The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-08 00:00:00

ienna. ritory Ice at a por- were Spot to 3 were bers of rection nained •ed at before ever ry it then ,:mpted hours, )peared oloured 'e from about rING. Iressed ing in ,ionary vs, and [ust the great cussing ties and French laintain y of the vertisse- )uses in ) acts of d injus avour to will not cgs will s as fol riot to attacks ?,r side I is in the .age the EC. 7. at Sorg, norrovi'. EC. 7. lenial to ilions of )y troopo :NING. Lbout an nce con- pupation ce with- ,er s , and rence at Inca of ;he pro the inte o by the Baron Ye learn imerling in place Lron has EC. 7. lok place [ected in to come and DI• and the EC. 7. Senate der by a immedi man of a veil he price for the ividend► Orleans , 910 f The 920 ' 80 2 6 74 - ...... 48 76 75 ; 25 msatioli rst, Kent, .speetable ;ure fronl from tbot per fro o have not 1 . are n ot et on foot ;instanc e following : e. Ther a r family' which lea ured that ;lie• ot 10 n A rbeyou' 31 ONE 1' .11 A R T AND CITY 1V EWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return completed to the sth instant, as was generally anticipated, shows some rather unfavourable features. The efflux of gold to the United States has caused a diminution in :the stock of the precious metals, while the reserve of notes shows a falling off of nearly half a million. A large decrease is shown in the private deposits. The other securities, however, owing to the payments on the fourth of the month, show a reduction of over a quarter of a million. The pub lic deposits have been slightly increased, while there Is a considerable addition to the active circu lation. The various items of the balance-sheet and the changes they present will be seen in the sub joined table : Active Circulation .. £20,207,089 Increase .. 306,874 Bullion .. . . 13,665,666 Decrease 194,710 Rest 3,168,834 Increase . • • 1,862 Public Deposits .. 6,617,485 Increase .. 101,873 Other Deposita 12,472,348 Decrease 893,902 Seven Day and other Bills .. 716,518 Increase .. • . • . • • 666 Government Securities .. 9,490,273 No alteration. Other Securities .. '.. 20,104,335 Decrease 287,917 Notes Unemployed .. .. 7,198,086 Decrease 438,274 The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a conclusion yesterday afternoon. About 45,000 bales were 'offered, consisting chiefly of Cape of Good Hope produce, Good and fine qualities of Australian realised an advance of id. to id . per lb. on previous rates, and superior de ncriptions of coffee maintained their value ; low and inferior sorts, however, declined 2d. to 3d. per lb. New Zealand wool commanded high rates, owing to the'small quantity on offer. No alteration of importance was apparent in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon, About £BO,OOO in sovereigns was withdrawn from the Bank yesterday for exportation to the United States. The Anglesey has been announced from Australia with £230,390 in specie. A. steady demand was experienced for most de scriptions of cotton at Liverpool yesterday, and Previous rates were tolerably well supported. The Bales were estimated at 8,000 bales. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £1,285,300, and the exports £1,628,000. The market for Public Securities has continued firm, Consols being 9 7 ;- 93 "ex dividend." Very little business is reported as usual at the close of the week, and the closing of the transfer-books has increased the general inactivity of the market. The New Threes and the Reduced improved to 921 in. Bank Stock was steady at 232 ; India New Loan at 1031 ; ditto Debentures at 96:; but Exchequer Bills receded to 6s. and 3s. dis. Business in the Foreign Stock Market was quiet, and prices were tolerably steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 72 to 721 ; ditto New, 581 to 59; Brazilian 41 per cents. have improved to 871 4 ex dividend, and New Granada Deferred to 6; Spanish are steady at 501, and ditto Certificates at 61. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been rather limited, a slight improvement however has taken place in prices. Caledonians, Great 'Westerns, and North-Westerns, have advanced 55.; and Norfolk and North-Eastern (York) 10s. ; Mid lands have receded about ss. The Foreign lines have been firmer, particularly Recife and San Francisco, which have further advanced about ss. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada have advanced 10s. ; East Indian ss. ; and Great Indian Peninsula ss. Joint Sock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in moderate favour without any material change in values. .... BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bark Simi( 3 . per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 21 i 1.2 ? fl yer Celli:. Conswls Annuities ;Jew 3 per Cent. Annuities New 3 per Cont. Annuities New 2k per Cent. Annuities I Shut $ per Cent. Annuities Annuities ' 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Shut India Suck Ditto L per Cent nitto Debentures, 1853 96a bittoßonds £LCOO Oitto under il.000 ....ecrasols for Account, Jan. 10 .. Chequer Bills, £l,OOO, 1_:;l Ditto Small Dit6o £5OO 6 3 dis 17 0TlEiGN -1 2,1,41K3—CLOSING PRICES. &I'zilian 5 per C,;i: . Ditto 4# per Cem, 1860 • • • • 8 71 1 Ilea ( ielityla Ac".,:ve..3t per Cent. — Di,..0 Deaje-e_ecl Spanish %La) Aceoun:: klanisb. Cc' t. oZColt - o. n');; fancied.. Turkish 61)3 - .2 Cent — tth,to A cccont Ditto I."evi Loan Dividends on rue above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Vomit for Account, 10th Jan., ex div..- 92i 93 WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THIS DIY, 3tdrossan S.W.; breezy "°3 7 r E.S.E. • dull I t eleast, S.S.W.; dull irnaingham. S.W.; dull 'P rs righton, S.E.; rain S.E.; damp v tunbridge, S.E.; wet Cardiff, S. ; rain C hatham, S.W.; wet „c s ork, W. ; foggy S.S.W., fresh .Uerby,, S.E. ; fine D ublin, B.S. ; dull D u mfries. S.E. ; fine Dundee, W.; fine Falmouth, S.E.; dull calm; rain Ci laggow, S. ; fog vravesend, S. ; cloudy lEC. 8, 9 A.M. Hartlepool. S.S.W.; fine Harvi;Ch, b.W.; fine Holyhead, S.S.W.; light breeze, and cloudy Inverness, N.E. ; fine Limerick, calm ; foggy Lonthrude.ry, S.: flue Manchester, S.S.E. ; fine Mil Ford Haven. S.E.; rain Newcastle on Tyne, S.; line Newmarket, S.E. ; rain Norwich, S.E., light ; cloudy Peterborough, S.S.E.; fine Port Glasgow, S.; dull Southampton, S.S.E. ; unset. Waterford. N.E. ; foggy Weymouth, S.E. ; much rain Wolverhampton, E.; dull York, S. ; fine COWES, Dec. 7.—The Madeira packet Eclipse, Davis master, which sailed from Southampton yesterday, was seen running up from Jack this evening uader a press of sail, a great body of smoke escaping from her. When o the Preventive Station, a little to the westward of Beaulieu. River, she was run on shore on the mud, and her blasts cut away. As no fife has been seen, it is supposed he was scuttled, and that the rising tide filled her. THE ALHAMBRA PALACE.—Yesterday afternoon number of private friends of Mr. E. T. Smith assembled at the Alhambra Palace, in Leicester-square, for a private view of the alterations and redecorations in that spacious building, prior to its opening on Monday next, the 10th instant, as a music hall. The hall has been fitted up most gorgeously, and we are promised—and Mr. Smith is the sort of man to carry out his programme —classical as well as popular music, by musicians of high repute. The Prussian Government are still engaged in furnishing the new rifled cannon to all the rest of the Ger man States. The Saxons in Transylvania have sent another deputation to Vienna for the purpose of protesting ag ainst the re-incorporation of their country with Hungary. For several days the neighbourhood of Glouces ter has been visited with almost unceasing rain, which, With the high tides, has caused an extensive flood. Miles of meadow land are wader water, and ploughing and wheat "ing have been put an entire stop to. FALL OF Two HOUSES AT KENNINGTON.—On Thursday afternoon two houses in the course of erection in the back of Kennington-park fell to the ground with a fear ful crash, burying several workmen beneath the ruins. As ! = ion as possible three men were extricated, when they were found to be much injured. One of them, Wm. May, aged 42 , Was conveyed to St. Thomas's Hospital, where it was a scertained that his ribs were fractured, and he had suffered e xtensive laceration of the skull. 711 E CATTLE TRADE.—YORK, DEC. 6.—There t an good show of fat cattle at market to - day , but only a Lam show of sheep. There was a fair demand, and the Prices realised were—Beef, 6s. 6d. to 7s. 6d. per 141 b. ; I:antton, 7d. to 71d. per lb. There was a good supply of r h eh cows and in calves, which met with a stea d y sale. ..e market was , rather heavy for Irish and some oth er kind s of lean stock. ~„ • 1:13E COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN CUMBERLAND. — The bodies of all the three men who were killed by the ex plosion of gas in Guslet-pit, Maryport, have now been fctuid. The body of Leonard Bell, the last recovered, was I li atfully scorched and disfigured. It is expected that th e Government inspector will be present at the ad% .on -rued inquest to-day. FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.—We learn from the Perthshire Courier that, in consequence of the heavy and continuous fall of rain, the Tay has overflowed its banks, and Spread its water over the North and South Inches. T he smaller streams have also been flooded. Strathearn ' W as flooded in man y p ar t s , and much mischief has been iTte to all outstanding crops, to the trees and roadways, by "rltall of water. The STARE MARKET.-(THIS DI Y.) ,RDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. paid. osin Business Share! Railways. I I Cl Price. g i Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena , all 13.14 Bin, Wol , and Str. Val. all 81 81 stock Rirk., La., and Ch Alma 100 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 61 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian lOO 061 97 961 10 rarmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 'ork, !Brock., &Passage all 20 Cornwall. . 10 Do " A (A gets no div until anc reran I all 10 Do B hasbeen • all 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all nsi stock East Anglian lOO 16 4 17 16# stock Eastern Counties lOO 52 52 52 3 stock Eastern Union. A stock 100 38 40 ste,x Do do B do 100 27 29 25 Do NW A. late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 86 88 stock Edin. Perth, k Dundee 100 29 291 10 vortla & Clyde Junction all stock Furness . . stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 114 118 , 10 Treat Nthn. of Scotland all stock G rot; tNorth ern lOO 110 111 1101 10 stock Do do A stock stock To do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gus. stock 100 60 62 12 'rash South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Torkshic, 100 1191 120 ilvit 2 stock Loudon and Blackwall 100 62 64 63 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 115 117 stock Lond., Chat., awl Dover 100 51 53 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1001 101 100 k 13 stock Lond. & 4th. Western lO3 941 954 94 1 5 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 u'eerry & Ennisaallen all 1 0 1 11 stock Man. Shef. & 100 48 484 48 5 0 Marynort and Carlisle all 12t Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan 5 3 2ild stock nidland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do Firming. & Derby 160 106 los 50 ITid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares -- 25 Mid Kent.. ....... 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newc,otle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warupt. & Ros all stock Norfolk ..... . 100 53 55 55 50 N , hn. Counties Union 34 d stock North British .. „ 100 63 631 631 stock N'or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoek 100 stock D Astk;Arecsno d. until Spch as beenpd.B 100 stock Do Ti stock 100 I stock Eastern—Berwick 100 1041 1053 105 41 25 (Dodo.a.N.E. purchase 16134 62 12 624 P stock no Leeds 100 mi stock , Do York stock Forth London .. 10 I Do new 5 9.16.4 Vern Staffordshire lll 21 23 115 143 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 94 M 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 81 81 10 rzebles all - - Portsmouth 10 Rhymney ... .. _ 'tock Scottish Central took Scot N. E.. Aher. stock 100 331 .14 took Do Scot. Mid. stock l OO 87 89 took 'Shropshire Union 100 49 51 10 Sittingbotarne & Sheer. all 6 7 tock South Devon took South Eastern 100 841 853 85 took South Wales 100 64 66 took S. York. end River Dun 100 77 79 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 41 42 25 Po do ll 10i 11 p took Taff Vale tock I Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 iThemesHavenDk&Rail 22 50 :Ulster 25 Do • 210 Do o lp took Vile of Neath 13 Victoria. Ste. and Pim all ' 113 11/ tocK WateKord & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class .. all • 20 Do Id class .. . all bock I West, Hartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO bock West Midland—Oxford, 100 47 48 took I Do. Newport , 100 42 44 bock Dn. Hereford' 100 83 85 Stock SO stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stocc Pock stock stock stock stock PREFEREN , CE SHARES. BRITISH MINE S. Sitsrel Railways. ! raid Closing* Besiness Price. Done. Share! Mines. ?ail!Closing I Business Price. Done 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 'Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 n 41 c. pref. (issued at £s(' all 20 !British Iron stk flris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 95 97 Clifford nil 230 240 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 415 425 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 115 120 s s i t o o c e k k C o a o l . e4l t o ta n r .. - E . s lO h , a 4 4 p s, e iv r c o e . n 2 t . 1 1 0 0 0 0 I_ol I_o3 East Caradon 2.14.6 11 111 65 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all —•-• E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ), 7.4,0 11 111 29 Cornwall. 5 per cent... all 20 . 211 GamASt.Atibyn(Given )1 511 17 29 • 65 Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun.. all 5l 6 1 Great South Tolgus 1 17s 9/ 10 • stock Pl.Angn.Ciass A 7 Szsp.c. 100 99 101 G.Wheal Alfd.(Philack);l2.l3.9 15 11 stock Do. do. Class B 6 p.a... 100 111 113 —G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 95 1 15 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.,... 100 106 108 - f Grenville 5.14.6 21 85 stock E. Colin. Ex. sp. c. '.No. i 100 109 111 'Herod's- Foot ..1 8.12 31 33 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 105 95 Hingston Downs 1 4.10.6 3i 34 stock Do. New 6 pet et. stock. 100 124 126 —5 Lady Bertha I 1.8.6 1# 1; stock Eastern tinion.4 per ct. 100 80 82 . Margaret (tiny Lelantl 9; 53 55 stock Do. 5 ner cent. guar... 100 North Downs 2l 45 41 stock Edin.&Glas.s . p.c. shares 100 111 113 !N or th Frances (Mogan), I 5 34 41 stock Do. 4p. c qua. . S. &D. 100 90 92 IN.WIfI Basset 4116 an)l 15s 4 8 stock Fdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.e, 100 INorth Wheal Crofim 19.18.9 101 111 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 IPar Consols (St. Blazey) 15 9/ 11 stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.e. 100 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 45 47 , _... S S 0 o l r i t t r i h d e g a e r a C d o o n n s ( . s 2 t .l . c i n i . e C e o r ). 11 s 29 1 5 30 1 5 5 stock Great Northern, sp. et, 100 117 119 stock D0.5 , e.c.7eim., 10 p.c.pm 100 P 1 113 stock Do. 4; p: a do. do. 100 Do. sp.e. Recim. 5 p.c. pm 89 85 87 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 5 4 10 (It. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pf. all S.Wheal Fran. (1110g,an)18.V.3 1321 1371 stock 1 Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4! 1 m• Stray Park 1 2 ,-.18.0 48 49 p. et. pref. stock.... 5 TamSilv.& Lead Min.i 41 21 21 50 ek 100 98 100 Great West. (Perks anc:l 10 Tin Croft 54 51 Vale of Towey (Carm..is 6d # 1 ITants) Ext. sp. et. . • 6 stock f.'o. Redeemable,4l p.et . , 100 09 101 West Basset (Illocranl ' 15 17 18 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 90 02 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 '" 76 78 stock Do Irredeemable, d 0... 100 91 93 02 West Seton stock De. b p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 100 102 104 'Wheal Basset Mogan', 51 120 125 , 8 Do. Birm. Pre(. Shares. all 91 10 ;Wheal Buller, Itedruth) 5 125 130 10 t, tW. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 171 181 . Wheal Edward (Cals.) 11 1# 1; . 10 Do. do. 6p. ct. wee' a ll 101 104 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 17 18 'l7l stock Do Tr.rmtnenar. stock I C9 76 78 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 20 22 I 201 Do. Chester gua. shares a l l 20 21 ,WhealTreiawney (Lis.) 55 17 19 135 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. I ' 75 stock I Lan.AYork sp. a stock. 100 137 139 20 Australian s tock Do.Parusl.st.£s3s 10c1 p c 100 —•— 1 IBonAccord Copper. Um. 4 1 15s 1 d 5 85 IBrazil. Imp. (is. a:,;(' ; p.) 275 2 25 s s t r o o c e k it I D ,c o m . 6 .(t p n ar ri a z ( s E pe . L g a n n . N .) 0 .. i 100 1 - 16 Ili 20 IDo.St.Jolincielßeyd int 15 28 29 281 stock Do. sp. a No. 2 100 11 100 138 6 141 118 5 Do. Land and Min ingeo. all stock Do. .(41 - a• 6 1 1 a 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 1 dis. stocic Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 116 118 43 Cobre Copper stock IDo. do. 41 per can''..... 100 103 10 Copidpo l6 8 10 5 Do. do. 45 n. c. shares.. all , 1 IDunMoun•Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 1 ' all aa a l l I ti l 4 2 1 9 3 4 1 4 : 2 1 ;3 6 : 2 (Fortuna. 2 2 0 G G t en N er . al s s t th oc c l i c ' n D o o.. Cop. of' S. Austr. 6 7 . 4 . i c. . c o t o ..P ov n . f p . imz st e oc r k 1 1 0 0 0 0 il l lg 145 stock Do.4p.c.S.(aiy.def.til '65) 103 0 71 par stock Lou. Chat. end Dover.. 100 90 92 91 15 Kapunda (Limited) 1 15 li D 1 25 stock on. and N.W. Coy. and None:if - on, sp. et... .1 100 4 116 118 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian stock T on. & 5.W,7 p.m. stock' 100 150 155 . 2 P ila stccc Do." 1 pee cent . I 100 1 Mariquica an i al3 1 N.RhineCopolS.Aus.l l2s.Cd. 5 Id 25.6 d. Do (Prtsm. perpl anns. a 2s. 6d. ..1 all 20 Pontgibaua Silver,Lead, *. :***** •• 12; Lordondy. Cole.ez .. a sh.l all Mining and Smelt 1 all 5 6 5 P 125 Londony. & Ennis. 4sh all 121 13 Port Philip 1 # # stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per at. 100 1 Scottishi Austrin. (L.) lO3. 51 d 6 Do. £G stccv Do. 3; per cent I 1 10 Do. reileem. 6 percent 5 4 4 p l Do * 1.5. 12 "Jary^ort & Car., 4p. a all. • ~ 12. t Do. 45 per cent all . 7 -GENT-STOCK BANKS. stock Mid. Con. 6p. e. stock lOO ' lOO •Agra&UnitedService Bk 2 H5O 8 stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bin 6 p.e. 100 1136 1.3 40 I Australasia i all 72 1 stock Do. 45 p. C. pref. stock.. 100 1 / 02 10 3 25 Bank of Egypt 1 all 19 20 6 Do. NI ith option till 1860, 3 100 Bankl of London ... 50 50 62 stock Do. T.eie. & Hit. pref. st.l 100 95 96 •• st 20 'Bank of Turkey stock INorok sp. a Ex. st. 18461 100 50 British North American all 57 59 stock Do. 55 p. a Pref. do. 18171 100 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 225 22t 25 Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch: all lit 36 .1 - 11 1 - 13 1 1 00 00 stock 1 x t1 0 0. 1 5 4 1 1 V a il v i .. i l t r i a g l i . l E . s s r. p s t . . 0 1 . 84 . 7 . 1 1 0 0 0 0 stock Do. New, ! , tia. Sp. c.... 100 109 111 ;CTl Y onial .. ..... ...... stock 10) Do. Bor. Un, g. pf. she 1 415 p 2011 ;Com. Bank . of Canada ali sio' Do. do. do. all ——. 100 ( Commercial of London. 20 21 22 ck i Ntfi.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 20 lEng., Scot., & Ans. Ch all 141 155 stock N-East.Cons.reef. 4p. a 100 93 95 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 102 104 20 Lon. Char Bkof Austral all 241 251 17 Do. do. do 7.13.4. p 1P 50 London and County .. 20 20 Do. Leeds. 6p. e. No. 1 13 50 Loudon Joint Stock .. 10 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 9 100 London & Westminster 20 15 Do. York, •.& S. Purch lO p 1 p 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 North Staffordshire all 23 24 20 Do. new ..... .... •. • ... 12 -- 10 Ithysoney Guaranteed. all 50 National Bank ........ 25 8i Scottish Central, new pf all 20 'New South Wales.-- . all stock Scottish North-Eastern 20 Do. new 31 p. c. pref. stock.... 100 25 Orient. B. Corporation stock Do.Aberdeen,sma.6p.c. 100 122 124 20 Ottoman Bank . all 18 181 181 stock Do. 7p. a pref. stock 100 130 133 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 IN South Devon, Ann. 108. all 101 11 10 Do. new......... . all 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent, all 25 South Australia 1.0.6 Sorth Eastern (Readin g 25 !Union of Australia Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 45 per cent. lOO 101 103 160 [Unity Mutual 6O I stock Do. Fixed lap.c. lit is. 100 1 .01 103 stock - South Wales, - ,,ma.4 p.c. 100 90 92 • stock Do. 41 ner cent. lOO 99 101 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. a gua. 100 85 58 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c.. all 271 281 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. • &Jul 100 112 117 25 Do. B 6 Der cent all 324 331 Do. 6p. cent. 1379 'OO 25 Do. C 6 percent all 321 331 Do. 6p. cent. If3Bol 100 8 4,ck IVAtrili & Kilkny, 6p. a 100 45 48 Do. 6p. cent. 1852 100 1 stock 7.llfid -Oxf lst Goa stk 100 114 126 1261 5 Do. 6p. a Feb. & Aug. 100 111 113 stock Do. 2cl do 100 1123 125 Do. 6 p.c.lllar. & Sept. 100 111 115 stock Dc.Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. 100 ,99 101 c Do. 5 per cent lOO 1935 103/ 1031 1 stock 'Do.rerpet. 6p. pf lfz66, 100 123 125 / Do. Scrip B2 stock Do till .1869, lst is.; 100 115 118 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jnlyi, 100 109 10 I Do. do. 2d is. 71 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oet,i ,100 .. 12:— N. S. W. Gov. sp. e,; 1800 100 100 101 I 1: t 0 e . r 5 1 ' i p n ; 1 8 87 8 5. & .. 7 . d . 5 . 1 1 00 00 Do. sp. a. 1871 to 1876 1 0 .";) 100 101 LINES LEASED Al FIXED RENTALS. 110 1 8 00 10 10 9 1 1 1 0 0 0: 5 1 1 --- 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.; Vie. Gov. 6 p,O. Ja..kJuly p.m. Leasing 'Closing Disiness Railways. ""` Co.'s. ! Price. Done. S.Aus.Gt.6p.c.lB7B &up. 100 108 110 alt I Be fonzd and 131etchiei & N . . w „ .. Do. do. 6p,0, Ap.&Oct. 100 1071 108 lOB 71 re .. •.' 100 Ln&N.W, 0 ICO Bwekinghtinshi 1 100 Do. 153 531 __ ___ 100 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Chester & Holyhead.. D :125 127 ,--.* ~.* s'••,•e cent. , 1 00 1 _o. . . 113 115 10 An.c, , 10-kexican Mint .'r it - 1“ 14 Do do 51 per cent.: 100 ,Do stock stock stock stock toe stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stack stock 2s. 6d. 124 stock stc3 l : 1 1( 0 )0 0 L D n o :k N.W I Ile fond---Tiil7-----1111ete-nley , Olt ..,n tt. Isl. W , Do. do. 5) .! per cent. , Chester ßek r ilmoBlhylirmea.d. :: 100 Do Clydesdale Do ' : all E. U.& ~i Colchester, Stour Val.' 100 Gt. North. , dc.s.innenrcticoenat... 1 1 0 0 0 0 c D a o i . e . d . o . En . t . en . , E.Lificolnshire.q.6”Al t E.Union.llarwich Sbs, E.Coun s. Do. Woodbridge ..., IC O Gl D s. o l3 . ;; N rr e . w &N . e . i . ls : D .. rc . t.l 100 IC4ledonia G H l a o r s t t i e p r o t i D .D ea c n k :F & °Lit . 1 . I S: 1 1 1 I G D yk t o ... N W " . ez . e . li s . t. r . i Hull and Selby ...... all Yk.N. W I Do. i Shares ....... all Do. S LLl;o llo ocei:s l ioib l iat 7e sr s u . a .. wp ... c .. l a o3 ll I D: 1: ,t . , ._ _ is; . . w . • London 4 Gteenwich 100 S. East Do. Preference ..S . a, .t. 0 . u 34. ti.end 100100 P N e e t r o f 01 kC.0.1 Do. 6 per cent a .. tk all L NW,151 Mid. Bradford Prefer- M e a ll i : 'l3 S u to x e t k &glin 1 00 i Midland Newmarkt.,l3uryE x 1 - 1 . guaranteed 5 p, c . 3 5. 5 6 I E.Countk Northn.k Eastn. 5 p.c. all IDo . Do. do. 6 per cent ..., all i Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western Preston and Wyre. 1 all L& NW) & L.Yk. Do. 4 Stares A. all I Do. Roystn. Hitcb., dr. Shep 100 , Gt. Nort h. t Skrewsbry& Hereford, 100 T.Brassey Do. Do. I 1 1 South a S n ta d ir s o o r m ds e l r fi s r e e t. ...l laooll iliCl..ian:..i... %Wimbledon a C,roydn. all LABron £8 COI 63 53 125 127 113 115 102 101 16 17 125 137 4#41 I - ',. 110 112 '266 210 61 63 115 120 !93.97 k 97 99 P 55 57 15 1541 1000 An.610-k exican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 911 'Australian Agricultural 10 Berlin Water (Limited) ail British American Land 40 :B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.), ail I Do. 8,7n.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all iDo. C. (Limited) all Canada Land all Chan.lslands Tel. (Li m )1 all Cop. Alin.ofEug.earnitg all Do. Pref. 71 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference I Do. Bp. c. Pet ~)et. Debeu lOO 'Electric Telegraph 100 Do. New l5 English Jo Ans. Copper, all Gen, Steam Navigate in 14 Great Ship I .imited) all Do. 17+4 p ct Preference all Lon. District 'Tel. (Lim,)l London Discount (Lim.) 5 L.G. Omnibus Co. I all Madras Ire. and Canal 1 Mediter. Electric Teleg all Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lima 5 Netherlands Land en Do.S p.c.Pret.ias.atl dis., all N. Br.&NovaSeotiaLand 81 N.B,Australaaian (Lim.) all Oriental Gas (Limited), all Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15a Orin tl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 0, Ditto B. , 6 Ditto C 2s. Peellt,Lnds&Alin,(Lim )1 ICO P e n. Sp Oriental Ste am 1 all Do, New itedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.e RhymneY Iron Do. NOV! Royal X rail Steam Scot. Allatin• Inv, (Lim ) s so u u b t m h a A ri u n s e tTr ie llan se L ri a p n . d Do. do. Registered Do. do. Tr. & Ln. Ca of Upr•Can. Van Dienteo,4 4 .* 4 '3! 111} Share Docks. 824 10 - stood 25 stock stock stock stock 135 137 103 105 104 11 93 95 74 84 Paid Glowing Price. 100 100 100 100 100 31 23 41 GI 30 32 35 n 18 20 13 15 112 115 I 7: Business Done. 24 25 2S 30 1160 1( 2 107 V 9 93 95 24 1 21 stock !Commercial stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min stock East and %Vest India stock London ....... . ....... stock St. Katharine... stock Southampton lOO 100 101 103 stock Victoria ...... $0 3 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING ERITISII POSSESSIONS. Closing ce Share Railwall. Paid. . p—i 113ns:these done ri. 100 !Atlantic & r-t. Lawrence- all 75 77 : 764 stk f Bom.,Baroda&.Centlnci 100 94 4 055 95 4 ( Gu. 5 per cent 18 Do, Do. r 16 11 1 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Hurst all 41 bid 201 Do. New - - 10 Do. Preference .. - . all 64 7 100 1 Buffalo,Brant,&Godria 100 75 80 6 p. ct bds. Aug. 1,18 Z 100 Do. do. July 1, 187' , 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 137.4 100 65 70 5 Ckutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim 3 id pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrij 5 11 11 d 29 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 71 11 1 d 171 Demerara • all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. 5p i 10 1/ 11d 81 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 1021 101/ i 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100 100 Do. 5 p.c. Dab., 1864.. all 1001 1011 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all - - stock Geelong Corporation • percent. Bonds ...... 100 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24 25 25 41 51 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 76 78 77 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 46 43 43 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 54 57 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 47 50 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 46 19 stock 1 tlndiaPenin.gua.sp.a 100 97 98 971 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 8 1d 1 d 20 'R. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 11c1 1 20', Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10/ 111 216 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, witl, opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 DO. do. '73 without opt. all ¶43 96 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 93 stock Madras. guar., 41 p. a - 100 8.5 80 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 941 054 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 20 Do. Fourth d.o l5 11 11 o 20 Do. do.-- , all - - stock ilelb.Corp. 6p. a Bnds lOO - - 20 Newßrunswick & Cando Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6lx t all 5 7 Class A Capital Share' .. Do. do. Land do., ~ 24 10. do. B Capital do all 5 7 .. 10. do. Land do. 20 ucle (Limited) ... - -- stock cinde ... ...... ;8.4 1 00 0 101 20 10. Punjau . l3 .... 1 ...id ,„ 0 10 1; 1 11 20 10. Do. , ... .. R,.., t? i' all - -- d f stock 0. Indus.. St. Flo. _ 5,a, 100 93 95 20 ' tAndrews & Quebec A! 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) bcrip..l 1 ; t: _B_d FOREiCN RATLWAYS. 10 Autwerp & .Rotterdam' ail 51 61 51 1 20 'Ardennes.. all 1 - -p t 20 'Ball.&S.Fran-Lim.7 p.c. •10 11 141 9 5 !Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 I 20 IBeziers to Graissessac..l all - - 1 6 Ca• - neaux Mine & Rail i all ICI 11 4 100 Copiapo dc. i all - - 10 ; Ditto Extension ....' ell 3 21'l 20 IDutca Rhenish ........ 16 3 21' 131 20 !Eastern of France .... all 231 24/ 20 IGrand Rus. Guar. 6p. a 6 - -- . 20 1 Do. do. 1 all - - ( 20 Greai, Central of Rance' all 20 'Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 61 20 Italian Junction .. ... all - - 1 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - 1 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - 1 331 Maria Antonia ........ all - - 1 10 Do. New - ... ........ all - - 20 Namur & Liege .... .... all 71 71 20 . Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 191 205 c 16 Northern of France.... all 881 391 16 Do. New Shares - - • 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 75 81 c 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 351 361 t 20 Paris & Orleans.. - 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Pern ) gua. 7p. ct. lim.. 20 Riga & Dunaburg l4 - - , 10 Rome & Frascati - - 20 Royal Danish ........ _ all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - - 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 85 N 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 1 1,/ , 31 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 ad 1 cl; t 20 Southern of France all 20 21 I 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. all • El 9; 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all ' 211 221 1] 23 Western of Austria.... 6 - - 20 Western of Switzerland - - t 6 Wiesbaden ...... . . ... , all - - r 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref. :..1 all - - I] 20 ,Zealand - - I 1 ft i I . dl lir f 2 4 11 10 3 2di 2 1 l i i pr ItOck SO 53 70 73 11 13 171gp 17 19 5 6 46 43 t 29 115 sa 35 leo stock 100 all all all all 5 4 i 6 i 7 t ti. 9i 723 31 (6i 7 LA IF INT.ELLIGENCE.-(:THIS DAY). ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) lUDGMENT,----WARDEER V. EAST INDIA COMPANY. This was a suit instituted by the plaintiff against the East India Company to recover two notes taken possession of by them with interest. One of the notes was for 653,910 Madras rupees, and, the other 278,800 Sicas rupees, belong ing to the late Rajah of Goort, and now to the plaintiff as his representative executor and administrator. The former note was given by the Rajah to his daughter, then a Royal Princess. In 1831 a difference arose between the Rajab and the Company, and war declared. In 1834 the Rajah's territory was taken possession of, and his territory annexed to British India. The Rajah was taken prisoner, and his property confiscated and divided according to an inventory then taken. The ex-Rajah was protected by the company, and remained a prisoner during his life. In • 1850 he visited England, and in 1851 he died. His Honour, the Master of the Rolls, after stating the case, said—The defence to this suit is that this Court has no jurisdiction, as the notes were taken possession of in hostilities and in war, and are the property of the defen dants. If the notes were private property the plaintiff might recover, but if they were obtained by the Rajah in the exercise of his political power, and by the com pany in the exercise of their regal power, the claim of the plaintiff is excluded, The note for 278,800 Sic, rupees was left in the hands of the Rajah resi dent at Nagpocar, and in January, 1835, Captain Chal mers took possession of it, and gave a receipt for it, and it was then sealed up by the seal of the Commissioners. In 1834 the other note was handed to the Company's agent there. His Honour was of opinion that these notes were not the private property of the late Rajah of Nagpoor, but were his political government property, and lawfully taken posses sion of by the Company, fend that the plaintiff was not en titled to recover them. His Honour dismissed the plaintiff's bill without costs. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) TOWNSEND V. EARLY.--JUDGISIENT. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls, declaring that according to a true construction of the codicil to the testator's will, the intention of the testator was to give a legacy of L5OO only to such of the childien of his brothers as were in esse at the time of his death. The Lord Chancellor said he did not intend to lay down any canon or rule for the construction of wills ; he would look only to the intentions of the testator. The testator here pointed to three classes of persons. Ist. Those that were born before his decease. 2d. Those born afterwards. 3d. Those born at the time of his decease. The testator directed the legacies to be paid within six months after his death, and it was not possible to suppose that he meant those children that were born afterwards. There could be no doubt about the children born in his lifetime, but they were not entitled to double legacies. It must apply only to those that were in esse at the death of the testator. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner entirely concurred. The Lord Chancellor affirmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and dismissed the appeal with costs out of the estate to both parties. POLICE INTELLIGBNCE--( THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. George Gogan, 15, Great Chapel-street, Soho, perfumer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing three baga telle balls, the property of Mr. Harris, of the Three Doves, Berwick-street, Soho. Louis Gorway, potman to Mr. Harris, said that about half-past eight the previous night two young men, of whom the prisoner was one, came into the house and ordered a pint of ale, and as they walked up into the bagatelle room he took up the bagatelle balls with him, thinking they wished to play. They were followed up by a third young man, and as they all came down in le.,s than ten minutes, his suspicions were aroused, and on going up to the room he missed three balls from the table. lie went in pursuit of the men and succeeded in finding the prisoner, but not the other two. The prisoner denied having the balls. In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt the witness said the prisoner and the others joined in the room. Kelly, 319 A, said the prisoner was " wanted" along with two others for stealing bagatelle balls in the neigh bourhood of Seven Dials. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he should remand the prisoner for a few days. THAMES. DEAD DEPENDANTS.—SINGULAR CASE.-.—Mr. Coleman, clerk to the Registrar-General of Seamen, waited upon Mr. Selfe, and reminded him that the hearing of a summons against a man named Timothy Maddigan, a seaman's boarding-house keeper, late of No. 161 Ratcliff-highway, had been adjourned until that day. The defendant was charged with an offence under the Merchant Shipping Act, with aiding, abetting, and procuring a fictitious certificate of service and discharge for one Thomas Egan, a sailor. The offence was very prevalent, had been productive of great mischief, and the Registrar-General was determined to prosecute in every case that was brought to his know ledge. It was stated on Saturday last, the day appointed for the hearing of the sumnious, that Maddigan was drunk in bed when Paplin served the smmons at his house; and it was also represented that he had since gone to St. Thomas's Hospital. On these representations the case was adjourned. Mr. Selfe—Yes ; the offence is a midemeanour, and the penalty is very heavy, and such cases ought not to he heard in the absence of a party accused. Mr. Coleman—l quite agree with you, sir. In this case you will be spared the trouble of hearing the particulars, for Maddigan is dead. He died in the hospital last Satur day, of delirium tremens. After what occurred here last Saturday I sent to the hospital to ascertain if Maddigan was there, and my messenger was informed there was no one of that name a patient there. I made further inquiries and ascertained that Maddigan had been actually admitted into the hospital, on the previous Thursday, with a letter of recommendation belonging to another man named John Brown, of Liverpool. When Maddigan died the autho rities of the hospital sent to Brown's wife at Liverpool informing her of the death of her husband, and requesting her to repair to town without delay for the pur pose of removing the body of her deceased husband and burying it. On her arrival in London, instead of finding a dead husband, she discovered a live one, and Maddigan's body was removed by his friends to his late residence. Mr. Selfe said the circumstances of the case were rather singular, and as the defendant was dead there was an end of the case. Mr. Coleman said he had been singularly unfortunate. In three cases of uttering forged certificates of service and discharged, the defendants had died after the summonses had been served upon thorn, and before their cases could be heard. He then retired. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 8.--Wind this day sit noon—South• Westerly ; fresh breeze, and dull eloudy weather, with rain. DEAL, Dec. 'Z.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hero, from China. Dec B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Reliance, from Quebec. BAISTOL, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Mansamto, from St. John's, New Btlinswiek; Elizabeth Yeo, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—John Knox, from the Cape of Good Hope. FALmounr, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anna from Havannah. PILL, Dec. 7.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Vigilant, from New York. NEW r 0 RT, Deo. 7,—Wind W.—Arrived—Polynia, from Gloucester for Havannah. CARDIFF, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ledmington, for Havannab.. OFF• FLEETWOOD. Dec. 7.—Arrived—Marchioness of Queensberry, from Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ranee, from Antwerp for Pernambuco. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 7.—Wind S.—Arrived—Queen of the Wave, from London for Madras. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRA P 11.) SOU TILAAIPTON, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Bengal, from S iguenay ;Fox, steamer, from Portsmouth ; Brilliant, from Jersey ; Duke of Corn wall, steamer, from London ; Argyll, steamer, from Caren tan; Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Champion, from Portland; Northam, from Poole. Sailed—Sultan, steamer, for Lisbon ; Havre, steamer, for Havre; Courier, steamer, for Jersey; Duke of Corn wall, steamer, for Dublin. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 7—Comet, from Madeira. Arrived, Oce. B.—Amanda, from New York; Nancy Dawson, from St. Michael's; Formosa, from Villa Nova; Weasel, from Fayal ; St. Petersburg, steamer, from Stettin; Matilda, from Bilboa; Berwickshire, from Bora ; Allington, from St. George's, Azores. The Commandant, from Hamburg, for Montevideo, has been ashore on the Cork Sands. Sailed—Glenmore, for Port Natal; Fortune, for the Cape of Good Hope; Hastings, for Adelaide. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed.—Acastus, from London, for Barcelona; Reliance., barque, from Quebec, for London ; Sergestus, from London, for New York. Sailed.—Buena Ventura and Beyrout, steamers, for the westward. THE NEIN' GENERAL POST-OFFICE AT THE WEST END.—The new General Post-Office f()r the western district of the metropolis was opened on Th ursday for the receipt and transmission of letters and newt ;papers. The office is situate in Vere-street, Oxford-street, and extends into Chapel-place in the rear. It occupies a large area, and is built with every accommodation for the clerk;;, the sorters. &C. It affords space for nearly 100 employes, and is much more adapted for transacting the business of a district post office than the former establishment, which was in Caven dish-street, Cavendish•square, and which will in future clued. DECEMBER 8, 1860. ELECTION FOR THE .BODEN PROFESSORSHIP. OXFORD, DEC. 7. Convocation opened this day at two o'clock, when the voting for this chair began, and continued very briskly for about three hours. At the final close the numbers were declared by the proctors to be as follows : Mr. Williams, University Mr. Max Muller, All Souls' Majority for Mr. Williams THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION: NEWCASTLE, FRIDAY NIOIT. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Beaumont Carstairs Majority AN IRISH BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. The Dublin Court of Common Pleas was occupied, on Monday and Tuesday, in trying an action brought by a young lady, named Delaney, against a Mr. M'Garry, for breach of promise of marriage. The plaintiff was nineteen; the defendant three or four years older. They had met when very young, and M‘Garry, notwithstanding many difficul ties thrown in his way, pressed his suit, and at length was accepted by the lady. Mr. Delany, who is a well-to-do pawnbroker, on being informed of this, saw Mr. M'Garry, for the purpose of [ascertaining what his means were of supporting a wife, and Mr. INl‘Garry informed him that he had £2,000 in trade and some Scotch shares to the amount of about £3,000. Mr. Delaney agreed to the marriage taking place, and he asked Mr. M'Garry and a Mr. Kane to dine With him on the next Sunday. When Mr. Delany came in, the defendant requested to speak to him on business, upon which Mr. Delaney suggested that, as Mr. Kane had already acted for defendant in the matter, he should be present. When Mr. Kane joined them, the defendant said to Mr. Delany that he had been advised to ask £l,OOO as a fortune with his daughter, and that he should furnish a house for them. Mr. Delany having observed that the defendant was very liberal to himself, said he would do nothing of the sort. "Well, then," said the defendant, "what will you give ?" Mr. Delany said, in consequence of the publicity which the affair had got and which he very much regretted, he would give his daughter £soo—£7oo on the marriage day, £2OO in two years, and £2OO to be paid on his (Mr. De lany's) death. The defendant asked if Mr. -Delany would furnish the house in addition to giving the £7OO ; and Mr. Delany said that the defendant acted like a man at a fair bargaining for a cow or a house, and asked him was it his daughter he wanted or the money ? Whereupon the de fendant said he " would take her without a farthing, but as there was money going he might as well have some of it." However, the defendant was perfeCtly satisfied with Mr. Delany's terms, and he said he would add £3OO of his own to the £7OO, and settle it all on the lady. He said, "You might as well let it be said to my friends that I am getting £1,000," and Mr. Delany said he might tell what he liked, but that he would be no party to such representation. Finally it was settled that the marriage should take place in two months from the 12th of July. On the 18th July he again visited the house, treated the young lady as his affi anced wife, and presented her with a gold watch, having her name engraved on the back. He frequently about this period called for the plaintiff and her sister, and drove them about;tind he even went so far as to go to the dress maker's where the plaintiff's wedding dresses were being made, and carefully scrutinised them. But shortly after his visit to the dressmaker's, without any reason assigned, he suddenly discontinued his visits, and remained away for about a fortnight. A difficulty subsequen'ly arose respect • ing the settlement, and at length M'Garry said he could not marry, as he was in ill-health.—The jury gave a ver dict for the plaintiff, damages £5OO. The damages were ' laid at £5,000. THIS DAY'S JUARRETS. COVENT GARDEN. For the time of year, our market is well supplied with fruit, and the show of vegetables continues extensive. Generally speaking, the trade rules slow, as follows : FRUIT. B. d. s' d • I Pine apples, perlb 4 oto 8 0 Colonial do., each 1 oto 1 61 rapes.per lb 3 oto 6 0' Foreign do 1 oto 1 6 arelons, each Peaches, perdoz 6 oto 12 ti Nectarines. per dz 2 oto 6 0 Apples, per WI sy. 1 6to 3 6 ['ears, p , .‘r do Oranges, per doz 4 oto 10 0 I Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Lpricots. per doz 2 oto 4 0 I e. d. e. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 1 oto 1; Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per doz 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries potl 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries ht sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 • i vEcE:AnLEs. Greens, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 0 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 0 10 to 1 4 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 I Potatoes, per ton ! 0) TO 130 0' New ditto. per lb. 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per 4 sieve 1 6 to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 1 6 to 2 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to • U Spin web, hf.-sv 0 6 to 0 8 Brus. sprouts, h.s 1 6 to 2 0 Old ontons, hi. sv 0 0 to 0 0 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 I 9 to 2 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 • to 0 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 Bto 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Sto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf sve 4 oto 6 9 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 10s Od; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each; geese, 3s 6d to 7s Od ; goslings, 4s Od to 7s Od ; ducklings, is 9d to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons. 5d to Os 8d each ; large Surrey fowls, 5s Od to lOs Od; chickens, 4s Od to 5s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s 6d ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; ptarmigan. Os toes Od ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, Os 8d to is Od; teal, Os 9d to is Od ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d; widgeons, is Od to is Gd; plovers, Os 6d to is Od each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, is 1d to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 15s Od ; French do., lOs Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, Is 6d to 2s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 45 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; and pork, 3s Sd to 4s 8d per 81bs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, 2s 4d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 2d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 4s Od to Os: pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots. 2s Gd to 203; cod, 2s Od to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, Is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os Gd to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s Gd ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 2d to 2s Od per pair; common oysters, lts to IGs ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to lOs Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, is Gd to 2s Gd per dozen; mackerel, 60s; fresh herrings, 5s ; bloaters, 8s to Os per 100 ; carp and teach, is Od to 38 per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 91d, of household do., 6d to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 34-cl ; 721 b to 801 b, 31-d to 3d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3/d to 3ld ; 881 b to 961 b, 3id to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 41d. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 7s 6d to 9s Od ; half-breds, 68 Od to 7s Od; Downs, 5s Od to 6s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMlTHFlELD.—lkleatiow hay, L 2 OR to £5 53 Od ; Glover do., £3 Os to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 83 ; clover, £3 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 16s per load. Both hay and straw met a slow sale, at our quo tations. WHITEcnAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 N to £6 5s Od ; clove!, £3 55 to £5 153 Od ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 14s per I,3:id. A heavy trade. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17t Antwerp Brussels — 25 35 Hamturgh Paris .1 )itto Marseilles — 25 471 Frankfort on Maine — 1171 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh , 341 Berlin — 11 154 11 17t 11 17i 25 40 25 40 13 7 25 22i 25 50 25 50 117 f 14 60 14 60 Madrid Cadiz — 491 49a . Leghorn — 25 62k 25 70 Milan — 25 57t 25 65 Genoa — 25 60 25 65 Naples Palermo ll9 119. Messina — 119' 119/ Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard),...per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) 9 f 0 0 0 South American Daublone TRACTION ENGINES.—Mr. Single, a gentleman residing at Peckham, applied to Mr. Norton, the magistrate, for advice as to the beet means of checking the use of traction engines in the crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis. The magistrate told him the power of suppression rested with the trustees of the road, and he had better memorialize them on the subject. Mr. Single expressed his intention of so doing. GREAT FREEMASONRY FESTIVAL. -4—The instal lation of the Duke of Newcastle, Provincial Grand Master of Nottinghamshire, took place yesterday morning at the Mechanics' Hall, Nottingham. The intallatien was attended by the Earl of Zetland, Grand Master of Eng land ; Sir Joseph Paxton ; the Grand Chaplain of the Order ; Captain Boyer, Grand Master of Oxfordshire ; and a great number of nobility:and gentry were present, in eluding representatives from the Grand Lodge, and nume rous other distinguished members of the craft. LTTERATURE. Bentley's 211e:tee/Zany. This magaz'ite contains an amusing story by Dudley Costello, entitled " Uncle Jasper's Ghost." It is certainly original. The " Outreuaanche Correspondence" is continued. There is a paper on the exploded humbug of "Table Turning anti Spirit-Rapping." It is certainly surprising that in the nineteenth century, in a country claiming high mental development, such a hoax as Spirit- Rapping should ever have been entertained : " The witch of Endor hae been declared to be a necro mancer, or one of those persons who, like Joseph Balsamo, in almost our own times, pretended to call up the spirits of the dead to converse with the living : IMee cantu finditque solum, manesque sepulchris Elicit, et tepido devocat ossa rogo. And it has been argued that the true witch, in the modern acceptation of the idea, that is a female working through the agency of Satan, cannot be traced higher than the middle ages, and was probably derived from the wild an d gloomy mythology of the northern nations. Let this be granted, although we should be sceptical as to the justness of any such conclusions, the mythology of the northern nations being anterior to the middle ages, and itself derived ' from the East—still it can only be said to be another mode Gf manifestation of the same folly and weakness inherent in our nature, and so on with every other strange and seductive fancies which have pervaded the human mind, and spread, as it were, by contagion, till they have, in our own, as well as in times long gone by, assumed all the im portance of a national demonstration. "The spirits in the new world are as good as those in the old, but they are no better, only that they are more numerous, and their invasion of the United States has positively presented all the characters of a vast moral epi demic. It was in 1846 that an inhabitant of Hydesville, in Acadia, was first honoured by a spirit rapping at his door. He went to open it, and saw no one. The opera tion was repeated. Determined not to be caught a third time, he lay in readiness, opened the door with prodigious force and celerity at the next rapping, and—broke his nose. This w as no t a ll ; th e sp i r i ts too pleasure in dis turbing the peace of this unfortunate man; they rocked his furniture, moved his chairs, and made him so uncom fortable that he was glad to get away from the house and place altogether. Another party then came on the stage. These were Mr. and Mrs. Fox and their two daughters, Catherine and Margaret, who undertook to confront and tame the spirits of Hydesville. Mr. Fox does not appear to have taken a prominent part in the conflict—the ladies were the heroines. At first they were rather terrified by the spirits, which were always most importunate at the time that they were going to bed. But after a few trials they summoned up courage to address them. ' Who makes that noise ?' Mrs. Fox ventured one night to inquire. No answer. ,Is it made by a living person ?' Still no reply. 'lsit by one no longer of this world ?' A rap. 'lsit by an unhappy spirit ?' Another rap. 'ls he unhappy him self, or on account of family misfortunes ?' No reply. ' ' How old is my eldest daughter ?' Fourteen raps. ' And the youngest 1' Twelve raps. The answers were quite correct, and Mrs. Fox went on with her interrogatory, but the spirit vouchsafed no further replies." "The House, Blaswick," is continued with its usual ability. The biography of " Diana of Poitiers" will be read with interest by those who take an interest in the history of the continent in the middle ages. The history of this remarkable woman is an exemplification of the wonderful fascination which beauty even at an advanced period of life holds over the minds of men. A review of " German Almanacks of 1861 " gives a sketch of principal productions in this line of the Father land ; and although the writer contrives to extract some amusing passages, he winds up by declaring that— " Such, then, are the German almanacks, an institution peculiar to the country, and which, we think, wouldfluurish nowhere else. Evidently founded On the French alma nacks, they are very inferior to them in humour, though superior in useful knowleige. As for the almanacks in tended to imitate the Almanach Comique ' and the Almanach pour Rire,' we have omitted any notice of them out of kindness to our readers, for they are the mist melan choly reading that can be conceived. When we state that Glisbrenner's Comic Almanack ' is the best of a bad lot, we have more than done our duty by them. "As a curiosity. then, we deal with the German alma necks, and if our readers will listen to a much-tired man, they will be satisfied with the sample we have affordei them, and not weary their patience by trying to read the works themselves. We have sacrificed ourselves on beh tit of the community, and nu one need be called upon tofollow our awful example." " The Stamp on the Paper," by Ouida, is a story in this author's pecr liar style, although the charac ters are by the way more original than usual. Colburn's United Service Magazine. The United Service commences with a chapter on "Our Military Reforms," and enquires what they hare done for us ? While admitting that reform has not as yet made the progress at the Horse Guards which is to be desired, we cannot agree with the following passage. There is quite enough roundabout work carried on there already, which we do not think would be less were military men employed in places quite out of their province : " If the War Department and the Horse Guards were weeded of civilians, gabbling about matters which are not in their province, and which they do not understand, besides being the cause of half the blunders that take place, and officers, non-commissioned officers, and deserving soldiers Lon the army, as the situations might require, substituted for them, as would be the case if common sense ruled our measures, there would be something to look for in the pres poets of a soldier's life, which even the well-to-do middle classes might not contemn. The field of our recruiting would be greatly extended, and a great deal connected with it, and which ne country; least of all England, ought to tole rate, would be get rid of. There would be no occasion for a money bounty then; for the best of all bounties would be offered—that of hope. This last, and a fair and reasonable day's wages, which would be real, and not deceptive and fallacious as at present, should be the basis of our military system. At present, a soldier's prospects are the merest pittance, and no hope whatever; none, at least, that can take any possible hold on the mole respectable classes in the community. There is nothing in connection with our military system, as far as the soldier is concerned, that would bring a reflecting man into the army." " The Naval Discipline Act" is carefully examined and criticised, and while agreeing with many of the rules of the service, desires to have several altera tions made. The following cases do not seem to be very just to our notions on shore, whatever they may be to the captains afloat : - - " Clause 17 (rives the penalty for disobedience of the lawful command b or using threatening language to his supe rior officer.' We should be very glad if the Admiralty could make out a list of what are the ' lawful commands' allowed to be issued by a superior officer. We suppose the task is impossible ; but it would be a great boon to the navy if some fuller explanation was published regarding the term ' lawful command." Seim captains consider all their orders to be ' lawful commands,' whilst the subordinate offi cers are always carping at and disagreeing as to the com mands of their superior officer being lawful. Perhaps some of our readers may recollect the court-martial on a lieu tenant of the Vulcan for refusing to obey his commander, who ordered him to go and call his successor on the watch, who was a mate, and consequently his junior officer. The lieutenant declined to call the mate, stating that it would degrade the rank he held if he did so. The court-martial reprimanded the lieutenant for not obeying the orders of his commander. It was a most unjust sentence, and much sympathy was expressed at the titne for the unfortunate lieutenant. A worse case has lately occurred on board the steam sloop Alert, and if the reports in the naval papers are correct, a more ungrateful abuse of power has not been published for many years. Yellow fever breaks out on board the Alert to an alarming extent, the surgeon is ill, and the assistant-surgeon of the Vixen volunteers to take medical charge of the ship. He comes on board the Alert, and finds the commander ill of the fever, attends upon him and gets him well, and after a while the fever leaves the ship. The commander, apparently annoyed at being under obligation to the surgeon, taunts him before the crew, and orders him to cut his whiskers closer. The doctor declines to obey this strange order, and being no longer urgently needed, is put under arrest. He is brought before a court martial on this trivial charge by the commander, whose life he has already saved, and sentenced to be reprimanded and to lose a year of his time. Thus for an act of courage and benevolence, he is to be punished instead of reaping the reward of promotion. Is there not much more courage required to go on board a ship infected with yellow fever, and to witness death all around you in the most hideous form, than to go into action with an enemy ? Surely the case of the assistant- surgeon is very similar to that recorded of Dr. M'William and the ill-fated Eclair. Both the Alert and the Eclair were infested with yellow fever, but the one is stationed far away in the Pacific, whilst the other returned home from the coast of Africa. Dr. was praised and given a post of emolument, while Mr. Carroll, is repri manded and his promotion denied him. If the Duke of Somerset earnestly wishes to put down tyranny in the navy, he could not do better than appoint another comman der to the Alert, and try the present one by a court-martial for abuse of power." We have three consecutive articles of three de parted gallant admirals ; the first is a review of the lately published " Memorials of Lord Gambier," in which a brief sketch of his life is recorded. Then follows " The Life of the Earl of Dundonald," in which the gallant Cochrane is done justice to, and his misfortunes lamented; the writer, however, considers that his impatience of controlh and hasty temper had a good deal to do withl stt,eamhadttewr.e I.a'hree late Sir Charles Napier is the the last, is tt happy to see that his career in in a fair and manly reformer of naval spir_eitsrlaessd that, now th roa t ed gallant seaman and f ab'ises is no more, justicea is accorded to the victim of an incapable ad min d that part of Sir Charles' life which justice "Web eve now reache d been exposed to so much obloquy and has most unjustly abuse. ow ing to his brilliant services i n th e o It was, doubtless, M e diterranean that lie was selected, in preference to seve rald admirals, to the command other disting uished of the Baltic fleet during the late Russian war. We all recollect the dinner given t o him at the Reform Club in a nticipation of the wonderful deeds he was to perform. This wa s a bad sign to begin with. It showed a foolish, premature enthusiasm, a superstitious confiden ce , w hi c h would almost have disgraced school-boys. Had such an ovation greeted Napier after the capture of the Miguelite fleet, it would have been perfectly right and rational, but w hilst for that his name was struck out of the Navy list, for mere visionary exploits, in posse, not in esse, he was, at this very doubtful moment, exalted to the sk es. This be• trayed that sanguine kind of fluster of the spirits which arises often from a sense of unpreparedness, which one de nies, to which one wilfully shuts one's eyes, when there is not vigour enough to remedy it. That so it was in this ca e is proved by the irritation of Sir James Graham, when Napier pointed out the ineffective condition of the fleet, and proposed that a bounty should be offered, by which hi-s ships might have been manned by able seamen, insteaedr by a draft of inexperienced hands. He insultingly sneered at the Admiral for hoisting what he called sign 2e tress,' and thought, no doubt, that the applauses re:source ceived at the Reform Club dinner was the chi he should rely upon for victory. The same absurd blind . Ines to difficulties, and reliance on prestige pervaded the, ! country, so much so, that Sir M. Seymour, in a letter to the Admiral, says, I am doing all I can to moderate the expectetions of my countrymen, and to explain to them that a fleet cannot sail on the ice, or take Cronstadtoby the wasp's nest process ; and that even if Cronstadt were taken, the winter's palace is too large to be packed up for erection in Trafalgar-square.' The issue might have bean foreseen. Enormous expectations—all the essential means of fulfilling them be denied—were met by an enormous disappointment. Yet there is no one at present who will not promptly ac knowledge that Napier did all that it was possible for him to do in the Baltic. The highest naval authorities have expressed that opinion; Lord Palmerston has very em phatically expressed it; his successor to the command of the fleet, more amply furnished with means, effected less than he did ; but his complete justification lies in this : that the Admiralty have felt the absolute necessity of adOpting all the measures Sir Charles called for, both with respect to men, vessels, and armaments, the which, had they —when he required them—been forthcoming, would have enabled him to add another splendid chapter to the naval history of England. "As it is, he rendered important services to the country, in the B a l t i c expedition. He caused,' says his cousin, Sir «'m.Napier, 3 sail, comprising the powerful Russian fleet, to shrink like rats into their holes; he took Bonier sum], caused Flange to be blown up; interrupted the Bus ?lan commerce ; and for six months kept in a state o f inaction 80,000 or 90,000 good tr oo ps. He restor e d enlarged the knowl e d ge o f t h e G u lf o f Fi n l an d to nevlga non ; ascertained what large vessels can do there, and what they cannot do. He carried out an ill-manned, undis ciplined ;he brought unharmed a well-o rgan iz e d, wel tlisciplined one, with crews exercised in gunn er y' and seamanship- T in fine, a fleet now really what it was falsely called when it st ar t e d— that is to say, one the most irre sistible that ever floated on th e ocean for the legitimate purpose of naval warfare' '‘ When on his return from the Baltic, through an incom petent and dishonest naval administration, he was offered the Grand ( rosy of the Bath, he indignantly refused the proffered hush -money' bribe, and th e bl unt old sailor is said to have indignantly exclaimed, ' I'll have none of their honours; to screen themselves, they would havedisbgeramcot and hanged me, if they could, like Byng ; they may on ethers their G.C.B.'s-I'll have none of them.' I'his may be considered one of the most brilliant actions of Sir Chas. Napier's life." We find a full account of the formation and org an i_ ration of the Austrian army, but what i 3 far m cn .„ gratifying is to find also a French view of our military institutions, written in a fair and i na _ partial manner, and that, too,. by a Frenchtuan, for our Outremanche neighbours in general take ai very one-sided view of us and all that belongs to. us. The general Naval and Military Intelligence is as usual furnished. Baily's Magazine of ,sports and Pastimes. This magazine furnishes us this month with a portrait of the celebrated Mr. Gully, and in the biographical sketch we have a history of how, by perseverance and integrity, he rose from being a member of the P.R. to that of an M.P., also becom ing one of the most fortunate members of the Jockey Club. In fact, we know of no one who has obtained so many valuable prizes. From' Oxford to St. George" is continued, and the following notion of a cabman's rules for general guidance are novel, but\ are nevertheless pretty correct : "No ! the raoe of cabme n is a practical race, pursuing a course which it follow s with undeviating firmness, and which is based o n t wo very simple rules: the first of which. is. 1,7G0 yards is a mile and a quarter; 13 minutes by a fare's watch is hover the 'all 'our, which I tickl•rry watched the clock when we started, to be twenty-five minutes to two, and it is now seven minutes past three by your own watch, as well as the clock over there.' In these two rules consist all their law and profits.' " An Account of Bear Shooting in Russia" gives a vivid description of wild sports in the North. The " Experiences of Sydney Godolphin Yahoo" are continued, but the tale is too protracted. There is not much plot, and the author does not improvt matters by extending the romance to excess. ''.Oar Van" recapituk.tes thr events ol'the past month and other general information. One of Them. By Charles Lever, has reached the thirteenth number. The O'Shea is again before the public, as is also Charles Heat cote. Mrs. Morris hrs given up the baronet and taken up with an Irish adventurer, the ex-M.P. The poor O'Shea is astonished at his supposed good fortune. Mrs. Morris is playing a deep game, but the three in chase rre on the right track, and her identification with Louisa Hawke has been discovered. There is nothing particular in the present number, but the conversation between The O'Shea and young Argincourt are highly amusing. CHARLES TOWNSHEND ..4.ND A GOOSE FEAST It was in the second week of August when the school! at Musselburgh was publicly examined, and when the magistrates gave what was called the Solan Goose Feast. I took this opportunity of inviting Mr. Townshend to visit the school, and to dine with the magistrates, as he was tutor to his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, the lord superior of the town. Mr. Townshend sent them a fine haunch of veni son, and Mr. Cardonnel, who was magistrate at this time, took care to assemble a brilliant company of men of letters to meet Mr. Townshend, among whom were Home, Robert son, Ferguson, and William Wilkie. There was a nume rous company, and the best dinner they could make. Car donne!, in his anxiety to have the venison properly roasted, had directed the cook to put a paste round it; but she not having given it time enough, it came up to the table half raw, to the great disappointment of the company, but chiefly of a Col. Parr, whose serious affliction made the rest of the company quite easy on the occasion, for he lite rally wept and shed bitter tears, and whined out what en unfortunate fellow he was, that the only haunch of veni son he had met with in Scotland, and the only one he had any chance of seeing while hore, should be served up raw t This set the whole table in a roar of laughter, and recon ciled them to their fate. After a little time, the Colonel recovered from his disaster by the use of . the gridiron to the venison, and having got up his spirits with half a dozen glasses of good claret, began to talk away with some effect ; for excepting his effeminacy about venison, he was not bad fellow. He was unlucky, however, in one of his topics ; for, Wilkie having begun to open, Parr, ad dressing himself to him, said something rude about the professors of St. Andrews (of which university Wilkie had very recently been chosen a member), and wished they would keep their students and professors within their walls, for that his corps had lately enlisted one of them, who was not only the most awkward beast, but the most unruly and debauched rascal that ever wore a red coat. Wilkie, who was indignant at this attack, and a very great master of horse-play raillery, and in scolding feared neither man nor woman, replied with witty and successful tart ness, which, however, did not silence the Colonel ; when the company took sides, and there ensued a brawling conversation, which lasted too long. Mr. Townshend had interpneed, with an intention to support Wilkie against his countryman; but Wilkie, being heated, mistook htm, and after two or three brushes on each side, silenced him as ho had done the Colonel ; and the report afterwards went that Wilkie had completely foiled the English champion at his own weapons—wit and raillery. But this was a mistake, for Mr. Townshend had not the least desire to enter the lists with Wilkie, but whispered to me, who sat next to him, that as Wilkie grew brutal, he would put an end to the contest by making no answer.—From tho " Autobio graphy of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Carlyle." At a meeting of the Bristol hairdressers, it has been resolved to close their shops on Sunday on and after the first Sunday of next year, and also to memorialise the local magistrate to render it compulsory to close hair dressers' shops during Sunday. IMPORTANT SALE OF SCOTCII BEASTS IN WIND SOR GREAT FAIR.—The important sale of Scotch oxen took place at the Homestead, in the park meadows, near Flemish Farm, under the hammer of Messrs. Buckland and . Son, by order of her Majesty's Land Revenues,onT (s u o e i s n - e day last. Notwithstanding the unfavourable state o f the I weather, a large company of buyers were attracted, and th e prices realised were hi g h. There were 40 old Scots realising £2B each) averaging upwards of £24 per head, 10 young, averaging £2O each, a proof of their being first-class animals. The beasts have been feeding on months past, under the -superintendence ofh veryi M g h r . It is we ll known that the season has beens unfavour able iff r oao a evr v so, a t an t i: t :a . b n e c a h sts being an ex able to the fattening of stock. caption, is the cause of their realising such they were of the finest quality and in the highest condition. VALUE Th e y were chiefly bought b y t h e royal butchers of Wind sor, flosrEsulpN TUE supplying y th A e Christmas or a beef. LAND IN S Land still sustai ns th e advance in 'value it C has O shownT LA.IC l) .- for years. This is particularly let ularl o t f he K case k with hill farms, as is well exemplified . l i i.enuedy, recently advertisedi)ai in the pari s h of Carsh rn, in ne n l o oo c nugi g n ra and belonging to Mealesethoerr farmsclark t i nnockgray and Alarshalloch, and th r e p tw ag o es Carm T inn i och w e le _ e entire r en t a l o f which, during the current l eases, has been £360 for th e f ormer , and 1180 for the latter—in all, £ 5lO . There were a great number of offers, and the highest were understood to be very close on each other. Knockgray has been let separately, to Mr. John Mitchell, Townhead, Closeburn, at £471; Marshalloch, to Mr. Dryfe, Sanqu.- har, at £191; and the two Carminnochs, to Mr. Campbell, Laight, Dalmellington, at £341. The entire rental hss thus advanced from £540 to £1,003. The farm of Drum nesa, also in the parish of Carsphairn, belonging to Mr. J. W. Byrne, the present rent of which is £6O, has been ht to Mr. Bone, near Dumfries. The rent, under the new lease, is understood to be upwards of £l3o.—Ayr Advc'r- tiser. GROUSE IN FRANCE.—The Minister of the Inte rior has addressed the following circular to the prefects : , 4 Monsieur le Prefet,—Seveal dealers in game have soli cited permission to import, during the time when sporting is interdicted in France, grouse, a bird bred in Scotland, and which is not to be found in France. As the sale of this bird cannot interfere with the enactments relative to prohibited sporting, and may have besides the effect of incroasing, without inconvenience, the supply of food, I have, after consulting my colleagues of the Departments tin t uee e . , of Justice arid Finance, decided that grouse may b e im ported and sold at any time of the year on the territory of sthareyeminpsitrrue.ctionrseqthuaets no tyo i u m , p t e h d e im ref e o n r t e, m t a o y gi t v e e the u way of the free circulation of this foreign game in department." your L . ~ 8. 7. 5. )unt. i -- ) --. I --- - ~ i I