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task c, now, and was prepared to speak up fer Zach Fernwell Self-possessi on , ono of the lady's own weapons, on occa sions when sea-sickness did not interfere with her deport ment, was ready to his hand. " Send tho children away, Polly—let them take a walk op and down the street together ; then come back here," Said Martin. Martin's orders were immediately obeyed—Zach and Christie, a strange couple to to hand-in-hand, went out together. Polly returned, but edged away from the con versation to the window. She had had quite enough of "the old playfellow" for one occasion. "I don't recollect you at all," murmured Mrs. Henwood at l ast. " I have a bad memory, at times—it is a trouble Which I endure with the rest of my cares." "A bad memory may be a good thing sometimes," said Martin. "It would not hurt us to forget a few of our follies —or a few of the wrongs over which we may feel inclined to brood. Mine is a good memory." " So 1 should imagine." "I wonder I did not remember you at once on board the boat. After all, you have not altered a great deal." " Don't you think so ?" said Mrs. Ilenwood, with a 'warmth and alacrity very much in contrast to her past in difference. " Is it possible that the child's features should not have wholly changed ? And yet I have had so much to distress mo —seen so much of the world, that I ought to have looked more old—to have been, as it wore, wholly unr ecognisable. How strange all this is!" And now having introduced the various characters to our readers, we shall say no more, but commend theta to study for themselves a story which we pro mtse them will amply repay perusal. The lights and shadows of human life—dark shadows scree of them—flit across the pages, but Faith hi the ultimate triumph of light over darkness, the Faith which personified in Christie gives its name to the book, animates the whole story, and cheers and exalts the reader, as it has evidently cheered and inspired the writer of this very beautiful and truly Christian work. Again we congratulate the author of " Christie's Faith," and cordially desire for it OA much for the sake of reader as writer) the success which it so eminently deserves. NONE/ MARKET AND COMMERCUL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Money Market to-day is very firm, and full r ates are current. This state of affairs is not at all unusual on the 4th of the month, when so many three, four, and six months' bills arrive at maturity. There is plenty of floating capital, but bankers and brokers are taking advantage of the opportunity to , o btain as much as they can for their available b alances. Bar gold to the amount of £lO,OOO was taken to the Bank of England yesterday. During the last few days there has not been much animation in the foreign and colonial produce I narkets. The dealings in tea have been deferred until the public sales, which commence to-day. Sugar has been in fair demand at steady rates, while superior descriptions of coffee continue in good demand at full prices. Tallow has also been dealt la to some extent, but owing to a pressure of spe ealative sales quotations have ruled a shade lower. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Chapple, Dutton, and Co., shipowners, of London and Liver- P ° ° l 7 held yesterday at the London Tavern, w hen Mr. James Waddell, accountant, submitted a S tatement of affairs, showing that of possible liabi lities of £280,980, it is estimated £55,490 would rank for dividend, and that the assets would be 7120. A committee of inspection was appointed t ° report as to the best mode of liquidation. An important financial proposition has just been introduc e d to the notice of the British public : it is ~..t he South Austrian, Lombardo-Venetian, and uentral Italian Railway Loan, the money being required to pay the remaining balance due on the different State railways bought of the Italian Go l'erament. The loan is to be raised by bonds of 6 4 , 00 f. (£2O) each, and bear 6 per cent. interest , 'ne bonds being redeemable at par, one half on the Is t Sept., 1875, and the balance on the I st Sept. , .1 ' 876 . The interest will be due on the Ist March a nd Ist September each year, the coupons being payable in London at an exchange of 25.20, the interest running from the Ist inst. For the bonds I ; e deernable in 1875 the price of issue will be 412 fr. 50 °. (£l6 Is. 6d.), and for the bonds falling due la 1 876, 405 fr. (£l5 15s. 6d.), 10 per cent. being Payable on application, and the balance by instal taenta extending to the 11th of March next. The 1) "ds, being redeemable at par, will return to the lavestor about 9 per cent. per annum. It appears fr cla the last report of the company that the gross r eceipts for the year 1865 were 100 millions of ` r anes, sufficient to pay all the charges of interest 011 loans, and the receipts of this year, as we men tioned on Saturday, are steadily increasing ; whilst t he pacific state of Italy, the termination of many enauecting lines, and the acquisition of the Italian S tate lines, it is generally believed, will place the c(24 nPany in a position to continue paying liberal and 1111 Proving dividends. The bonds are likely to be t he up very largely on the Continent, owing to t ne early period at which they are redeemable, °l)l pared with most similar obligations. The old b onds of the company are redeemable in 90 years from the date - of issue (1859, if our memory serves us right), and bearing 3 per cent. interest, are now a bout 81, or equal, for 6 per Cent. Bonds, to 174 the £2O. The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit tance of £1,363 7s. 11d. on account of the divi dends on the debt of Ecuador. On account of the New Granada Debt Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received remittances as subjoined, viz. :—From the Custom-house of Santa Marta, £9,468 7s. 10d. ; from Sabannilla, £ 1 ,073 G. Bd. ; and Cartagena, £350 ; making a to tal of £10,891 14s. 6d. Messrs. George Little and Co., of Cullum-street, 1111 0 suspended payment 15th August last, having made arrangements for time to pay their creditors 111 full, have resumed their business as West India merchants. Atlantic and Great Western Railway Debentures r emain,, steady, at 56 58, but the Consolidated Mortgage Bonds have declined 4 to 41 41f. Two o'CLoclt. , According to Reuter's telegram from Paris to 'ay the French Rentes were G9f. 62c. At a me e ti ng h e ld to-d a y of the shareholders of , u 'e Bank of B r itish North America the report of t he directors was adopted, which declared the usual half-yearly dividend of 30s. per share, being at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum. Business in the English Stock Exchange has been quiet to-day, but Consols have recovered to the ex :lit of per cent., the latest prices being 88 1 1, f or money and the Gth inst., and 881 1 for January. Th e New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 87 1 1.; z‘ill 2 ,t• per Cents., 701 ; Bank of England Stock, " 9 ; India 5 per Cents., 1031 ; ditto Enfaced 51 13els Cents. 1061; ditto Debentures, 1021. , In the F or ei g n Stock Market there has been very little animation. Turkish 5 per Cents. have de 1, to 321 1; Mexican Stock, I, to 18 1 1 ; ""ile Greek Bonds have improved 1, to 131 141 ; an d Spanish Passive, 1, to 20 1. The New Rus -4411 Loan Scrip has been in demand, and shows an a uvance of 1, to 11 premium. Business in the Railway Share Market has been er Y inactive, but in one or two instances prices sh ow 0 rather more firmness. Lancashire and York ;',lre have improved ; North Western, 1 ; and Met ropolitan, 1 ; while Manchester, Sheffield, and "Jacobi have declined 1. MINING MARKET. TUESDAY, Two o'Clock. There has been more animation in the demand for q i • lui ng Shares, which, in some instances, show a h ave advance. The shares chiefly inquired for 1 , 4 v e been Wheal Agar, Grenville, North Crofty, and Carnarvon e of Wales, South Condurrow, West Frances, Carnarvon Consolidated. Subjoined are the curre nt quotations `-'hivertou Moor, 4i 5 ; Chontales Gold, 2i I ; Clifford A~nalgaruato, 5 5a ; East Basset, 20 21 ; East Caradon, 5 54 ; 3., south Lovell, A ; East Wheal Grenville, 2 2 1 ; Groat Tolgus, 10s 15s ; Great Wheal Vor, 15 16 ; Ch Crofty, 2i 3} ; N or th T res k er by, -; Prince of o", 23s 255; Prosper United, 35s Od 40s Od; South ela n . durr, lOs 12s 6d; West Caradon, 131 14i ; West to n iv. " t o ow l), 56 38 ; West Frances, 10 11 ; Wheal Chivor -6i 7 i Wheal UrenTille, 22e 6d 255; Wheel 6eten, 137 i And as compared with the month ending the 11th of Nov., 1865, the above returns show an increase of £1,696,227 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,289,539 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the several banks the following is the state of the circulation:— The English private banks are below their fixed issue £1,151,168 The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue 269,073 Total below fixed issue in England ... £1,420,241 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue... 1,876.030 The Irish banks aro below their fixed issue ... 198;127 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ended the 7th of Nov. was £16,531,481, being a ,decrease of £43,374 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £3,305,668 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 10th of Nov.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks . £2,625,667 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,449,815 £5,075,482 Being an increase of £22,497 as compared with the pre vious return, and a decrease of £62,620 when compared with tho corresponding period last year. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—Thp Day. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 3. Olga, steamer, from Harlingen. Arrived, Dec. 4.—Sir Robert Peel, steamer, from Dun kirk. _. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored.—Delta, scrow steamer, from London, for Bordeaux. The shipping in the Downs appear to 'Ave all r9de woll ng her oung, y, Yon rig in- for tbo This at did relieve is him, are be aWaY toV3Y Owing )r190 13 1 6110 101 t, and w ith . ith his van if 3d th ° Arhat'll ng b ig It ildroa ;. h for up in io ;c1 A sa ncOi LSO 'll° ut , got ." g rad° - lft ilds ; i g her . n able al 10 of Def . if Do, iso fo r •ctcbe o or an the inte nt' it also• ,no i 4 ,rr. d ifo l cS° stril° ocati! e he o' n - f deal Upo th o f, 0, 313' j u t° - 4--t" r it ? 311(1 s b is t" 11 AV a Y et ' - ,1 ill 0 0 g"s ;. „aiy, pe , u ider Y roc° nods 11 I id lu aiDs tioo ot tO jllll 1401 ; Carnarvon Consolidated, pm ; East Cam Brea, ; Marko Valley, 34 4 ; South Frances, —; Wheal nose, ——; Great Laxey, 17k 18i ; Wheal Crebor, lls 13s ; Wheal Agur, 30s 355. At North Wheal Crofty the lode in the 183 fm. level east is worth £4O per fathom, and they have just made an important discovery in cutting into a lode in this level near Poaedshaft, worth so far as seen £25 per fathom ; Eastern slope, worth £45 per fathom ; and Western slope, worth £4O per fathom. Shares in demand, and advanced to £3 to £3 B. The Foreign and Colonial lines are at nominal rates. Great Luxembourg are dealt in at 12, South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have declined to 15- 151_, and Great Indian Peninsula to 106 i I. American securities show weakness. United States 5-20 Bonds are 70 a decline of ; Illinois 7Gi 77, a decline of 4 ; but Erie shares have ad vanced to 461. Bank shares continue dull, but without any material change in value. Alliance are marked 18, Bank of Australia 601, Chartered of India, Aus tralia, and China,•lsl : London and County, 63i ; and Union of London, 44 441. Miscellaneous and finance shares are very quiet. Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cents. are marked 671 70,; Credit Foncier of England 2i ; Hudson's Bay Company have improved to 17 ; and Tele graph Construction and Maintenance remain steady at 14,1. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do. Account, Dee. 6 BBl 1 3 per Cent. Reduced B7l New 3 per Cent B7l 1 New 21 per Cent. Jan. 1894 7Ol Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 &nnuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April,lBBs — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & 4 per Cent. Do £5OO 77 Do £lOO & £2OO —l7 Bank of England Stock, 51 per Cent ... 219 Ditto for Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian otock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Eufaced Paper 4 per Cent Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 1064 Do. Deb., 5 per Cent., Aug. 1873 Do. Bonds,4 per Cent., £l,OOO pin Do. under £l,OOO __ ~.. ..__ FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Argentine Republic, 6 per Cent Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 ,. Brazilian 5 per Cent Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. • 1863 Do. 1865 Do Account 6 Bl 9 Do. £lOO Bonds Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Do. A ccount Do 4100 Bonds DJ 2 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Oniiian 6 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent. Do. 6 per Cent A Do. „ B Colombian, 6 per Cent: Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do. 5 per Cent., 1864 Danubian Principalities ................. Do. Account Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant Do Deferred Icgyptian 7 per Cent B3} 41 Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds B5l Do. 1864 — Do £1(10 Bonds — Do. Government Railway Debentures — Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account Do. Coupons Do. Account Gaatemala 5 per Cent. — It +Han 5 per Cent 1865 Do, Account Do. Marenamana Railway — gexicar. 3 per Cent Do. Account _ Do. 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — Uontevidean 6 per Cent. . ' 51oorish Imperial 5 per Cent — New Granada — Do 2 per Cent — Do. Deferred Do Land Warrants (Hectares) ee-uvian 5 per Cont., 1865 Do Account G9 Do 41 per Cent. (Uribarren) Do 41 per Cent., 1862 Do Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do 3 per Cont., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, Do. Account Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Do 4i per Cent. 1850 Do 4i per Cent., 1860 Do 3 per Cont. 1859 Do 5 per Cent. 1862 Do 5 per Cent. 1864 . — Sardinian 5 per Cent Do. Account Spanish 3 per Gent Do Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do,Passive Do Account l9l Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded De Account Swedish 4 per Cent. Do. 4 per Cent. 1864 Do. Scrip, £6O paid Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Do. Account Do 6 . per Cent. 1858 Do, Account . 5B Do £too Bonds — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account Do £lOO Bonds Do 6 per Cent., 1863 — Do 6 per Cent., 18 65 Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Do Account — Do 6 per Cent., 1862 — Do Account no. 6 per Cent, 1864 26/ 7 Ditto 11 per Cent. — Dividends ou the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian, 41 per cent., Ex. 23f. Dutch '2* per Cent. Ex. 12 Go, 541 Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates ..... -- French ltentes ' 3 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Italian 3 per Cent. 1831, Ex. 25f. Do. 5 per Cent. Account TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money BBl 1 Do. Account, Jan. BBl i The Bank Returns. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the private and joint-stock banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending the 10th of Nov. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish banks for the same period, and the average cir culation of the Bank of England for the four weeks ended the 7th of Nov. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom when compared with the previous month : Oct 13, i Nov. 10, 1860. 1 1866. !Increase. Decrease. I Bank of England . 23,668,790 1 23,793,995, 125,205 -- Private Banks 2 , 743,8781 2,881,41- 137,570 Joint-stock Banks 2,331,900! 2,911,9.181 580,038 Total In England 25,744,5631 29,587,3311 842,813 Scotland... 4,429,5 :.3 . , 4,6!5,301 195,763 Ireland 5,901,26)1 6,552,621 651,3 A United King - dom 39,075,366, 40,765,34 1,689,9 i 7 ______ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESOA Y EVENIN ; (4, DECEMBER 4, 1866. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. Share, Railways. Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian ... Cambrian . Cork and Bandon...— Corn wall Dublin & Belfast Junc Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc E.London, bcrip Certi 86 98 120 122 40 15 13 15 4 8 85 63 70 72 Do. - Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. A stock Do. B stock 1.7 119 25 26 5 6 111 1:5 124 123 Do. New, Is. at 25 pm G t S, and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original DJ. S. Val. Rail gum.' Do. South Wales .... NU 92 sii S;i: Do. W. Mid.—Oxlonil 30 3S 3) 3) Do. Ne Irvpoi t Do. He; Lane whire e Yorkshire Landon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,& S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. & North Western [Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... . Do. New 123 1231, ;8 82 164 17 10 10 116 117 82 Is 4 47 48 122 t 23 2 3 p 10 11 86 83 Do. Extension...... Metropolitan District. 1)o. 4 do. do. Do. and St. John'alrd Mid , and Do. £9 Share 121 123 1! 2p 92 414 Do, Birmin.. Derby Ind Kent . . North British Do. Ed., & Dun , Nth. Eastern—Berwick,' Do. (I.N•E purchase , Do. Leeds Do. York Dc. Carlisle ..... 35 36 4 18 104 lu6 65 67 09 lot Do. Stock. 4 Darling. Do. do. 1850-6 l North London Do. do. 1864 5 . H Do. do. 1866 North Staffordshire N. tit S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. stock Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern Staines, Wok., (iv Wok l'aff Vale Do. C Vale of Neath 34 SO 9 10 p 116 120 1 2p 1 2p 72 74 114 118 150 154 Wateriord.& Kilkenny Waterloo & Whitcha West Cornwall SSE, uRDINARY SIIA.RES AND STOCKS. 12U bli i 781 8 9 1162 17} 8: 4 lb 471 4 1221 1 86 7 I P .aid I Closing Business I . I p rim done. 13RITISII r Atlantic & St. Lawrence Rom., Baroda, A Cen.ln. gu. 6 per cent... Do. F shares Isuffalo Lake Huron Do. Preference , Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 1872-3-4 Calcutta & 8. E., Jape Town & Dock, gu. Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi East. Bengal, gu., 5 do East Indian, gu. 5 p.o. Do. J Extension .irand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do deferred De. 2d Pref. Bonds Du. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 1-th Pref. stook I Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gun. sp.c. ro. Gua. 5 per cent _ _ Do. New gua. 5 p. 0.. lit. South of India ...... gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do (3reat W. s. of Canada.. Do. New Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 5i do. pay. 1877-8.. Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.O .... Do. 41 do Do. 4i do . . Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Buds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N.lll.(rda,6polstpf.bs. Scinde . . A Do. Delhi Do. do . ti Do. Pun' aub.... Do.lndus St.Flot 43 45 C 3 64 8 9 15Q 253 2i 3. SIONB. 66 58 102 103 id its 4i 7i 84 55 60 101 103 100 IC2 101 105 18 20 85 88 57 59 50 54 5> 61 38 43 22 24 106 107 11)1 ICO 102 91 93 121 13 51 3 d ill 93 83 85 1} Old 101 103 92 94 86 90 82 85 99 101 97 98 1 1 it 98 99 105 i 5 it COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECUR. British Columbia, 6 per oeut., Deo. 31, 1372. i Cau.Gov.6 p.o.Ja.tt July 1877-84 D p Do. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. t July Do. 5 p. e. Inscribed sk Cape G.llope. 6 p.c. 1873 Da.Apl.&Oct. 1890- 1 iIOC I Do. do ' 183 0 -9 u Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1800 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 P. Do. 1878, do Alauritius, 6 p. 0, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , q78 Do. 882, Alay 15, Nov. ib Do. 1895, Feb. Az AIM Natal , ;ov. 6 per cent N.8.G0v.6p.c.Ja.,50 ul) N. S.W. Gov. 5 p •c., 186 i) Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1870. Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1893 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Se .tia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. o p. e Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-ui Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. J a & July Do. do, A pril & Oct 190 100 100 1(.0 100 100 92 94 90 02 90 92 77 78 75 7 7 104 106 103 105 IG2 101 104 ICO 88 ?O 1(0 IC2 1424 1.6 105 107 104 106 105 107 116 108 16 100 90 02 90 92 90 95 K. 47 96 98 92 84 96 93 95 96 106 108 1031 1041 ITI ES. Ifit N , - • - 41.4 f vi e rt Cirtlf HER MAJESTY, drx. WINDSOR CASTLE, Monday. The Queen, accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice, went out in the grounds this morning. Her Royal Highness Princess Louise went out walking, and Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Legg, also went out. Prince Christian went out shooting this morning, attended by the lion. Mortimer Sackville West. Lord Crofton and Col. Loyd. Lindsay had the honour of accompany his Royal Highness. His Royal Highnesss Prince Henry of Prussia arrived at the Castle last evening, attended bo Capt. von Schroetter. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland left the Castle to-day for London. The Count de Montalembert. The Paris correspondent of the Times confirms the happy tidings of the recovery of M. de Mon talembert--tidings which will gladden the hearts of his numerous admirers in this country. The passage extracted from his newly published volume will be read with general interest.—" Every one," says the Paris correspondent in the Times of yester day, " will be glad to hear that M. de Montalem bert, after passing through a tedious and painful illness, which has kept him for some months to his bed, or to his room, is now convalescent. His recovery is somewhat slow, but there is a recovery. M. de Montalembert has been long en gaged on a work, which to him is a labour of love, " The History of the Monks of the West." The first two volumes appeared some time since. The third has been in print for more than a year, and was not to have appeared without the fourth and fifth, which are exclusively occupied with the con version of England to Christianity, but which the long malady of the distinguished author has pre vented him from finishing. It was thought better, however, to delay the third volume no longer, and it is this day published. It is inscribed in a short but graceful and affectionate dedication, in Latin, to Lord Dunrasen, who accompanied the author during his visits to lona, " from which," as Sir W. Scott observes, "the light of Christianityshone forth on Scotland and Ireland," and to other ancient sanctuaries in England and Scotland. The volume opens with a sketch of the English nation in five or six pages, vigorously and elo quently written, which I have thus translated :-- "There exists in modern Europe, at seven leagues distance from France, within sight of our northern coasts, a people whose empire is more vast than was that of Alexander or the Caesars, who are at once the freest and the mightiest, the richest and most manful, the most undaunted and the most orderly that the world has known. No study is more instructive than the-character of this people; none present so original an aspect, or straoger contrasts. Liberal and intolerant, pious and inhuman, loving order and secu rity as much as !movement and renown, they feel a superstitious respect for the letter of the law, and prac tise the most unbounded personal independence. Conver sant, as none others are, with all the arts of peace, and yet unconquerable in war, of which they sometimes are even passionately fond, too often strangers to enthusiasm, but incapable of faint-heartednesss, they know not what it is to be discouraged or enervated. At one time they count all by the measure of their gains or their caprices ; at an other they get heated for a disinterested idea or a passion. As fickle as any other race in their affections and their judgment they always know where to stop, and they are gifted at once withal power of initiative which nothing astonishes, and a perseverance which nothing turns aside. Eager for conquest and discoveries, they wander or rush to the utmost boundaries of the earth, and they return more attached than ever to their home, and more resolute in up holding its dignity and perpetuating its ancient stability. Implacable haters of constraint, they are yet voluntary slaves to tradition and to discipline freely accepted, or to prejudices handed down to them through generations. No people have been oftener conquered, but none have so ab sorbed and transformed their conquerore. None have per secuted Catholicism with more unrelenting and sanguinary hatred ; even at this day none appear more hostile to the Church, of which yet none have more need ; none have been more wanting to it ; none have left in its bosom a more irreparable void ; but none have lavished on our proscribed bishops, priests, and monks a more generous hospitality. Inaccessible to modern convulsions, that island has been an inviolable asylum for our exiled fathers and our prince; notions than for our most violentenemies. Neither the selfishness of these islanders, nor their indifference,too often cynical, towards the sufferings and the servitude of others, should make us forget that in their country, more than any other, man belongs to himself and governs him self. It is there that the nobleness of our nature dew lopes itself in all its splendour, and there attains its highest perfection. It is there that the noble passion of inde pendence, combined with the genius of association, and the constant practice of self-control, have given birth to those prodigies of energy, of indomitable vigour, of stub born heroism, which have triumphed over seas and cli mates, over time and di s t ance, over na ture and, tyranny, and have excited the en vy of all peoples and the haughty enthusiasm of the E ng li s h . L ov i ng Liberty for her own sake, and loving nothi ng w i t h out h er, they owe little to their Kings, who w ere noth i ng b ut t h roug h them and for them. On them alon e rests t h e f orm id a ble responsibility of their history. Aft er un d ergo i ng as much, and more than any other nation of Europe, the horrors of political and religious despotism in the 16th and 17th centuries, they were the first and the only people who threw it off once and for ever. Reinstated in their ancient rights, their proud and brave nature has over since kept them from delivering over to any one their rights, their destiny, their interests, or their free will. They themselves know what to resolve and what to do ; governing, raising up, inspiring, their great men, instead of being seduced, led astray, or made the matter of traffic by them. That English race has inherited the pride, as it has inherited the grandeur of the people whose rivals and whose heirs they are, of the Roman people—not the vile Romans enslaved by Augustus, but the sterling Romans of the Republic. But that race, like the Romans to their tributaries, has been fierce and rapacious in Ireland, and has inflicted, even d own t o rece nt times, the servitude and degradation whi c h i t repudiates w ith horro r f or it se lf. Like ancient Rome, often hated, and too often deserving of hatred, it will alw a y s excite, e ven among its most favour able judges, more of admiration than of love. But, more fortunate than Rome, that race is, after a thousand years and more, still full of youth and youthful vigour. Progress, gradual, imperceptible, but never interrupted, has created for it an inexhaustible store of force and life. Its sap over flowed yesterday, and it will overflow to-morrow. More fortunate than Rome, and despite of a thousand incon sistencies, a thousand excesses, a thousand foul blots, the English race is of all. modern races and of all Christian communities the ono which has best preserved the three fundamental bases of every society worthy of man—the spirit of liberty, the spirit of family, and the spirit of religion. How has this nation, in which pagan pride still survives and triumphs, and which has yet remained even in error the most religious of all the nations of Europa, how came it to be Christian ? How, and by what hands have these imperishable roots been implanted ? The question is surely the most important of all those which history makes mention of, and its interest is the more important when wo consider that on the con version of England depended, and still depends, the con version of many million souls. English Christianity was the source of the -Christianity of Germany. From the depths of Germany the missionaries formed by the Anglo- Saxons carried the faith into Scandinavia, and among tile Slaves; and day after day, at the present moment either by the fruitful expansion of Irish orthodoxy, or by the stubborn impulse of Protestant propagandism, Chris tian societies are created, speaking . English and living English life, throughout the whole of North America, in the Pacific. Over nearly half th e world Christianity has flawed, or will flow, front the source w hi c h first gushed both the Indies, in va st Australia, among_ the islands of cut from the soil of Britain. To that question we are enabled to reply with rigorous exactness. No people on earth have received the Christian faith more directly from the Roman Church, and more exclusively through the agency of the monks, than the English," MISSING SIIIP. —The General Grant, Laughlin, sailed from Melbourne for London on the 31 of May, and has not since been heard of. TRADE AND NAVIGATION A.CCOUNTS.--The Board of Trade returns for the month of October, which have just appeared, show a slight decrease in the number of vessels entered in the foreign trade as compared with those of the corresponding month of last year. But the export trade exhibits a decided increase, indicated by the employment of a larger number of British vessels. Of fo reign shipping entered inwards during the above month there is, as compared with last year, au increase of tonnage from Norway, and a decrease from Prussia, France, Aus tria, and 'the United States. The exports of foreign ves sels during the same time chows very little alteration, ex cept as to France, which shows a decrease. During this month 567 vessels have arrived from, and 373 have de parted to, our British possessions, and our commerce with other countries is represented by an import trade of £1,004,608, and up. OXPort 0 46 of 4 0 01 69 5. tons. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) MAXWELL T. HOGG.-THE BELGRAVIA MAGAZINE. This cause, in which it is sought to settle the disputed matter relative to the right and title to publish a monthly magazine called "Belgravia," was on the paper for argu ment. Both publishers have issued a magazine bearing the above title, and both claim to have the exclusive right to do so. The cause, however, was not taken this morn ing, the matter being ordered to stand over, and to be brought on on motion for decree, both sides consenting. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Registrar Pepys.) IN ItE MOSES MOSES -THE ALLEGED ItECEIVER OF STOLEN PROPERTY. This bankrupt is described as a general dealer, of Gravel lane, Ifounclsditch, and ha is aow a prisoner in Newgate upon a charge of receiving a large quantity of stolen pro perty. The bankrupt has been served in Newgate with a notice to surrender to his bankruptcy, but this being im practicable, the proceedings, which were purely formal, were conducted in his absence. No statement of accounts has been filed, and the case was adjourned until a future day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW-STREET. TILE REFORM PROCESSION. —A small, slight, active young man named Dennis Major, a ticket-of-leave man, was charged with stealing a watch from the person of a coachman out of place named Joseph Prestige. The prosecutor was standing in the street at Charing cross, near Spring-gardens, looking at the procession as it passed on its way to Beaufort House, when the prisoner snatched his watch from his pocket. Prosecutor seized him and attempted to detain him, but he got away. Two young men walking in the procession, with tickets in their hats, endeavoured to seize him, but he managed to get away from them also, and they were a little delayed in their pursuit of him by the crowd. As soon as he got clear of the crowd he ran, as ono of the witnesses said, like a deer, and had nearly reached the further end of the Haymarket before he was overtaken by the two young men, who took the watch from him and gave him in custody. He was taken to Vine-street station-house, and thence to this court. While waiting in the gaoler's room he made an other attempt to escape,:but was stopped by the officers of the court, ono of whom received from him an injury from which he is now suffering. The prisoner, who offered no defence, was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Patrick Curry, an impudent young fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with attempting to steal the watch of Mr. Samuel Wm. Reynolds, civil engineer, of Warwick street, Pimlico. Mr. Reynolds was in Piccadilly yesterday, when the prisoner tried to pick a quarrel with him by asserting that he had pressed against him, his object no doubt being to cause a disturbance, so that the prosecutor might be the more easily robbed. Mr. Reynolds walked away, but had only gone a short distance when a fight occurred between two men. Mr. Reynolds feeling a hand at his trousers pocket, into which he had just put his watch, having transferred it for safety from his waistcoat pocket, turned round, and saw the prisoner close to his side. He imme diately seized the prisoner, and a crowd gathered round them and tried to make him. release his hold of the pri soner, but without effect. Without his saying what ho had in his trousers pocket, the prisoner said, "See if you have not still got your watch." A constable (Elam, 189 C) coming to his assistance ho gave the prisoner into custody, when he denied having attempted to rob him. The prisoner, who said he was a butcher, living in St. Luke's, denied attempting to rob the prosecutor. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for two months with hard labour. There were but seven charges brought before Mr. Tyr whitt this morning, a circumstance worthy of notice, con sidering the immense number of persons in the streets yesterday, and the cases were of an ordinary nature. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ROBBERY.—Frances Noble, a woman about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr' Paget with stealing a shawl, value Gs., from the person o Mrs. Harriet Lalin, of No. 21, Keaton's-road, New-road Bermondsey. The complainant said she was waiting for an omnibus near the corner of Somerset-street, Whitechapol, when the prisoner came up and took her shawl off her shoulder. The prisoner was walking away with it when she called out police, and a City police constable came up and took the prisoner into custody. Henry Brewer, of the City police, No. 725, said the pro secutrix. had hold of the prisoner by the skirt of her gown when he arrived. The prisoner had a shawl across her arm. Mrs. Lahti had no shawl on.. The prisoner, on being called on for her defence, said she wished to go before a jury for trial. Mr. Paget asked the prisoner what she meant by that declaration ? The prisoner said she was advised to say so by the women who were locked up with her in the same cell. Mr. Paget—Have you any defence to make ? I will hear what you have to say. _ The prisoner—The shame is on me. Mr. Paget—You are charged with stealing the shawl. The prisoner—l bought it. The shawl is mine. Mr. Paget—You are not obliged to say anything, and what you do say will be written down and may be used against you on your trial. The prisoner stoutly persisted that the shawl was her own, and that she bought it of a pawnbroker in Spital fields. She had undergone a great deal of hardship. Her husband was a pickle merchant. She caught him in the act of adultery, and stabbed him with a knife. She was convieted of the offence and sentenced to three years in Stafford Gaol. She had no home; no friends. Brewer—l believe she was six years in Stafford Gaol. The prosecutrix said she bought the shawl in Ber mondsey, and produced the seller's ticket. The prisoner—My husband bought it at Bradford, York shire, and it has been in pawn in Spitalfields for some time. I lately redeemed it. Mr. Paget said further inquiries must be made, and re manded the prisoner. Disastrous Effects of a Storm. This (Tuesday) morning the most disastrous accounts wore received in town of the effects of the storm of wind rain which prevailed during the whole. of Monday night not only in the metropolis, but in nearly, every provincial district. The whole of the low lands along the Great Northern Railway are completely flooded, but the trains have not Leen materially delayed, except in passing through the cuttings. At Huntingdon the whole of the land is under water for a considerable extent. The feus in Lincolnshire are also flooded, and great damage caused. At Barnet and Hitchen, nearer home, the roads are almost impassable by the immense fall of rain. Nearly all the other districts for miles through w hich this railway passes are also swamped to some depth. The same disastrous effects have taken place on the South-Western line. At Datchet, near Windsor,' the open grounds are several feet under water. In and near the metropolis great damage has been done, not only by the heavy fall of rain, but also by tho high wind, which lasted the whole of Monday night. The cornfields at Enfield and Edmonton aro also rendered impassable for pedestrians. The present is the heaviest rainstorm of the season. MARKETS.—This da.y. HAY. SMITHFIELD.-31eaclow hay, £3 Os to £4 ss; clover, £1 103 to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 43 per load. Trade quiet. GUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 5s to £4 8s Od; clover, £4 lOs to £5 15s ; and straw, £1 18► to £2 os per load. Inquiry limited. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s ; clover, £4 lOs to .£5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 4s per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has remained very quiet, operations having been deferred until to-day, when about 11,796 packages will be offered, 10,918 of which aro without reserve. SUGAIL—There has been a good demand, and a large business has been done in refining qualities at full prices. COFFEE.—The demand for superior descriptions of plantation Ceylon has been active, and prices have shown an upward tendency ; inferior qualities, however, are neglected. RICE.—A moderate amount of business has been done in cleaned descriptions at about late rates. TALLOW.--The market remained steady during the early part of the week, bat towards the close the anticipa tion of the Decombor deliveries causod sellers to come for ward more freely, and a decline of Gd per cwt was er,ta blished for delivery this year; the quan tit y of tallow given off on contract has not been largo as many of the ships, have not arrived. At St. Petersburg but little business has been done. 50 silver roubles is demanded for August, with hand money. Exchange, 31 5-16ths to 320. To day the [market is steady-435 9d. is paid for all the month, 44s 3d January to March, and 44d 9d to 44s 0d Marco, 415 is paid for now Y.C. on the spot, 435 9d old, town tallow 44s 3d net cast,. CLERICAL VACANCIES. —The rectory of Crudwell, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, worth £lB7 per annum and residence, is vacant by the death of the incumbent, the Rev. W. Maskelyae, who was instituted thereto in 1839. The chaplaincy of the Wilts county prison at Fisherton Anger, near Salisbury, is also vacant, by the resignation of the Rev. William Whitmarsh. The appointment is in the gift of the justices of the peace for Wiltshire, the Stipend being upWar of £l5O a year. BRITISH MINES. Cam. Consol. Gold, linx Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drakewalls East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon East Cana Brea Nast Grenville East Gunnislake East Loved E. W'i Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great Lixey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vol* (Heist ‘ti Grenville Elerod's Foot . El ingston Downs Margaret (Uny Lela n t blare Valley %lwyndy Iron Ore, lim N e7v Seton North Roskear Bas sett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Pruvidenee Uny Lelant ,S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal I('ran. (Mogan stray Park . Tin - Croft Vigra and Clogan, lira West 1 tassett (Mogan W. Caradon (Ltskeard West Chirerton ....... . West . Seton. Wheal Bassett !Mogan, Wheal Buller (Itedruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men I IVheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Ms ! 2.1.0 294 2.14.6 32 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 584 5.17.01 7 9 6 7 425 435 4 1 22 21 5 6 2 3 2 3 1 g 10 2k 21 5 6 18 19 16 17 1} 11 29 31 2 Si 2 4 4i 5 2} lid 35 45 2 4 31 21 26 310 330 18 22 7 9 3 5 1 2 13 15 59 60 130 140 75 85 19 20 10 12 135 145 7 9 ritEk'h;UEN CE tillAttli 3. Caledonian Quarters, No. 2, Do. Scottish N.E., Midland stock, 124 Great Eastern, E. Counties Ex., No. 2,7 P Great Northern, 5 per cent.. rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 1011 .31 Ditto, 5 per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., 101 a PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and S.-WestGrn 41 per cent., 91i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Brkenbead, 85 London and Chatham, 41 per Cent., 70 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 31 1 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 151 I FOIEIGN MINES. Chontalea Gold and Silver Mining, 21 St. John del ltey, lim., 511 DOCKS. I ondon and St. Katharine, 65i Alliance, lim., 18 17/ Anglo Austrian, 6i Australasia, 601 Bank of British Columbia, 13 Bank of New Zealand, 18 Chartered Bank of India. Australia, and China, 15 Consolidated Bank, lim., 41 East London, Lim.. 3 Eastern Exchange, 31 Imperial Ottoman, lim., 9 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ihn., 2f London and Brazilian (Rm.), Ditto, new, 5f London Chartered Bank of Australia, 22 Loudon Joint Stock, 40,f London and South African, 12f London and South-Western, Bin, 17 1 National Provincial of England, • Ditto, .d and Al issue, 40i MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-American Telegraph, 141 1 5 Atlantic Telegraph, 4t) Dit O, 8 per cent., 70 671 7 0 China Steam .hip and Labuan Coal Company, 1 01 City of London Beal Property, 11m., 31 Credit Fonder of Englana, llm , 21 / Ebbw Vale, Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira- 45 Fore -street Warehouse, lira., 121 13 Hudson's Bay, 184 Imperial Land Company of Marseilles, lira., 2 International Financial society, lira., 25 1 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cayour), Ditto, fi per cent. Bonds, redem. Ib7o, issued 90, 45 London Financial Association, lira., 8: Mediterranean Extension Telegraph lira., 25 Freehold Land and Dock, 01 Nr,tional Discount t ompany, 144 1 Panama, New Zealand, and Aus. R. Mail, 9 Telegraph Construction and Maintenance, lira., Ditto, ditto, t 4 Thames and Mersey Marine. Insurance, lira., 55 '1 rust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, if The following is, we believe, the complete list of the members who will be intrusted with the Royal Com mission to inquire into the state and working of the Neu trality Laws of this country :—Sir William Erle, Sir Hugh Cairns, Sir Robert Phillimoro, Sir Bounden Palmer, Mr. Vernon Harcourt, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. W. Forster, Mr. Baron Bramwell, Mr. W. H. Gregory, Lord Houghton, Dr, ,145hington, and Di. Twise. SPORTING INTEI iLIGENOR.—This Dap. READING RACES.-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTIC TELEGRAPH.) WHITLEY STAKES. Whitehall . •.4 Pine Apple 2 Kennington Four ram. TATTERSALLS'.--Last Evening, DERBY. 15 to 2 agst• Rake (taken) 8 to 1 agst Plaudit (offered—take 9 to 1) 100 to 8 agst D'Estournel (offered —take' 11 to 1) 12 to 1 agst Hermit (taken) 15 to 1 agst Dragon (offered—take 100 to 6) 25 to 1 agst Palmer (offered—take 30 to 1) 30 to 1 agst Grand Cross (taken) SALES; BY MESSRS. TATTERSALL AT ALBERT- GATE. The list for last Monday was again a long one, as it com prised one hundnd and fifteen lots, but of these only the undermentioned thorough-bred stock claim notice, and, as will be seen, they realised but poor prices : TILE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. Zerlina, br m (foaled in 1859), by .Annandale out of a Sleight-of-Hand mare, her dam by Comus ; in foal to Neville Stella, b m (foaled in 18G2), by Lord of the Isles out of a Sleight-of-Hand mare ; in foal to Neville (Mr. Barlow) 36 Nally, b m (foaled in 1859), by Annandale out of tho Hampton bay mare (sister to The Lawyer's dam), by Cervantes ;in foal to Big Ben ...Tr. Harrison) 26 Faustus, 5 yrs, by Lord of the Islas out of the Hamp ton bay mare (Mr. Shanks) 61 RACING FIXTI FEBR RES FOR 1867. ARY. Lincoln l9 Harrow MA: Liverpool 5 Chelmsford Bromley Nottingham 24 Derby West Drayton l9 Epsom Lewes 114. Northampton Windsor Newmarket Graven 8 Thirsk ll M. York .. 7 Doncaster Spring 9 Salisbury Newmarket Ist Spring 22 Durham.. 22 Catterick Chester 3O Y. Bath Harpenden Epsom E. Stockbridge 25 Chelmsford 25 Newcastle Worcester Ascot 4 Windsor Manchester Bibury Newton l9 Carlisle ... 2 Newmarket 2 Reading Nottingham l6 . _. Down Royal Corporatn l7 Huntingdon 23 Southampton i G3odwood ,UST. ALT( Brighton „ 6 Brighton Club 8 Lewes Egham Stockton Oxford Hastings York August Dover West Drayton 22 Plymouth.— . 23 Canterbury Lichfield Derby Weymouth Tunbridge :MBER. SEPT. Leicester Doncaster Richmond l7 Hendon l9 OCT( Northampton Autumn. 1 Newmarket 2d October. 7 NOVI Liverpool Monmouth Manchester Autumn 2O Newmarket Ist October 24 )BER. I Cheltenham l5 Newmarket Houghton :MBE EL 5 COURSING. COURSING MEETINGS TO COME. DECEMBER. Namo. Judge. Days of Running Belbroughton (Worcester) Mr. Cherrington 12, Thornton-le-Moor (Chesh.) Mr. Warwick Elm, Cambridgeshire Mr. Spafford Sundorne & Hordley (Salop) Mr. Warwick Cockermouth, Camberland Mr. Warwick Leinster Club Kenilworth, Warwickshire Mr. Spafford Amicable Club, Ashdown Pk Mr. Warwick Ludham, Norfolk Ince Blundell, Lancashire Aston, Cheshire Mr. Warwick Corrie, Lockorbie Mr. Warwick JANUARY, 1867. Huntingdon Club Mr. Warwick S. Lincolnshire, Holbeach ... Mr. Spafford Cook, co. Cork (Open) - Third S. Lancashire, (South port (Open) Mr. Westropp 9, 10, 11 Spelthorne Club Mr. Warwick Border Union (Longtown) Cumberland Mr. Warwick l5, 16 Barton-on-Humber, Lincoln. Mr. Spafford Altcar Club, Lancashire Wigtoush. Club (Stranraer) Mr. Boultoa Little Crosby Mr. Welding County Louth Club, Ireland Mr. Spafford Ridgway Club, Lytham - 3O, &e. FEBRUARY. Rufford, Lancashire Cardiff Club Mr. Warwick Waterloo, Lancashire_ ...... Tamworth, Staffordshire ... Mr. Warwick MARCH. Irish Grand National (Open), county Louth Ardrossan, Sharphill South Lancashire (South port) Champion Mr. Wostropp l4, 15, &c Leinstor (Open) Courtown... Mr. H. Springall l9, 20 Scottish Open, Lanarkshire 6, 7 7, &c. SEPTEMBER. Brampton, Cumberland Mr. Warwick OCTOBER. Ancaster and Willoughby, Lincolnshire Mr. Spafford THE MELTON HUNT. A soaker now and then is a most enjoyable thing —that is to say, the warm bath and complete change after are more thoroughly appreciated after a good drencher, but when such soakings are the rule rather than the exception it becomes a matter for consideration as to whether they are really enjoyable or not. 'Tis true, thanks to the in ventive ago in which we live, it is possible to be enveloped in complete suits of waterproof clothing, but it is no joke to ride through a run thus muffled, and in the end to find ono's coat as wet inside, from confined perspiration, as out side from the wet. Nevertheless, it is no more nor less than hunting have had to put up with, and an overcoat strapped to the saddle has been as much a t'ade mecum as the saddle itself. Scent, that puzzle to philosophers, has also been most precarious, and consequently good runs have as yet got to come. We are now getting comfortably full, and things are as they should be, when such well knownotrp w ho n faces e, as Earl Wilton, W. L. Gilmour, Esq., Hon. F. al and Major Paynter are to be seen at the covert side. The ne i g hb our h oo d a l so i s filling 11 P. .„ ar Ca p tains ___ by Fenwick and Boyce h av e put in appearance at Bark by and th e gat h er i ng o f scar l e t ev ery morning at the meet is quite up to the average. Friday saw the Quern at Great Dalbn field, and after finding a fox at Gartree however, they did very little good, they went the covert with no wiliithwaitvhewryhifeahir, Trussells, and after racking about inn bit o f gorse outside, result, a fox was found in the little bit nicely laid on, but H ent ' on to Thorpe and he went away well,. with ho to alas ! "a drain on Fisher's farm, about an end to what seemed likelyot h f i mile n th g 0 . r o o ff l b " e hero put iog was much conversation on coincidencethert no fox in this far drawn—on both occasions eox f : l , i e e io l g ast fo • t o w n i a ce ou it ts h id a o s — b a e n en d sundry whisperings were . discredit upon a community famed covert of a certain fresh tenant themselves the reputation of being who have earned for t rs ~ on that side the Quorn country. farmer, who is likely to bring the best fox Preserv; check in time may be put upon any attempt with the widely spread fame of this and as the wholeaffair may arise from some It is to be to lropt:wd s t y li a w t 1 little covert, quietly, and see if peace cannot be say, talk things s the foxes left at rest. Leaving their fox stupid misundersotvaenrding between parties, we would simply maintained and ea h l f gooda nother day, they went on to Ashby Pas ture and eaving Thorpe village to the and I • in the drain n u f n o d r a t :gain, running back by the Trussells, T f d after which road near wy orWindmill, r ight, crossed the. , if for Burrough, but he doubled they kept on as across 1%11. Paget 's farm, back, and they lost him near Adams's gorse. This last run took place in a soaking rain, and many were wet to th e skin before reaching home. S a turday, the Duke's came to Piper's Ho le, t h e country not at all improved by the heavy rain of yesterday. The Old Hills was the first draw, and gave them a fox, who went away well, and ran sharp round in a ring to Scalford Plantations, after which scent failed, and though they dragged on to Melton spinnies no more good was done with him. At the spinnies there were, as a friend said, "heaps of foxes," and after flogging one up who, with the craft of his kind, had crept out of the covert and laid down in a ditch close by, leaving those inside to stand the frizzle, they got away on the east side, and had a nice sticky piece of galloping across Scorer's farm and the Grantham turn pike up for Brentingby spinnies, but it did not result in a good thing, and although they afterwards went to Scalford Bogs, I did not hear that they had any more sport. Monday gave Melton men an opportunity of dividing their favours, as the Quorn were at Wartnaby Stone Pits and tliv DttkO's o,t , st9hvsby. AS they had INvia with the Duke's at Hose Glranbe, 7 the Quern had the preferejce, and by far the l argest f i eld of pinks assembled to meet the Mar-. tidmide. nTothefomrboordne iDngoniwngastonfi, fine, but t up a ncarth quis, who, no t w i t h standing the long stretch &mu Castle cuttinge appointed ir much scent, and so it proved in the first part of the day. We went back to the Old Dalby Wood for our first fox, but drew it blank, nor did Saxilby spinnies improve upon it, so on we wont to the old quarters—Grimstone Gorse —always a safe find, not withstanding the moderate slaughter there has been amongst its occupants this season. We had not long to wait for a view hollo, as " Charley" crossed the ride, an' he soon went away on the top side, and dropped over the road into Dalby Wood, but they drove him through, an d away on the Wartuaby side, along the hills, towards Which he ran with hounds only able to pick up the scent at i tervalq, with the exception of " h ar k b ack, " which took e a nearly to the wood again. We kept straight on the top, past Wartnaby, and. llolwell Mouth, the huntsman evi dently thinking the fox had gone on for Clawson Ttiorue, but he failed to hit off the line, and then put into Holwell Mouth with uo result ; so we then passed ou through Kettleby, and after trying the spinnies near there workecl4 round to Welby Osier Holt without any signs of a fox and looked like being a middling day, but before goirg back to Grimstone Gorse they dropped the hounds int o a , small coppice, known as Cant's Thorn's, when up bolh e d fox, and the real business of the day began. Away he went down for the turnpike, crossing it, and going in the direction of the Old Hills, but reachingwhich he turned up to the right, and ran merrily across by Hind's Lodge, and on in a line pointing for Melton—leaving Sysonby Lodge, to the right. We soon got on the ploughed land, arid scent was not'quite so good, but in they went, and crossed the Scalford-road, not a great way above Lord Bradford's lodge, bearing down for the Scalford Brook, which they went over, near an opportune ford place or the field must have been thinned, RS the brook was (rot e full, and by no means an enticing object, except to t e 'f ew of the hard riding division who were in the va.r„ and amongst whom was Lord Royston, whose horse 'came to grief, and gave both of them a cool bath, and w o m i stake. It did not, however, cool his lordship's ardour, for he mounted again and went through to the find of the run, drenched as he was. But to return, bewails held on as far as Thorpe tollgate, and were getting a long way from, home, when reynard doubled and came round pretty much over the same line again, except that he bore more to the left, and passed close to Mr. Gaskell's house, and was viewed as he crept across the turnpike on to Selby's farm. Re was here reported to be, quite beaten, but they carried o n across the turnpike at Potter-hill, pointing for the Old Hills, but only for a short distance, as he took anotherturn, and they traced him back to Cant's Thorns, when, they left him, after a very fair burst, the first part of w'nieh waa all that could be desired as to pace and quality of country, and amongst those who rode to the fore were Captains Clowes and Ponwick, E. Cheney, Sir G. Wombell, and Lord Royston. On the same day the Duke's hounds came down from Stonesby to Burbidge's covert, which was full of foxes, and tho old one soon broke away with a cub close after him, for Brentingby. After passing which, ho went for Stapleford Park, but he did not reach it, and leaving it to the left, he wont towards Whissondine. Here the foxes parted company, but the hounds stuck to the " young 'un," which turned to the right for the Oakham turnpike, and ran under Burton village back to the covert. Time up to this point forty minutes, across as stiff a lino for fences as could be selected. The hounds ran their fox in a covert a short time, and by accident chopped a fox, but Cooper was awakj, to his not being the run fox, so he went at it again, a n d and soon made him face the open again, which he did by the side of the river, and went over the railway bridge, and on for Brentingby Spinnies, but was completely beat, and was killed near to Brentingby village, after a very good hour and ten minutes. Tho Duke was out, and appeared to thoroughly enjoy this really good thing. Tho hounds went to Newman's Gorse for a second fox and found, and ran to ground near Waltham. Mr. Burbidge, of Thorpe, who was out with the Duke's, left for home after the kill, and was surprised to hear the Quorn running down for Thorpe toll-bar, and poshed in and joined them, and wont through the remainder of the run with them, thus hunting with two packs in one day, a feat not often accomplished oven in this fox-hunting country. The country is still awfully heavy, and we want a few fine days to make it easier going for horses.—Leicester Journal. THE YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD THE SEINE. A supplement to the London Gazette, published yesterday, after reciting the various Acts of Parliament bearing on the quarantine laws, contains the following Order in Council anent the above named vessel : 1. That the said vessel, called the Seine, shall remain and continue at the Motleerbauk aforesaid, until the Lords of her Majesty's Most lion. Privy Council, or any three or more of them, shall mak,' further order : 2. That the persons now on board the said vessel, called the Seine, not ordered to bo removed to the Mene laus, shall be removed to the hospital ship Parana, unless ordered to remain on board the Seine by the Medical Superintendent of Quarantine, at Southampton, in accord ance with the provisions contained in the 24th paragraph of the Order in Council, dated July 19, 1825. 3. That all persons so removed on board the Menelaus Quarantine Hulk, or who shall hereafter be removed on board; the hulk, or on board the Parana, or any other hospital ship, and who shall have been on board the Seine, shall be kept and detained on board the said hulk or other hospital ship, until the said Lords of the Council, or any three or more of them shall make further order. And the Eight Honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions h erein as to them may respectively appertain. Foreign gall Packet List. &Astralia and New Zen l cl LS vi Ditto, via Marseilles via Southamptme......Dee. 20. Cape Verde, by Britis p h -U p E ao Ditto, by French packe t pac k e t .......... Jan. ....Jan. 4. Brazil and Dec. 14. Cape of Good Hope, Asoen i Dec. 22. China, ',mono., and sin e on, and St. Helena Deo. 28. Ditto, Via Marseilles ..Dec. via Southampton.. Dec 20. ..Dec. 1 1 Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton Dec. 14. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southainpton Des. 20. Ditto, via Marseilles - .• ••Dec. 27. India (Bombay ) , via Southampton.? ................ Dec. 14. Ditto, via Marseilles .. ..................... ...Dee. 8 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 14. Ditto, via Marseilles Dec. 8 &lauritius, via Southampton Dec. 20 Ditto, via Marseilles .......................... Dec. 14. Newfoundland ............................ • . Dec. 5. Portugal ...................................... --Jim 4 Ditto, by private ship to Lisbon.. • United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet ..................... ..... . Dec. 13. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ...... .• .- .......... - . . Ditto, via Cork .................... Ditto. by Canadi an packet. via Londonderry ..Dec. 7. West Coalst of Africa, Madeira, and Tenernfe ....Dec. 12. West Indies and Paallio (except Bahamas and Dec. 14 H on duras) B a haml..i, via New York. Dec 15. C u ba ‘nd Mexico •• Dec. 29 Bermuda. via Halifax Dec. We do not know whether Charles Reade will be gratified to learn that his novel of " Griffith Gaunt" has been arranged by Mr. Daly for the New York Theatre, and is now being played with success. The Rome Journal thus describes the per formance :—" The dramatist has succeeded in con densing the novel, so that the plot is sufficiently delineated, and, were his work better performed, it would be still more successful. The faults in the adaptation are the introductions of trivial language and laboured efforts at wit, which, in some in stances, smack altogether too much of modern times to suit the date of the play. Still the scenes are well arranged dramatically, the closing one being quite effective. The acting, with a few nota: i l r e . exceptions, is rather bad. Miss Rose Eytinge rescues the play by the earnestness and grace of her p ers onation of the part of Kate Peyton, d Mortimer, as Griffith Gaunt, is also very effective. Mrs. Wilkins totally misconceives the part of the wily it in tsherevmanotstwionmaratnis,tißcymdearn. manner. In I b n ou t n h e e es l t a h s r t ot a t c a t h , the introduction of a crier of the court, who is made to act absurdly, ruins the effect of the scene, and creates mirth which approaches too much to guying. These blemishes have, in a measure, been remedied since the first night, but still the play is too talky, too sketchy. The matter, however, is dramatic, and, thanks %to the united efforts of Miss Eytinge and Mr. Mortimer, Griffith Gaunt' will, doubtless, have a run." The ceremony of distributing the prizes to the 3d Artillery Volunteers will take place this evening in West minster Hall. Lord Truro will preside. Preparations have been made for the reception of a very large company. GALE IN THE CHANNEL.—BOULOGNE, Monday Evening.—A strong south-west gale has been blowing all day, with a heavy sea. As the South -Eastern Company's steamer Prince Ernest, from Folkestone, was making this harbour at 6 30 p.m. she struck the western jetty and.dis abled her starboard paddle wheel, but succeeded in enter ing the port and landing passengers safely. 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