stutudly appliel in affording aid to such clergymen of the established or national church of Scotland who from having but small stipends may require such aid, or to widows or unmarried daughters of such clergymen who are in need of waistline°, temporary or permanent, iutroted London Nom Dldlle. Nillsm, has reappeared at the Lyrique, Paris, in the new opera La Bliats, in which she had her usual success. A subscription has been opened in New York for the benefit of Mrs. Lincoln, and her clothing and jewelry have been withdrawn from sale, although a few articles were disposed of before this new movement was deter mined upon. Mrs. Lincoln finds but few apologists ; and while it is proved that her husband left her an ample estate, the revenues from which were swollen by many gifts from Congren and friends, a Chicago paper explains her incomprehensible conduct by stating that she is insane, and that " there is not, nor has there been for a long time, any doubt in the minds of those most intimate with her that on this subject of income, particularly, Mn. Lincoln h a monomaniac." It considers that the shock she suf fered in the suiltl.n death of her husband shattered her not very strong niind. AN INDEPENDENT POZT.—" Poet Close " writes to the Leeds .Ifrreqry :—" Last week a most nialicious and filo libel appenred in the Durham Chronicle,. saying that Russell hail passed our station, and senclung his valet for one of my books, I refaced to sell one, saying that I woad see him first ! ' A more malicious and false 1601 was never invented, as I asked the valet to buy a Ink (Lord Russell being locked up in his carriage, and 'ripped in cloak as if be bad the cholera morbus, and ale permitted to talk to him), and on hie refusing, lake,' up my book, and went home. It is true that the v..et, when informed that I was really Poet Close (of `kieh some are doubtful until I talk to them), sent the rard after me, but I refused to turn back, saying ' I was tot the slave of my lord, and having been once refused, Wu my turn to refuse also.' I care as little for lora an, man, and most confess that hid I had speech of Lord Russell, had told h m my mind pretty freny abort his (modest to the poor old King of Bonny, when Lord R visa is power in 1860, and I had the honour (a oor one) of being Poet Laureate to the ' Stranger King ' when in London.* THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1867. ATROCIOUS ATTEMPT TO MURDER A POLICEMAN. About 11 o'clock last night Police-constable Thomas O'Brien, number 752 of the A Reserve, and mounted, was proceeding along Smeeton-lane, near Friern Barnet, when his attention was drawn to a match being struck close by a hay-stack, in the corner of a field. The stack was surrounded by railings. O'Brien dismounted and tied his horse to a gate. He then got over into the field, and approaching the stack be met two men and asked them what their business was there. They aid they were minding the haystack. O'Brien knowing this to be an unusual thing, requested them to get over the rails and let him see if he knew them. After some little hesitation they came over the rails and he noticed that one had a black leather portmanteau. The constable told them he should like to see what it contained. The man who was carrying it, said " There is the key (hold ing one out) for you, you can look for yourself." O'Brien said that would not do for him. They must open it, and then he would look. The man with the bag said he would see him in -- first, and would not be interfered with, and that he (O'Brien) had better do his own dirty wort. The constable said, then he must take him and his companion for being there for some unlaw ful purpose. He took hold of him, when his hat, as well as a wig, fell to the ground. His companion at this instant presented a pistol at , the officer, who let go of the first man and seized hold of the pistol with his left hand. He had no sooner done so than it went off and wounded the officer. He fell and could not see for some time. When he recovered his consciousness he could not see anything of the man. Ho went to the gate where be had left bis horse, and he found that had been taken. O'Brien went on along the road, screaming and shouting, but could make no one hear at a farmhouse close by. The place where the occurrence took place is a very lonely spot, and O'Brien, with much exertion, managed to get to some cottages about a quarter of a mile away. His shouts and cries awoke a carpenter named Simpson, residing in Tatterdown-cottages at Priem Barnet. Simpson at once took the wounded officer in, and with the assistance of Mr. Harvey, his landlord, as well as his wife, they bound up his left hand, which was in a shattered state and bleeding copiously. By this time the constable was in a very exhausted condition, and they gave him water and bathed his head. Stevenson then obtained a fly and took the poor fellow to Highgate police station, where Dr. Forshall was sent foi, and was at once in attendance. He found the officer exceedingly low, and his left hand in a shattered state, so much so as to necessitate the immediate removAl of the fore-finger and the metacarpal bone. Mr. Forshall deemed the injury so severe, and the shock to the system so great, as to endanger the life of the officer. LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE (sr minium) LINCOLN MEETING.—(THIS DAY.) MATCH. Historian best Miller's Maid. HAINTON STAKES. Treasure Trove Ravioli . . Historian . . MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY. On o'Owm. This being the day fixed for striking the half yearly balance at the Bank of England, the transfer offices at that establishment are closed, and the Stock Exchange is also shut, according to custom. The discount market is very quiet, and the rate for the best paper does not exceed If per cent. It is understood that the bills falling due on the 4th represent a moderate total. The Sussex has arrived from Melbourne with 121),000/. in gold, making, including the 283,0001. by the Blackwell and Atrato, a total of 412,00)1. now awaiting disposal. The whole, however, is expected to be sent abroad. About 628,0001. is still on the way from Australia to England. It is notified that the agency of the undermen tioned branches of the Provincial Banking Corpora tion (Limited) has been transferred to Messrs. Glyn, Mills, Currie, and Co. :—Eaat Dereham, Fakenham, Gravesend, Great Yarmouth, Hales worth, Harleston, King's Lynn, North Walshatn, Norwich, Portsea, Wells, Edgware-road, and Kings land. Bills on the Panama Railway Company to the amount of 8,6001. have arrived for the payment of the interest and sinking fund of the Colombian Losn of 1863. As the dividend due the Ist April only amounts to about 5,0001., there will thus remain a large surplus for the sinking fund, to which will be added all remittances that may arrive before the Ist April next. About 78,0001. in bar gold for the Continent, and 20,000 sovereigns for Egypt, were withdrawn from the Bank yesterday. The Blackwell hes strived from Melbourne with 189,500 i. in gold. . . . The 101,000' 1. in gold and 387,0001. in silver by the steamer Atrato, from the West Indies, re..ched London this morning, and are expected to be de livered to the bullion brokers on Monday next. The Anglo-American Telegraph Company have notified a reduction of the tarifffor the transmission of messages to America from the Ist December next. The basis of the new scale ie--" Between any Telegraph Station in Great Britain or Ireland and New York, for ten words, not exceeding fifty letters, 51. ss. For every additional word not ex ceeding the average of five letters 10s." The Agra Bank - (Limited) is prepared on behalf of the late Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), to anticipate payment of its promissory notes falling due on the 15th March, 1868, under rebate of the same rate of interest which the notes carry. This instalment will complete 17s. 6d. in the pound, with interest thereon in full. The Great Western Railway traffic return shows this week an increase of 2,5201. over last year ; the London and South Western, an increase of 754/. • the London, Chatham, and Dover, includin g the Metropolitan Extension and branches, an in crease of 2,281/. ; the Metropolitan Extension separately, an increase of 468/. ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, an increase of 1,549/. ' • the North Eastern, an increase of 5,3101. ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, an increase of 3161. ; and the North British, an increase of 1,757/. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Land Mortgage Bank of India held yesterday, the directors' report, announcing an interim payment on account of dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum free of income tax, was adopted. It was mentioned that in Madras and Calcutta the affairs of the undertaking are progressing moat satisfactorily, but in Bombay little business has been done in conse quence of the commercial depression, and the directors will avoid operations there until affairs are in a more healthy condition. A meeting was held yesterday of the shareholders of the English and American Bank (Limited), when the resolution previously passed, in favour of the undertakingbeing wound up voluntarily, was confirmed. The newly elected directors of the Clerks' Dining Company (Limited) have taken offices in Clement's lane, and appointed the firm of Clarke, Son, and Rawlins, solicitors to the company, and Mr. B. F. Killerby, secretary. Fresh prospectuses are being issued, and it is intimated that, as soon as half the capitaljis subscribed, the first dining establishment will be opened. The following is the official return of the cheques and bills cleared in the Bankers Clearing-house for the week ending Wednesday, October 30 : Return of Paid Clearing for the week ending Oct. 30, 1867. Thursday, Oct. 24 Friday, Oct. 23 Saturday, Oct. 26 Monday, Oct. 28 Tuesday, Oct 29 8,973,000 Wednesday, Oot. 30 26 9 , 9 P ," CZOBGE DERBTSHIEZ, Cluef Inspector. Bankers' Clearing-house. The general average continues very low, especially if allowance be made for the exceptional movement in connexion with the Stock Exchange settlement on Wednesday ; and it may be remarked, as de monstrating the slackness of business in that esta blishment as in nearly all other quarters, that the corresponding settling day in 1865 gave a total of 26,000,0001., as against 16,745,0001. now. The return of the Bank of England for the week ending Wednesday, Oct. 30, compared with that for the previous week, shows the following changes : Circulation issue E36,570,115 Decrease 2112,450 Circulation active 24,654,855 Decrease 110,400 Public deposits 4,921,096 Increase 51'1,311 Other deposits Government securities in banking department l2,B9l,2o3 No change. Other securities in banking department 16,835,079 Increase 27,955 Coin and bullion in both departments Seven day and other Wk G37,768 Increase 23,724 The Rest _ . 3,972,i123 Increase 2,700 Notes in reserve Total swerve (note & coin) in banking department 13,042,533 Increase 21,222 The movements in the government and private de posits, though of considerable amount, nearly balance each other, and, as the variation in the advances on private 'securities is but slight, the reserve remains almost stationary. The decrease in the coin and bullion is 89,1781., which accords pretty closely with the amount of gold known to have been withdrawn for exportation during the week. BANS OF: An Account pursuant to the Act week ending on Wednesday, t ENGLAND. 7th and Bth Vle., e. 3; for the he 30th . day of October. 1887. - mos DIPA Notes Issued L58,570,115 'l67'yYK7. 6.18,670,116 7 C;VeTtiinent debt £11,015,100 Other securities 11,984,110 C Gold coin and btd non 21,570,115 fillyer BARIUM.) DI =etore Capital E.14.6r.3.000 3,072,32.1 Public Deno,Ha (in cluding Kitbag., Sat. Banks, Cont eds. of National Debt, and Dir ateaunta) 4. 0 -21,006 Other Deposita Seven day and other Blth 06,670,115 o;:ernsueut Secu rities 212,891,303 Other Secunties 16,835.079 Notes Gold slid Saver Cola - 1,197,373 642,7d5.5ts I $.44,708,515 Oct St. 1867. F. MAY, Deputy Cashier. THORSI)AT Evcifixa. Consols, which closed yesterday at 944 to }, both for money and next Thursday's settlement, opened this morning at the same quotation, and closed at 941 to 4. The Three per Cents. Re duced and New Three per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock 921 to 1. Theiofficial bulimia report is as follows : —Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 94, ; Three per Ceuta. Reduced, 94, 3, 21 ; New Three per Ceuta., 3}, 21, 3 ; ditto, Two and a Half per Cent., 76 ; Bank Stock, 247, 6, 8 ; India Stool, 223 ; ditto Five per Cent., 114 i, 14, 13} ; ditto Four per Cent., 100 i, ; ditto ' Five per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 104, ; ditto Bonds, 605., 645., 605., 645. prem. Indian government securities remain steady. Exchequer Bills were quoted 2:s. to 30a. prem. The foreign stock market was steady, and the variations in prices were about evenly balanced. Brazilian of 1865, Danubian, and Peruvian of 1865 wore inquired for, and advanced 5 to 1 per eent. Greek rose f ; and Spanish Passive, 5. Italian of 1861 were I better in the morning, but closed worse than yesterday, owing to to day's news. Egyptian, first issue, declined 1 per cent. ; and Spanish New Three per Cents., Mexican, and Turkish of 1865 (Five per Cents.), 5. Bank shares were very little dealt in, but London and Venezuela met with inquiry, and rose 1/. The amount of business in financial shares was limited, but General Credit rose 2s. 6d., and Inter national Financial met with inquiry. Prices closed as follows :—lnternational Financial, 2 1 1 to 25 dia. ; General Credit, 25 to 2 dia. ; London Financial, 24 to 23 dia. ; and Credit Foncier, 65 to 65 dis. Atlantic Cable shares were quiet, with few trans actions. Anglo-American left off at 175 to 1 ; At lantic Telegraph Eight per Cent. Preference, at 34 to 5 ; and Telegraph Construction, at 151 to 16}. Hudson's Bay shares were last quoted 141 to 15, and National Discount 6to 65 prem. Miscel laneous shares showed few changes. Ocean Marine Insurance were in request, at an advance of U. City Discount improved 10s., and Commercial Union Insurance 2s. 6d. ; but Peninsular and Oriental (new, 1867) declined 10s. . . The only variation in colonial government de bentures was a rise of per cent. in Queensland. United States 5-20 Bonds were in good demand in the morning, and rose per cent. A relapse afterwards occurred, yet the closing quotation was higher than yesterday. Erie Railway shares im proved ; Blinois Central, 1 ; and Panama and Philadelphia and Erie, 1. Atlantic and Great Western Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, however, declined 4. Prices closedas follows :-5-20 Bonds, 1882, 70 to 1, ex div. ; Erie Railway shares, 47 to ; Central 801 to 1 ; Atlantic and Great NVestern Railway Debentures, 254 to 264 ; and Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 20 to 21. MINE&-(THIS DAY.) thirs o'Or.osz. The Stock Exchange is closed to-day, but there is a fair amount of business in the Mining Ex change. West Chiverton, Prince of Wales, Korth Treskerby, and Wheal Grenville shares are in chief request. Annexed are the prices :—Prince of Wales, 535. to 54a. ; West Chiverton, 70 to 71 ; Wheal Seton, 100 to 105 ; Wheal Bassett, 87} to 921 ; Wheal Grenville, 31e. 6d. to 33e. ; Marks Valley, 61 to ; Chiverton, 5} to I ; Chiverton Moor, 5 to I ; Great Laxy, 171 to 18k ; Great Vor, 17k to 181; and North Treskerby, 3bs. to 38a. Subjoined is a copy of a letter received by the Don Pedro North Del Rey Mining Company from their agents in Liverpool, Messrs. Bramley Moore and Co. :—" Oct. 30, 1867. We have just received our telegram from Lisbon, by which we understand that the steamer brings 25,000 oitavas of gold from Don Pedro North Company." A general meeting of the Cape Copper Mining Company (Limited) is called for the 13th Novem ber, to receive the report and accounts for the year 1856. LAW INTEUIGENCIC. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) IN RE COVETENAT. This was an application for leave to issue execution, notwithstanding the registration of a deed. Mr. Riech supported the deed ; Mr. Chipperfield ap peared for the creditor. His Honour, in giving judgment, said that the creditor, Mr. Spurr, was a livery-stable-keeper, and the debt was for the keep of the debtor's horses. He brought an action and obtained a verdict againt the debtor on the 9th of August, the deed being executed on the 20th. On the 22nd the debtor filed a declaration of insolvency, and was made bankrupt by a friendly creeftor ou the `_'3r d. Oa the 2t;th the plaintiff signed judgment in his action, having no notice of the deed of the bankruptcy ; on the 4th September he issued a writ of li. fa., and the sheriff seized the two horses which were in the plaintiff's po-ses sion. On the 6th the petitioning creditor claimed the horses; an interpleader summons obtained by the sheriff was made returnable on the 13th, and on the same day the deed was registered—the bankruptcy being annulled on the 18th. On the 20th the interpleader summons was heard and the sheriff was ordered to with draw. There was no evidence to show that the deed was unreasonable or invalid ; and under these circumstances his Honour held that the creditor was not entitled to issue execution. The question of costs was reserved. IN RE W. D. MCNRO._ The bankrupt was a mist salesman Warwick-lane and Page - Green , Tottenham. Against debts of 1,026/. there is property held u security of 2251. ; bad debts due to the . Mr. Dona appeared for the assignees, and Mr. R. Grif fiths for the bankrupt. The order was granted. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. ArrawrrEn SUICIDE THROUGH ♦ HUSBAND'S BRUTALITY. Mary Ann Edwards, an interesting young woman, of 22 years of age, was placed at the bar before Alderman Hale, charged with attempting to poison herself by taking laudanum. George Grigg, 323, said that last night about 10 minutes past 10 o'clock, the prisoner came to him at the corner of Ironmonger-buildings and she sad she had poisoned herself with laudanum. He questioned her as to how much she bad taken, and why she did it, and she replied that she bad taken one penny worth. She said she bad been married only three months, and she was driven to it, because her husband knocked her about so. She bad then two black eyes, which she said her husband gave her on Friday night. He took her to the hospital and the doctor who saw her said she had not taken much—not enough to destroy life. The mother of the prisoner, a very respectable person, here stepped into the witness-box, and, in answer to the magistrate, said her daughter had been married to a lazy brute of a fellow who would not work and knocked her about when she could not give him money. Since she had been married she had pawned all her clothes for him and yet he could not treat her well. On Friday last he gave her two black eyes, and on Saturday he struck her on the nose and made it bleed. _ _ _ Alderman Hale said she should have come to this court for protection, and the mildest course that would have been adopted towards him would have been to bind him oier to keep the peace. The mother said her daughter did not know what to do, she wu so much afraid of him. Alderman Hale thought it was quite time that he was put into the dock to answer for his conduct. He asked the mother if she would t►ke ch►rge of her daughter and bring her up on a future day. The mother said she would. Alderman Hale then directed the prisoner to make the neoessav depositions, and issued his warrant for the ap prehension of the fellow Edwards. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. COMPLAUCT OF INSUFFICIENT POLICE PROTECTION IN REGIENT-h:REZT. Wet. Harris and Abel Cornwell, two young men, were charged before Mr. Knox with an assault. After the evidence had been heard, Inspector Bowles banded Mr. Knox a book, and it ap peared from it that Han:, had been convicted of larceny and sentenced to four years'penal servitude, and that he was in possession of a ticket of leave. Harris said that he had been endeavouring to live honestly ever rice he bad been at large, and he hoped the magistrate would give him a chance. Mr. Knox said that he was not going to do anything at present. There was nothing one would not do to help him Morris) in his unfortunate position, but with such a character as he had got he ought to know that he ought not to be walking the streets at such an hour. The case bad a very serious look about it as nothing was more common, as was well known at that office, than for women to stop men, and if the men resisted their demands, for fellows connected with the females to walk up and attack and rob the men. He should order strict inquiries to be made respecting the course of life Harris had been pursuing since he had re ceived his ticket, and also respecting Cornwall. The pri soners would be remanded. Mr. human, laceman, of Regent...street, and whose house is at the corner of Chapel-court, stepped forward and said that he bad to complai n of the insu ffi ciency of police pro tection at night in Reg ent - street , such outrages as the one he had heard detail ed being of frequent nightly occur rence in Chapel -court. On the present occasion all the per sons in his house, principally females, were woke up by screams of "murder ' in the court. Being a householier and a large ratepayer, he considered that something ought to be done to stop the nuisance. Mr. Knox said that Mr. Isaacson's complaint should be attended to. THAMES. THE TIRE KING AND HIS RIFF. A respectable woman named Caroline Fonnansky, a native of Germany, has made several applications at this court, with a view to obtain " separation allowance" from her husband Rell Muell Formansky, the celebrated Fire King, who has been for some time exhibiting in the provincial towns and cities, and showing hie defiance of the most powerful of the elements by walking into fires, applying lighted torches to his frame, and perform ing other and more daring salamandrine feats. Mr. Benson said she was entitled to a maintenance, and advised her to consult Mr. Simmons, one of the relieving officers of the Stepney Union, in whose district she lived. She now came before Mr. Benson and said the parish allowed her 4s. per week, and wrote to her husband who remitted her and the parish would not continue the allowance of 4s. Mr. Benson thought the pariah were perfectly justified in withdrawing the allowance of 4s. per week if his majesty had sent her 25a. He could not control the parish, and she had better make another application to her hus band. Mrs. Fomanalry.—He made 10/. last week at South ampton, and be threatens to leave me and return to Ger many. Mr. Benson could not compel the Fire King to settle an allowance on his wife, but if she became chargeable to any parish or union he could be ►pprehended on a war rant if he was in England, and compelled to support her and his children, and in default committed to prison. Mrs. Formansky said her husband was a man of fiery temperament. Mr. Benson—l should suppose so. He may cool down, and a reconciliation will, I hope, be effected. Mrs. Formansky then retired, and said she would seek the Fire King in the country. The democratic clubs and politicians of New York are making arrangements to give General M'Clellan a grand reception on his return from Europe in November. SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND Dotes RAILWAY. —Last evening a man of the name of James Webb, flagman on the permanent way at the Walworth station, met with a shocking death. It wax deceased's duty to signal the main-line trains, and it is sup posed he was in the porter's box on the metropolitan extension line when he saw a main-line train coming up, and rushed out to signal it, not noticing that at the moment the 5.13 Loughborough-road express train was coming at full speed from Ludgate-hill. As he attempted to cross the line the train caught him and sent him a distance of 300 zards, fracturing his skull in a frightful manner, and cutting off his left arm near the shoulder and his left leg below the knee. E. Mills, porter at the station, imme diately ran to his assistance, and took him to Dr. Hunt, of Bereaford-street ; but life was extinct. Ma. J. A. SMITH'S SUNDAY CLOSING BILL. — Mr. J. A. Smith, M.P . for Chichester, attended a meeting last evening, in Ch r i s t Ch urc h schoolroom, Carter-street, Greenheys, for the purpose of explaining the provisions of the amended bill which he is about to introduce into parliament early next session, relative to the sale of drink on Sunday. The Rev, Dr. Garrett presided. Mr. Smith said he would make it absolutely illegal for any public house in England and Wales to be open for the pur pose of enabling people to drink on the premises. But he would allow them to be open two hours in the middle of the day, and two hours in the evening in order that people might purchase beer over the counter to be consumed otherwise than in the public-house. Then as regarded the metropolitan district, he proposed that those who kept eating-houses might give beer and spirits to those who came for • meal ; but special care would be taken to provide that no publican or beer-house keeper should be considered as an eating-house keeper merely because be might keep buns and sand wiches for the convenience of his customers. He should much have preferred that the government had introduced this or some bill on the subject ; but as they refused at the close of last session to give any pledge on the subject, be felt bound to premed with his project. He had con milted with Mr. Barley, Mr. Raines, and other members, and their unanimous opinion was that it was best to in troduce a bill of as moderate a character as possible. A discussion ensued on the chairman's invitation. LATEST. The officer still lies in a very precarious state. The horse has not yet been traced. It is hoped that this being missing will give a clue. THE NEW METROPOLITAN STREETS ACT. The new act for regulating the traffic in the me tropolis, &c., came into operation to-day. Some sympathy is felt for the costerrnongers, owing to the strictness of the clause relating to the prohibition of th e sale of articles in the public thoroughfares. Several meet ings have been convened at the east-end to take this clause into consideration. One is to be held this evening in the school-room, belonging to St. Mary's, White chapel, the rector of the parish, the Rev. J. Cohen, in the chair. The notice announcing the meeting is addressed to " Street-sellers and others," and the object set forth is to take into consideration the advisability of presenting • pe tition to the Secretary of State, praying for the re vision of the act. This morning such neighbour hoods as Leather-lane, Whitecross-street, Clare-market, Whitechapel-road, Re., where costermongers mostly ply their calling, presented the same appearance as usual ; and not the slightest interference was shown on the part of the police. The occupation of the " betting men," bower, r, seems gone ; and at the several places where they have been in the habit of meeting the public could pass unim peded. At the "arches," situate on the site of the old Fleet prison, hitherto • large meeting place, there was only • single individual who when the opportunity occurred offered the " Turf Guide " for male. The only direct elep Lakwu nits morning in the working of the new act was the regulation of the carriage traffic. Suspended to various lamp-posts at the corner of the prin cipal thoroughfares in the City was a " police notice," emanating from "James Fraser, colonel," directing atten tion to the streets and portion of the greets" having special reference to the act. They are as follows : Aldgate, Rishopsgate-street Within, Cannon-street, Chan cery-lane, Cheapaide, Cornhill, Fenchurch-street, Fleet street, Gracechurch-street, Gresham-street, Holborn-hill, King-street, Cheapaide ; King-street, Snow-bill ; King Wil liam-street, Leadenhall-street, Lombard-street, London bridge. Lothbury, Ludgate-hill, Mansion-house-street, Moorgate- street, New Bridge-street, Newßroad-street, New gate-street, Old Broad-street, Old Jewry, Poultry, Princes street, Queen-street, Skinner-street, St. Paul's-churchyard (south-aide), Snow-hill, Threadneedle-street, Throgmorton street. THE SHOOTING OF TWO POLICEMEN AT DUBLIN. We have now received further details of the above atrocious outrage. The depositions of the policemen have been taken at Mercer's Hospital. Constable Kenna stated that he was standing at the end of his beat at the west oorner of Wellington-quay and huutace-street, waiting for the sergeant of his division to come round and make the usual inspection, when a man came up with a bundle under his arm. Kenna challenged him, and asked to know what was in the bundle, when the man deliberately drew out a pistol and shot him. Kenna was able to run as far as Essex-bridge, when he met another policeman, who put him on a car and took him to Mercer's Hospital. It appears from the deposition of Sergeant Kelly, of the B division, that he was coming from the College street station he happened to hear the shot, and hastened in the direction whence the sound proceeded. Just as he turned out of Temple-bar to Eustece-street he met a man who evidently must have been the same that had shot Kenna, and who, without a moment's hesitation or utter ing a word, shot him and then made his way down Temple bar. Two women who happened to be in the neighbour hood at once gave information at the detective depart ment, Exchange-court, and a police force was immediately sent to the locality. The wounded men were at once taken to hospital, where they were without delay attended by Dr. Butcher, assisted by Mr. Shaw, the resident pupil. As the doctor believed the wounds, especially that received by Kelly, to be mortal, a magistrate was sent for and the depositions of the men taken. The Rev. Mr. Crotty was promptly in attendance on the wounded men. One of the women who reported the matter to the authorities, and who gives her name as Mary Donnellan, states that she was standing not far from the constable when she heard shots, and saw a man rush past her, but the moment he turned the corner she observed the police man had fallen. The outrage was in a few minutes reported at the several stations, and the reserve men were called out on duty. Mr. Campbell, chief superintendent, had them placed at intervals along the streets. and at the corners of the neighbourhood in which the assassination was attempted. The utmost vigilance was used. Passen gers were stopped, and any loiterers closely questioned, but no ti ace could be found of the fellow who perpetrated the attempted murder. • Sergeant Kelly and Constable Ke nna continue in the most precarious oondition, and it is feared that fatal re sults may ensue. They are unable to give any clue which could lead to the identification of the intending assassin. In the course of yesterday the constabulary officers sta tioned at Drumoondra met on the road two men who ap peared desirous of evading their scrutiny. They gave their names as Patrick Deegan and Samuel Clarke. The men went with the constables to the station, but, on being questioned, were unable to give an account of themselves. They were brought into Dublin, and on being taken to the detective department of the metropolitan police force were charged by Detective officers Charles Smith, Joseph Clarke, and William Doyle concerned in suspicion of being in the outrage. The pol ice o have, it is said, received some confirmatory evidence. A reward of 1,0001. has been offered by government, THE ROYAL BANK Or LlVERPOOL—Yesterday, at the Chancery Chambers, an application was made to the chief clerk, and subsequently to Vice Chancellor Me line, to retire a number of bills of exchange, and it was eventually granted. It was stated that the creditors would be paid in full. At Littlehampton, in Sussex, meat has dropped Id. per lb. At Shepton Mallet, in Somereetshire, good joints of beef and mutton are now selling et 6d. per lb., and et Taunton, in the same county, th e price of beef and mutton has been reduced Id. to 10. per lb. The 41b. loaf is selling at Taunton at Bd. and Nd. HER MAJESTY'S PLATE _Two ranee. Lord I;;;; - , Rama, dociu — efOrltiteTgalialandlah. All are here. GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 'Three miles. Greenland, Lady Newark, Franciscan, Wings of the Wind, Little Peter, Harbinger, Yarborough, and Rival are here. AVELAND NURSERY. Five furlongs. Veda, Bel Giorno, Beauty, Stella, Powder, Eliza c, Russian Bear, Broughton, Caprera, Splendour, Manors, Hawke, and Lady Rose are here. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MARK-LANK.—(THIS DAY.) With a moderate attendance of millers, the few samples of English wheat brought forward were partly disposed of at Monday's advance in the quotations. The quality of the supply was good. The fresh arrivals of foreign wheat were moderately ex tensive, and there was a good supply, ex-grana r y. For all descriptions the trade was fi rm, and late rates were well supported. Floating cargoes of wheat changed hands freely, at en hanced currencies. Other descriptions of produce afloat were quite as dear as on Monday. The supply of barley was limited. Grinding qualities met a fair sale, but other sorts were neglected. Malt ruled quiet on former terms. Oats, the supply of which was moderate, were in steady request rather more money than on Monday. and peas met a moderate inquiry on former terms. Flour ruled firm, at about stationary prices. Linseed and rapeseed were unaltered in value. Agri cultural seeds were firmly held. Cakes were steady. CratRENT PRIM. TROLTEIR. Per Qr. WrtnsT. I. Inez, Kent, red, 'B6 —to '67 65 to 75 „ ' no. wile, .os to 'B7 67 to 79 Norfolk and unman red lant.zr. Pee Qr OM a. a. Scotch potato Irby block „ wluto S7 to SO IiYO Malting --. 41 to 47 DWlBing ()finding s66 to 40 _. .1411.• Loss, Norfolk, and &Wolk 66 to 72 Kingston and Wars 72 to 75 Brown 66 to 62 RIX Mahe ♦1 to 45 Tick 44 to 48 Harrow Plittow .._._ 5O to U New — to OATS. &QUA, teed 26 to 20 potato ficach, feed YORI Per Qr. WHEAT. S. S. Dentate and Route. boil 76 to 84 Rostock & Mecklen burl 73 to 76 63 to 73 Russian, hard soft ALowikcao, red — to „ white to BARLEY. Orindhtg DletiLLiog Malting — to Orgy _ 46 60 40 Maple to Whit* 4O to 50 Dollars hem__ Town made; lie; N/ lb. Housobokt B4 to 60 Country 5l to 64 Norfolk and Suffolk =ship 5O to 68 Pr Qr. Otrt I. Danish and Swedlsk 29 to 33 Road= Mums _ . . Danish Egyptian OATS. Dutch twelr . ini - 7... IS to 36 fewts - 7 970 I ARRIVALS OF GRAIN ha. CARRIAGE FROM OCT. 2$ lY English sad I Irish !We to BMW, Taeeaan .... _ ... Total ... ..... 1 38220 II Dial Conn. Whits 42 to 44 Yellow ?coca. Trench, per sack 13pantah „ American, pee brl Canadian 31 to 40 INTO LONDON BY WATER lOCT. 31, BOTH INCLUSIVE. rf. Mall 6 gra. 0 1030 moo I am 1 1030 Maize, ;620 qrs. Osta. (FL 930 1300 24040 Hour. brla. pat LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) (BY TELEGILAPH.) (now OOR OWN COBIUMPOIMINT.) - . . Corrnts.—The market continues quiet. 'Sales about 8,000 bales. CORN.—The market fairly attended ; wheat slow of sale, and red American descriptions are about 2d. to 3d. per cents] lower than Tuesday. Flour in mode rate demand, at late rotes. Beans Rd. per qr. easier. Peas Is. 2d. lower. Oats and oatmeal dull and. lower. Indian corn, from scarcity, bringssos. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-(TRIS DAY.) (IT TILNORAPH.) (stow 001 ows coaasseosozwr.) Wheat held for one or two shillings over last Friday's prices. Bales proceed slowly. Barley firm, and cheaper. Other articles unaltered. MINCING-LANs.—{THIS DAY.) Sccatt.—The market continues very firm at the late ad vance, the sales include Mauritius, at 325. 6d. to 335. 6d. ; Madras jaggery, 271. ; Manilla clayed, 30s. 6d. ; Porto Rico, 345. 6d. ; Havana, 365. 6d. Refined pieties are in active request, at full prices to ls. per cwt. advance; dried g ood s dull of sale. COFFIN. —All good qualities of colonial are saleable at full prices; common kinds dull. Plantation Ceylon sold. triage, 48s. to 58e. ; ordinary grey to 6 lood middling, 60s. to 81s. 6d. ; peaberrl, 86e. 6d. to 91s. TEA continues inactive. __ . it111: 7 A1(11 No Wei to report. Ruti.-30 puncheons of Demerara sold at 2e. 2d. FRUlT.—lralecteis. at public sale sold at a further de cline of Is. to 2s. per cwt. Other articles went off quietly at about the previous value. Currants sold at 20s. to 28s. ; Valencia raisins, 25.. to 51s. ; Muscatel layers, 82a. to We. ; Sultanas, 35e. Turkey figs, 295. to 754. CUTCll.—Sales of fine Pegu at the advanced prices of 40s. to 425. GAMBIZIL —6OO bale* common sold at 16s. 91. Corrox.—The market is dull, and prices are again easier. TALLOW MARKET.-(THIS DAT.) The markets steady. Town tallow, 445. ; Petersburg Y.O. on the spot, 43e. 9d. ; Year, 435. 6d. to 438. 91. ; December, 43e. 9d. ; Spring, 448. 3d.; March, 448. 641. to 445. 9d. HIDE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) LEADINTIALL.—Hides : 56Ibn. 'to 641 b., 3d. to 3 a. ; 641 b. to 721 be., 34. to 3id. ; 721bs. to 801 be., 34d. to 3 1d .; 8016. to 881 6 c, 31d. to 4jd. ; 881 b. to 961 b.. 41d. to ; 961bs. to 1041 6 c, M. to 50. • 1041b. t0 11216.,bd. to 50. Calf skins, light, 2s. to 4's. ; full, 7s. Biammensse.—fteepaldas : Polled, ss. 6d. to 7s. ; half bred., 4c to 4s. 6d. ; downs, 3s. 6d. to 41. BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Messrs. Pattenden and Stith report that the trade con. times dull, and for anything but the choicest descriptions, prices are easier. THE HUNTER'S PRIVILEGES—We are to the manner born ; and till we think of it and dwell upon it, the thing does not seem strange to us ; but foreigners cannot be made no understand that all the world, any one who chooses to put himself on horseback, let him be a lord or a tinker, should have permission to ride where he will, over enclosed fields, across growing crops, crushing down cherished fences, and treating the land as though it were his own,—as long as hounds are running ; that this should be done without any payment made to the land owner, without any payment of any kind exacted from the enjoyer of the sport, that the poorest man may join in it without question asked, and that it should be carried on indifferently over land owned by men who are friends to the practice, and over that owned by its bitterest enemies ; —that, in fact, the habit in so strong that the owner of the land, with all the law to back him, with his right to the soil as perfect and exclusive assthat of a lady to her draw ing-room, cannot in effect save himself from an invasion of a hundred or a hundred and fifty horsemen, let him struggle to save himself as he may. Before he can be secure he must surround his territory with fences that shall be impregnable ; and should he attempt this, he will rind that he has made himself so odious in the county, that life will be a burden to him. It may be said that In a real hunting county active antagonism to hunting is out of the question. A man who cannot endure to see a crowd of horsemen on his land, must give up his land and go else where to live.—St. Pad's Magazine for November... CONVIRTED AT Lasr.—Their error is similar to that of the protectionists, who, in order to exclude the foreign competitor, limited the borne market by prices artificially enhanced, and in their anxiety to exclude com petitors in the production of corn, destroyed the compe tition for labour that would have otherwise existed, and raised the price of everything consumed, while they lowered the rate of wages. It is now as clearly esta blished as any abstract principle can possibly be, that the true way to prosperity lies, not in excluding the competition of producers, but in stimulating by every means in our power the competition of consumers. All attempts to regulate production or interchange bays always gone on the contrary supposition. The fallacy which limits the amount of importation hay long outlived the fallacy which limits the amount of production, and it is not a little disheartening, after having emancipated trade with such brilliant results, that we should be called upon once more to take up the question of the emancipa tion of labour. —Quarterly Review, new number. PROVINCIAL SHARI imurrrs. LIVERPOOL. OCT. 31.—Sales: Caledonian, 88 C 4 7 }-Greek Eastern, 331 I—Great Western, 451 I—Lancashlre and Yorkshire. 1461 11—London and North Western, 1131 1 111—Metropo litan, 1201—Midland, 1174 11--South Eastern, 6717 64—Erle, —Dutch Rhenish, 3# p.—Great Luxembourg shares, 8 6-18 " North and South Wales, 21—British and Foreign Mar ina (Limited), 1348 p.—Liverpool and London and Globe Fire and Life, 54 p.—Queen insurance, 1 4.—Royal Insurance, 21 p.- 1' nion Marine (Limited), 3/ p.—Liverpool Exchange, 12—Nis- Misal Steam Ship Company (Limited), 7—National 8 per cent. min. pref., 6.16 p. Masenforria, 00?. 31. —Market flat, and prices a shade lower. C. Cammell and Co (Limited;, 36 d.—ffstes. 471 1 I—Great Eastern, 32 I—Great Limembe ,83 5161—Great Northern 1124 13—Great Western of Canada, 101—Great Western, 46 51 A, shi—John Brown and Co. (Limited), 30 d.—Lancashire and York re, 1203 3—Your and-A.ll*U per Cent. ditto, 1870, pref., 1031 — London. Brighton, and South Coast, 521—London and North Western. 113} I.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 48 7} i B—Metropolltan, 121 2011} 1 1 I—Midland, 11711 I—South Eastern, la —U Wiwi States 5-20 Years' hoods, 701 70--Cal' odonlaa, S 7 1 4 1 1 1 --Glasgow and South Western, 1024—Itallan, 441 — Great Western Six per Cents., 93. lORKINGIIAN, O(T. 81.—Business done: Birmingham, Wol verhampton, and Stour Valley Railway shares, at O1 — Lloyd's Bank shares, at 7 pm. Staffordshire Joint-stock Banks, at 201 : Birmingham and stalfindalthe Gas, .C. 23 sha', &V 49. Closing prices : Stour' Canals, oilers, at 220: Birmingham Finan cial shares, at 11 to 14 Ma 111rmInghaan Gas 'New Ordinary) shares, 18CA. at 44 pm., buyers : Birmingham New Union Mills, at 3to M ; Midland Wagon shares, sellers, at tici aunt Stafford shire Wheel and Axletree shares, sellers, at 3 dii. On Wednesday last the Rev. George Smith, clerk, was instituted to the rectory of , Hotterafield with Saint Croas, Southelinhara, in Suffolk, on the presentation of Sir Robert Shaft* Adair, of Flaton Hall, in Suffolk, Baronet. _ _ A VISIT TO VTR Qualm' OF MADAGASCAR. —Her Majesty's ship Vigilant, Captain H. A. Brown, R.N., being lately at Madagescar, Captain Brown received an o ffi cial letter from our consul, Mr. Pakenham, who had gone to Andevranto, a port or place 70 miles to the southward of Tamatave, requesting him to come up, as the Queen had expressed an especial wish to see an English naval officer, never having seen one. The captain acrorlingly deter mined to make the journey, which is rather fatiguing sad long--about seven nays there and back—and with one of his lieutenants, Mr. Bainbridge, and his worthy coxswain, to make as favourable an impression as he could. They had guard of honour and the Queen's own band to march them into her presence, and about 5,000 soldiers were under arms expressly to do they honour. The Queen received them mast cordially. Afterwards Captain Brown went in plain clothes, by the wish of some of the high officers and paid them a friendly visit ; everywhere they were treated with great civility and kindness. Mona SHIPPING , DISASTERS. —Tito Liverpool underwriters yesterday received intelligences to the effect that the ship Ardenlee, Captain Lowe, bound from London to Quebec and Montreal, with a cargo of dry voila, military atom, .tc. went ashore off Fox river, St. Lawrence, on the 13th Oct ober.: The crew were saved, and it WAS expected that should the weather clear up most of the cargo would be saved. The French steamers Cayenne and Paris were disabled during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico on the 7th October. The Liverpool ship, Mountaineer, from Harbor Grace to Liverpool, wish a cargo of fish and oil, has goes ashore at Ithasueigr (on I the Anglesca coma), one mile north-west of the spot where the ship Earl of Cheater was wrecked during the frightful gale in the Channel, on Sunday last. Crew all saved. The screw steamer Amsterdam, of Leith, from Malaga to New York, is reported to have been lost on Long Island. The Huasco, Captain Waaan, was the barque with which the Jeannette Routine, from Buenos Ayres to Antwerp, was in collision. The Huasco put into Stanley, Falkland Islands. The crew of tho Zone, which was lost off Cape St. Mary's, bad also arrived at Stanley. Several casks of palm oil have been washed ashore at Guernsey, but no other wreckage. EARLY JEWISII SCHOOLS.—Eighty years before Christ. schools flourished throughout the length and breadth of the land ; education hail been made compulsory. While there is cot a sir;le term for "school" to be found before the captivity, cud there was by that time about a dozen in common usage. Here are afew of the innumerable popular sayings of the period, betokening the paramount importance which public instruction had assumed in the life of the nation: "Jerusalem was destroyed be cause the instruction of the young was neglected." " The world is only saved by the breath of the school children." " Even for the rebuilding of the Temple the schools must not be interrupted." ' Study is more meri torious than sacrifice." "A scholar is greater than a prophet." " You should revere the teacher even more than your father. The latter only brought you into this world, the former indicates the way into the next. But blessed is the son who has learnt from his father; he shall revere him both as his father and his master ; and blessed is the father who has instructed his eon."—Quarterly &rim, new number. WILD FOWL SHOOTINO.—It is no light matter fora man to crawl miles over the mud, shoving his band punt before him, load keeping himself alive in frost and wet, as Colonel Hawker used to do. only by milk. It is no light matter for a man to leave his warm bed and go down, when the tide serves, to the Wash by Lynn, amid the ice-pack roaring in the tide-way, and out to sea in his paddle-punt, not knowing whether, before the morning, the ice-pack may not have frozen him in. and carried him —as it carried one man, at least, of whom we know — jammed helpless in the floe, ice-pole as useless as naddle, out and out through the long horrible hour,, past Wolfer ton, past Sandringham. past all the world, out into the northern darkness, till Hunstanton light faded on the southern horizon, and the Northern Ocean howled amend; and kind sleep, the child of frost, came down to dull the agony of the soul, and let the shooter, who was sever seen again by man, rest quietly in God. Yes, it is a brave sport, that wild-fowl shooting, for those who have healt'r and nerve ; and at least they bring home, at morning, good and wholesome food for rich and poor. —Fraar's Moya:iss ice November. SHOOTING-STARS. —A careful observer directing his attention towards any quarter of the sky on a clear night will see on an average six shooting-stars per hour. We may assume,therefore, that about fifteen appear above the horizon of any place during each hour. More appear after than before midnight, the most favourable time for observation being from 1 o'clock to 3. —Corneal Magazitie for November. • .1 1 A