The Sun. — London, England, 1865-10-19 00:00:00

NONit MARKET AND COMAIERCIAL INTELLIGENOE, Two o'CLoCK. At the P ar i s B ourse t hi s morning, according to neuter's telegram , the 3 per Cent. Rentes w e r e 67 f. 80e. BRITISH FUNDS-ONR O'CLOCK. 8 40 TERNKENT FUNDS. Der Cent. Consols 1)0. Account, Nov. 0 per C ent. Reduced Now. 3 per Ceat B7i 11 "Il v 2 i Per Cent. Jan. 1894 A --.°' 5 Per Cent. Jan. 1873 — "`uoulties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 DOID O. for 30 yrs, expire sth Aug 1885 — (Rod Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — D March tzehequer Bills, £1,000,3 &31 pe r Cent. o. £5OO bank o £lOO and £2OO f England Stock, itp er Ceni, D e 4-ccount INDIAN G Loth OPERNMENT SECURITIES. all'Soi pe r Cent., AprillB74 2l7} Do. g Account 104* 5 ‘, per Cent. July , 1870 Do. Account . Y.' Do 4 • - per Cent., Oct. 1888 Certificates — ~13'?• Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. Per Cent., Jan. 1872 DO 5i per Ce - at., Mai 1879 lo7f 8i „0 Bo er Cent., Aug. 1366 9Bf .„-uo. nds, .El,OOO — 4'o•llnder £l,OOO F OREIGN FUNDS -ON O'CLOCK. Iltist-ONEria n Bonds, 5 p er C ent, 18 59 441 1.14 5 per Cent, — , Do. 1863 — " 0 . 41- Cnt 1852-58-60 , per e ~ . 3 it pm B O. Scrip, £l5 paid _ ÜBROS Ayres 6 per Cent 0 . Account „,...uo 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) 'utlian_ 6 per Cent VP. 4i r per Cent — u olombian. 6 per Cent. enba, 6 per Cent. D anish 3 per Cent., 1825 -Do. 4 p er C en t ., 18 63 — Do. 5 per C en t. , 1773 - 7 7, £25 paid ktnubian• Principalities D o Account — . ivador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — ED. Provisional Land Warrant — g7„Ptian 7 per Cent 941 '-',O Second Issue Do Bonds , Do. 1864 9ll 1 4 '-'0 £lOO Bonds l'ee k 6 Do Account ents• Pe r C , 1824-5, ex Coupons , , t o e Account 'pan:m.la 5 per Cent. — DO.Do £B6 p a id ita. 1839 and 1850 D° ha lt g . Per Cent (Maremmana Railway) Do 1865 0 scrip, £671 paid AC° 5 Per Cent., 1864 — ," - teau 3 per Cent i'o. Ac Do count . 251 1864 DO9O 6 per Cent. Anglo-French — ~,,0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — 4.1 ntevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid 41,00rish Imperial 5 per Cent DDo 2 per Cent .............................. : o Deferred ... .. -. .. .- ... Do Land Warrants (Heciares) r ernvian 4i per Cent ............... .... . Do. Account ................ ... Do. Scrip, £45 paid, paid in Bonds — )30 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) Q h rt/ lguese 3 per Cent., 1853 -• " - t, ° 3 per Cent. , 1856 , '7 , '9 , '6O , '62 '3, ent., , 14 •-'O. Account ' 11 :!Bian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St I T' 4 * per Cent. 1850 . 0 ° 4 * per C en t ., 1 860 ...._ Ti c ' o 3 per Cent. 1859 - 11 5 , per Ce n t. 1862 ,„". 5 . per Cent. 1864 4 5 titnian B,....o.Accounpter Cent 7 ~ ,0 1 84 h c 3 c op eu nr t Cent • t , New Deferred 000 Account - 381 BD l'assive b : Account ......... .. D' lB4 Cert. of Coup not funded 13/ i . ciAccaunt ii`u - sil. 4 per Cent. Tu r Zi 4 i Per Cent. 1864 t? 811 6 per Cent. 1854 9l ,Accont r\ o u ', Per Cent. 1858 Per E, XlOO Bonds e• 1 * per Cent Du 6 Per Cent. 1862 ,00 Account 741 I * Do 4100 Bonds 73 D o , 6 Per Cent., 1864 b " Per Cent. 1865 ° £1(() ) 3 I, . ands 41 4 , 0 8,,, _ . .D 0 c , ' 1 .1), X. 30 paid Irene'iltelltranteed, 4 per Cent D O. 6 t a 3 ,Per Cent — 41 .). , Per ent., 1862 . Account • 6 Per Cell i; . i . g . 4 ........... _ AttetriDividenda on the above payable in London. 4318.41'11, 6 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins b uteh . ,.. 4 l. Per cent., Ex. 25f. t o , A 2 Per Cent., ER. 12 Gail Pr llo ' l : Rer Cent Certificates 95 Iralia,, C e4 tes 4 i Per Cent. . .1) per Cen;, 1.861 Ex. 201. 0 k ee .._ , • , , - "8 0Is Do. ••• TWO O'OCLOK. .............................. 44001 114 .. 89* 1 ... 88i 89 TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Bank of England rate of discount remains at 7 per cent., and a more favourable feeling has been the consequence. The commercial public are bring ing forward their bills more freely., and the brokers are negotiating business with less caution than they recently observed. First-class bills are rather a fraction below the official minimum, and there is an e xpectation that the return to be published this e vening will contain alterations of a satisfactory 1 , character. The gold has received an accession of more than half a million during the week, and it is not at all improbable that some coin from the coun try and Ireland has found its way into the Bank. An influx of £155,000 t oo k p l ace at the Bank of 1 E n gland yesterday. The directors of the St. John d'El Rey Mining C ompany (Limited) have received the following re- Port, dated Morro Velho, Sept. 16, 1865 :—Produce for August, 38,681 oitavas ; cost for August, £9,383 ; P r ofit for August, £5,518 ; produce, 11 days of September, 17,016 oitavas ; yield, 9.453 oitavas 1 er t on. to An improvement of per cent. has taken place ; II the English Funds, and the market presents a fa vourable appearance. The suddenness with which the death of Lord Palmerston came upon the pub lic caused at first a slight decline, but now a re action has occurred, and Consols are 884 I T for ili oney, and 891 for the account. The Ne w Threes and Reduced Annuities are 871 ; Exche quer Bills, J une ; B s . t o s s. di s. ; I n di a Stock, 217 f ; ditto 5 per Cents, 1041 105 ; ditto Enfaced 5f Per Cents., 1071 1081 ; ditto 4 per Cent. Deben tures, 984 ; and Bank of England Stock, 250. As in the English so in the Foreign department there has been a marked return from the momentary depression. Business has been a little more lively - owing to the purchases which have caused the reactionary tendency. The latest prices are as i _ follows :--Turkish Consolides, 48 1 ; Mexican, 25 4 ; the New Loan, 24f a ; Spanish Passive, 29 i f, showing a considerable improvement ; Certificates, 14/ k ; Italian, 631 g ; Confeder ate Loan, 6 7 ; and Brazilian Scrip, 3 + prem. American Securities are likewise buoyant. United States 5-20 Bonds are 64 1 ; Erie Shares, 67 4 581 ; and Illinois, 83 f The directors of Messrs. Smith, Knight, and Co. have replied to the accusations made against them II by the committee of investigation. All the charges 1, are made seriatim, and the directors appear in a 1: m ore satisfactory light than could have been anti- 1( ei Pated from th e fi rs t repor t. 1( Business in the Railway Share Market has been "1111 1 but a firmer tone has prevailed, and prices generally are a shade higher. Lancashire and Yo rkshire, an d S ou th E as t ern h ave eac h a d vanced r; and Gr ea t W es tern, Met ro p o lit an , an d Mid land each 10s. In the F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l undertakings there h as been very little business entered into, and quo tations remain unaltered. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Char tered of India, Australia, and China have receded 2 31 ; ; Alliance are dealt in at 314 ; Imperial Ottoman, at 151 j ; Imperial Mercantile Credit, at 7i 4 ; and National Discount Company, at 151 ; Overend, Gurney, and Company have improved to 181 19; ; Allan's Transatlantic Telegraph Company shares ar® quoted 2 to 21 prem. ; Transatlantic Steam S hip Company, par, 1 prem. ; Merchants' Company, p r y . 1 prem. ; L on d on an d A ustral i an Agency, k 1 ll; ; and Tasso Brazilian Gold Mining Company 1 prem. High ouise, MOOD. incess incess moral y ar- prince I the their isit to ar as neral n the Lgh a . was Aun up at mak am a This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share' Railways. I st lirlStOlana I(;xeter it., ,s Caledonian lO i 0 Cambrian .•••• 11 :0 Cork and 8and0n...... al , Cornwall al 1 Dublin & Belfast June 101 1 ,! Dun„Perth, & Ab.Junc. 1C( 'u E.London, scrip Certi. 2( Do. li it Glasgow &S. Western 10( t Great Eastern, Ord. stk. 10( I Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 10( t Great North of Scotland 10( t Great Northern 10( et Da. A stock..____ st Do. B stock ii it Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10 it Gt S, and W. of Ireland 10 et Gt. Weste:n -Original 1. st Do. S. Val. Rail gua. 10 it Do. South Wales 1. it Do. W. Mid.—Oxford 1( it Do. Newport 1( it Do. Hereford. I( Lanwishire &Yorkshire 1( it Landon and Blackwall 1( it Lon., Brigh., & S Coast 1C it Lon., Chat., and Dover IC tt Do. Metrop. kx. A IC it Lon. & North Western 10 a Lon. & South Western 10 it Man., She., & Lincoln 10 tt Metropolitan. [0 Do. New 0 Do Extension * Metropolitan District. al . Do do. do. If 0 Do. and St. John'aW'd INlidAnd Do. £9 Share. it Do, Birmin.. & Derby 10( :5 viid Kent It North British at Do. Ed., Pth , - 46 Dun. 1( ;t Nth. Eastern Berwick 1( !6 Do. G.N •E purchaat 16. ;t Do. Leeds It Do. York _jG Do. Car lible 5 Po. stock. & Darling.' al 5 Do. do. 1860-61 t North London .. Do. do. 1864 10 Do. do. 1865 st worth Staffordshire .. -- 10 N. &S. W. Junction .. al . Bt Scottish Central Scot. N. E Aber. stock 10 , it iio. Scot, Mid. st ock lO st Shropshire Union it South Devon ' lOl It -outh E , stern :0 Staines, Wok.. Wok al_ it Taff Vale lOO Do. C it Vale of Neath it Waterford & Kilkenny 10 0 Waterloo & Whiteha 1 it West CornwAll lOl Paid./ Closing 1 Business Price. done. 92 14 1261 1271 0 97 12 14 6 6 67 7/ 7l 73 94 95 6 5d 1(9 111 46} 47 71 Si 130 132 118 150 90 92 63 631 61 63 42 44 37 40 104 106 12• 1214 88 83 104 106 37 39 51 53 124 124 1271 91 Pi 2NI 57 b - il 139 7 3 gip 4 11 11 pi 11 104 104 tO - I 10 1 124} 1251 3) 14 21 , )0 91 96 62 63 118} 8 9 63 f 12(4 if 1031 123; I if 7 i 1382 9 124 k 51 1021 BRITISH 1", C O O Atlantic dz St. Lawrence a st I Born..l3aroda,k Cen.ln lc gu. 5 per cent IO Do. k' shares :Oi Buffalo . Lake Huron a 10 Do. Vrclerence al ( Buff Brant, & Goderich )0 1 6 p.c. 872-3- it Calcutta tic S. E., lim 10 it ;ape Town et Dock, gu. 101 O Demerara, 7 p.c. per. p; al it East. Bengal, gu.. sdo 10' it East Indian, gu. 5 p.c. 10 O Do. J Extensior L t Grand Trunk ot Canads 101 O Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c al O Do. let Pref. Bonds a' )0 Do. do. deferred .... al )0 Do. 2d Prcf. Bonds.. al )0 Do. do. deferred al )0 Do. 3d Pref. stock.... al l )0 Do. do. deferred .... all )0 Do. 4th Pref. stock .. all 10 Do. do. deterred .... all it Gt. In 4 is Pen. gua. Jp.c. 10( 0 'O. Gus. 5 per cent.. 0 Do. New gua. Gp. c.. it Gt. South of India .. gua. 5 per cent st Di. 41 per cent lOl 81 Do 204 Great Wes. of Canada al 204 Da. New .. . 12 DO Do. 6p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 al DO Do. 5t do. pay. 1877-8.. al 10 Indian Branch, limited gt Madras, gua. 5 p.c .... 10 Bt Do. 41 do ta st Do. 4i do lOl :0 Do. 'ifth Extension st Melb. Cor. 6p. c. Ends. 10( i 0 Mel. Az Hudson's Bay_ al, it N.R l .C'da,6pclstpt.bs. 101 It Scinde .... ...... 1 _, 1( it Do. Delhi ',O Do. do it Do. Puniaub.... aVD 1 1 it Do.lndus St. Flo * 4 ' 1, COLONIAL GOVERN - British Columbia, 6 per oent., Dec.3l, 1872 10 - Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 lO - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug, iu, D.). sp. c. Mar. lz Sept 10 00. sp. c. Jan. & July 10 - Do. 5 pp. Inscribed sk 10 - Cape G.liope. 6 p.c. 1873 10 Do.Apl. &Oct , 1890-1900 10 - Do. do: 1880-9 10 - Do. Jan. &July, 1990-91 10 - Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 lO - Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6p. c 10 - Do. 1878, do lO - Mauritius, Rp. c, 1873. Jan. and July - Do. 178 - 00. 1882, May 5, Nov. 10 - Do. 1895. Feb. & Aug ID - Natal ~ ov. .3 per cent lO - N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&J uly 10 - JT. S.W. Gov. 5 p•c.,186r 10 - Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 1871 10 - Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 189. 10 - Sew Zealand, 6p. cent 10 - Do. 5 per cent.... Nova Sc .tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 l 9, - Queensland Gov. 6p. c 1( - S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1888-v 1( - Do. 1878 & upwards l, - Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July 1( - Do. do, A pril & Oct 1( BRITIS 2 Cam. Consol. Gold, lim - Chiverton - Clifford Amalgamated 3 - Devon G. Coos. (Tavist - Drakewalls 2.1 - East Bassett (Illogan) 2' - East Caradon 2.1 - East Carn Brea - East Grenville 2.1 - East Gunnislake B.l - East Loved 3.0 - E. W'l Russell (Tavistk 10.1 - Gam. & StA übyn(Gwen. ei 4 Great L ixey, limited., al - Great South Tolgus O.l Great Wheal Bumy l4.' - G. Wheal Vor (Heist n 41 - Grenville B.l - Perod's Foot - ilingston Downs 5.11 - Margaret Wily Lelant 13.1 Marke Valley 4.1 4 11wyndy Iron Ore, lim - New Se ton - North Roskear N. Wh'l Bassett (Mogan 4., North Wheal Crotty - Prosper United 7.1. - Pr ,, videnee Uny Lvlant 10. , - S. Caradon (St. Cleer) - South Condurrow .... 3.2 S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 - stray Park 35 1 - Tin Croft 5 Vigra and Clogan, Jim al - West Bassett (Mogan - W. Caradon (Ltakeard I - West Chi verton ....... . 1 - West Seton...." - Wheal Bassett 'll logan f - Wheal Buller (Redruth Ii - Wheal Mary Ann (Men. - Wheal Seton Wheal T relawnev ( I.ls 74 9 10: 30 184 19i 1 560 580 1.0 4 1 !.94 24 26 14.6 11 12 31 54 6 14.0 21 3.6 1 9.0 14 15 £.O 24 3 2 4 L 1 21 22 14.6 1 2 .9.6 4 4, t 0 34 344 18.0 23 3 10.0 39 41 10.6 4i It 17.6 S 6 10.6 3f 41 2/ 24 lid .Z*,4 35 40 172 10 12 1.0 t I 13.( 1 1.6 .6.7 32 34 11 430 450 1.0 3 3i 18.9 121 174, 15.6 10 12 9 17 18 ►ll 6 8 1: 6 7 9 6 10 11 7.) 75 )71 165 175 51 75 80 16 26 28 8 4 6 4 1118 95 200 7 l9 r lot: it/5..01 illi aUAU/10 North Eastern, Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 32} FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 11i Sambre and Meuse, 5i per cent. pi, 6 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 17f FOREIGN MINES, Frontino and Bolivia taold, lira., 3 liapunda, lira., St. John del Rey, lira., 40 105} } BANKS.' Agra end Masterman's, lim., 574 • Mance, Rm.. 311 Bank of Queensland, lim, 211 Chartered Bank of India. A ustralia. and Chins. 23 1 Chartered hien of India, London, and China, 504 50 Colonial, lim.. 42 Consolidated Bank, lim., 10 Bast London. lim., Imperial Bank, lim., 291 Imperial Ottoman, 151 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Um., 4 4 London B , nk of Mexico and S. America, I im., 144 National Provincial of England. 1141 London and St. Rat DUCKS. harine, 76 M IScii:LLANEOUK. Bombay Gas, lint., Telegraph - 8 per cent. gua., 24 Ditto, 2d issue, 54 City of London Real Property, lim., 44 Credit Fonder and Mobil ler of England, 104'1 Egyptian Com and Trading, lim., 24 Blectric Telegraph, 1 04 Eiiglish and Australian Copper, 11 Gen. Credit and Finance of Londo n , li m. 6 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., International Financial Society, Joint Stock Discount, lice., 84 1 London Financial Association, urn , 224 ilwall Iron Works, 41 4 National Discount Company, 11m.. 154 Overend, Gurney,"and Co., 1111 L, 18 1 19 4 Royal Mail Steare,l9 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lice., MANSION-HOUSE.—The Dowager Queen of Hawaii, commonly designated Queen Emma, now on a visit to this country, has been pleased to accept an invitation to dine with the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress on Monday next, at the Mansion-house. Nearly 100 guests have been invited to meet her Majesty, including the mem bers of the Court of Aldermen, the Sheriffs of London, the members of the Church Missionary Society, the London Missionary Society, and of some other kindred institutions. The dinner will be served in the Egyptian-hall. Queen Emma will be attended by Lady Franklin and the members of her suite. FIRES. —This morning a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. Richard Morris, coachbuildsr, 782, Old Kent-road. Owing to the inflammable nature of the stock, the building, which consisted of three floors, was entirely consumed. A fire also occurred at the house of Mrs. Warren, l odginghouse-keeper, 19, Old Quebec-street, but was soon extinguished. Messrs. Tubbs and Lewis, india rubber manufacturers, New North-road, had a fire on their premise; which destroyed part of their warehouse. fieVeTai other fires took place, 3.44 tUe damage dope 4 t etch }vas trifling. 8 30 109 110 10 I 68 69 )0 104 103 11 36 37 i 6 10 11 p 31 118 120 5 1} 1p 4 1 l i ;p 00 75 76 1 11 12 D 148 152 ID 57 59 0 I 60 6Z 0 57 59 , 0 78/ SO:, (1 8/ 1 , 4 1 143 152 3 ( p (03 105 59 52 ,SESSIONS. 68 60 41) 101 102 6 11 In 61 6 i A 10 11 75 80 99 101 O 70 75 1 101 103 O 101 102 O 103 101 5 i tp 21i 2Z ll 87 89 11 69 71 11 60 64 11 57 59 11 f 2 55 LI 46 49 11 43 45 Ll 28 29 LI 28 29 103 104 I fp 4 2 PI 101 102 1 15 16} 8 5 411 ll 5 18 11 8.5 67 2 1 ad )0 100 102 O 93 95 10 88 90 2 1 61 66 o 0 82 81 00 101 102 100 101 102 2 i id [OO 100 101 NT SECUR 95 97 0 95 87 93 97 0 82 81 D 82 84 D 103 105 D 107 - 109 ) 106 10 , ) 105 107 ) 934 914 ) 1(3 105 ) 110 112 0 108 107 10 1(5 107 It) 102 104 0 96 98 O 91 101 O 93 95 O 90 01 O 103 105 0 84j 851 10 I 99 )0 I 102 N O 1106 Its 106 MINES. June 8 die 5 dis SHARE rHE . SUN, LONDON, Tfl URSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19 1865. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUICIDE IN A POLICE CELL.—On Mr. Knox taking his seat on the bench this morning, Inspector Walker stated that a man, who was charged at the Vine-street police station, yesterday committed suicide while in the cell. It appears that yesterday afternoon the deceased, Charles Dugard, a cab-driver, badge 963, was taken into custody by police-constable Wood, 193 C, in Jermyn-street, being at the time drunk, and wholly incapable of taking care of his horse and cab. About 9 o'clock in the evening the deceased was found to have tied a pocket-handkerchief round his neck and secured it to the grating of the window. Mr. Tothill, the division surgeon, was immediately sent for, and used every effort to restore animation, but without success. The deceased was in the employ of Mr. Mayhew, the cab-proprietor. AN IMPUDENT THlEF.—Louisa Harris, who gave an address at Hackney, and is said to have been previously convicted, was charged before Mr. Knox with the follow ing robbery. Thomas Whittington, assistant to Mr. John Hooper, linen-draper, 52, Oxford-street, said that in consequence of an alarm being given yesterday afternoon he ran into one of tho shops and stopped the prisoner, when she threw down a roll of 50 yards of flannel, of the value of 50s. He then took her back to the shop, when she became very impu dent. A constable was then sent for, and she was given into custody. Police-constable Thaxter, 176 E, said the prisoner on tho way to the station said it was not the first thing she had had. He believed she had been convicted for a similar offence. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. Constance Sherwood. By Lady Georgiana Fullerton. Three Vols. Bentley. One of the most charming heroines yet intro duced to us by Lady Georgiana Fullerton is Con stance Sherwood, and the story which she relates to us—another chapter from the romantic but disas trous annals of religious persecution—is full of in tense interest throughout. In her early girlhood Constance becomes acquainted with one whose friendship is the delight of her life, sweet mistress Ann Dacre, the step-daughter of the Duke of Norfolk, and afterwards the wife of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey. Lady Arundel divides with Constance the interest and admiration of the reader. Her character, whether as seen in the occasional glimpses which history reveals to us, or in the more fully developed but evidently most truthfal portraiture of Lady Georgiana, is singularly attractive and exquisitely natural. Adorned with all the virtues of her sex, and yielding to some of its weaknesses also, Ann Dacre is one whom a novel writer might readily select for a heroine, and as her story is narrated by the lips of her tender and worthy friend Constance it loses nothing in interest or adherence to truth. The friends are separated for some time after the mar riage of the young countess, sho is compelled for a while to share the gaieties of the court. Very grievous is it to Constance ihen she again meets her early companion and discovers that both Lady Arundel and her husband, Ike so many of the other courtiers, have conformed to the reformed religion. But the early faith of the young countess soon re-asserts its influence, and very charming and very natural is her letter to Constance, in which she reveals her dread of confldirg the change to her husband. Thereupon, it is, she narrates how, on his return from London, he walks with her in the garden, and tells her that his sister has returned to the old religion, and hailing the opportunity, she, clinging to him, timidly whispers, "So has N an"— the tender abbreviation of, her name. Though fully aware of the danger of the step, the young earl makes no objection, and soon after follows the example of his wife. The trials and sufferings which this declaration of faith brought upon the pair are matter of history, or indeed they might be deemed impossible, and yet, perhaps, for their very im probability, they should to classed with those things which Lady Georgiana Fullerton has styled " too strange not to be true." We will dwell no further upol this portion of the tale, except to say that tilt authoress has done full justice to the interest d her theme, and has recorded these trials, and th: fortitude with which they were borne, with ex[Luisite simplicity and tenderness. The individui story of Constance Sherwood, the ostensible heroine of the work, we shall not betray. Constance herself is not among the waverers. She is most true throughout to her early belief, and faithful to her earliest affections. When one of the courtier states men of the Queen endeavcars to persuade her to yield to the views of policy and ambition, she boldly tells him that, wise and learned and astute as he may be, there are two thin! beyond his powers of appreciation—" the heart of a woman and the faith of a Catholic." Like her heroine, the fair authoress reveals in every page how eminently she is herself endowed with these possessions, and among the readers who differ from her belief there will be found none to quarrel with ler as a controversialist, or to charge her with any want of Christian charity. The authoress of " Lady-bird," and " Grantley Manor," and " Ellen Middleton," may be fairly congratulated on the success of " Constance Sher wood." MARKETS—This Day. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with beasts, chiefly in middling condition. Prime breeds moved off steadily, at full quotations. Otherwise, the trade was heavy, at late rates. Ths top figure was ss. 4d. per 81bs. Sheep, the show of which was rather limited, changed hands freely, at extreme rates. Downs and half breds realised 6s. 4d. to 6s. Bd. per 81bs. The quality of most breeds was good. We were fairly supplied with calves, which sold steadily, at very full prices— viz., from 4s. to ss. Gd. per 81bs. Very few English calves were on offer. High prices were again demanded for pigs, but the sale for them was inactive. In much .cows very little was doing. _ . . Per 81b to sink the offtl. s d a d Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 2 3 8 Second quality do ..3 10 4 0 Prime large oxen ..4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c.... 5 2 5 4 Crse. and inf. sheep. 4 4 4 1 Second quality do —5 0 5 6 a dad Pme ors-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Prime sfthdown 00.6 4 6 8 ',awe coarse calves. 4 6 5 2 Prime s h r d0......5 4 5 6 Large gs ...4 4 5 4 Small p rkers, 5 6 5 10 Lambs....os Od to o.od. Studding calves, 20s to 248 ; and quarter-old store pigs, 30s to 31a each. Head of stock on side. Total supply, jorelgn supply. Beasts 1,020 8ea5t5.,..... 6lO Cows .. 135 Cows... Sheep and lambs 6,922 Sheep sad lambs Calves 412 Ca ves . 4OO Pigs ...... 374 Pigs ... MEAT MARKETI. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Thd supplies of meat aro are moderate, and the trade is steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 8d ; rautt62, 4s 4d to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; and pork, ls 8d to 6s Od per 81b by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Oct. 18.—Prime stock gold freely at very full prices ; otherwise, the trade was limy at barely late rates. Beef, from 3s Gd to 5s 2d; mutton, 4a. 6d to Gs 6d; veal, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; and pork, 4s Gd to 5s 66 per 81bs. to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Oct. 18 . —About an overage business was passing to-day, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s 4d ; mutton, 4s 4d to 6s 8d; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d; pork, 4s 4d to 58 6d per 81bs. Suckling calves, ?As to 23s ; quarter-old store pigs, 25s to 30s ; and milch cows, £lB to .£2O each. HAY. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 6s ; and straw, £1 is to £1 14s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £4'Os to £5 10s; clover £5 Os to £6 6s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay £4 Os to £5 ss; clover, £5 Os to £6 lO s ; an d straw, £1 78 to £1 14s per load. A fair supply. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. S. d. s. d. Holywell Main 2O 0 Hetton ... 23 8 Eden Main Hastings Hartley 2l 3 Malting 24 0 Pensher Primrose ... 22 0 Ships at market, 16 ; sold, 16. 'OE —llhis Day. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN.--Mr. Robert Brook was charged with assault and Robbery. Charles Steward, 174, Oakley-street, bootmaker, said— Yesterday evening I went into the Green Dragon Tavern, kept by defendant, and had some rum. I put a two shil ling piece on the counter, and a woman behind the bar put it in the till, and fumbled it about. She asked me what 1 gave her and I told her. She gave me the change and I put it in my pocket. I stood at the bar for three or four minutes. Some conversation ensued about Hertfordshire, and I left. A man who had been at the bar followed 'me across the road. The man wanted mo to stand something, and said I had had ls. too much. I went back to the house and told the landlady. She said she would swear to tho fact that I had ls. too much, and abused me very much ; she said she would kick me out. Tho landlord (prisoner) came and seized me, and drove me back into a room. He knocked me on to a form, used filthy language, and threatened me. He struck me repeatedly on the head and shoulders, and demanded the shilling. I refused to give it up. He then said, " You —, 1 will have it." He tore open my coat, and took Is. out of my waistcoat pocket. I was much hurt, and a table was knocked over. I was perfectly sober. I have lived where I do now for seven months. I had two florins and 3s. from my boy on Satur day night, and this was one of the florins. I had no ls. at all when I went into the house ; that I swear. He wanted to compromise it when I fetched the police. Cross-examined—l did not deny having is. when he struck me. Thomas Connaughto3, 53 B—l apprehended the pri soner, who said he took the shilling from him. He put his hand in his pocket, and said, "I shall have no more hum bug," but I would not have a compromise. When I went there were two florins in the till. Prisoner denied the charge, and called Alfred Parr, engineer, 10, Harewood-terrace, King's road, one of the men in question, who said prosecutor gave ls. hard change for a 2s. piece, and flatly contradicted him in every point. William Prich, 2, Spark's Cottages, Graham-street, Pimlico, corroborated last witness, as also Henry Kemp. _. _. Mr. Selfe believed the prosecutor ordered the is. to be give; and fined defendant 40s. for the assault or a month. THAMES. AN ANCIENT DRUNKARD.—A little nimble old man, named Peter Montell, a barber, who called himself a flour dealer, was brought beforo Mr. Partridge, charged with being drunk and disorderly last night. The prisoner is 70 years of age. He has been charged at this court with being drunk and disorderly so often, that an officer said he had left off counting how often Peter had been in custody of the police. Last night Peter was outside the Britannia public-house, opposite Limehouse Church, challenging every one in the house to fight and vaunting of his prowess. He continued his disturbance for a long time, and when he was taken into custody he gave much trouble to a constable named Mortlock, 243 K. In addition to numerous convictions for drunkenness Peter had been once convicted and sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour for stealing a pair of , boots. He had been in various lodgings, never paid any rent, and was summarily ejected from them by orders of the magistrates. An officer said Peter had been drunk 100 times. The prisoner-1,000 you mean. Mr. Partridge asked the prisoner if he was not ashamed of himself to be in such a disgraceful position at his time of life ? Peter Montell bowed, and said he could not get, rid of his old habits. Mr. Partridge ordered the prisoner to enter into his own recognisance to keep the peace for six months and to pay the fee. The prisoner—Pay what fee, sir ? Roche (the gaoler) —Now, Peter, this way ; you know well that you must pay the recognisance fee. Come this way, you know the road well. Peter followed the gaoler to his old quarters—a cold cell. DRIVING A CAB WITHOUT A .LlCENSE.—Francis Sadler, aged 67, was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with driving a cab last night in the Conunercial-road without a license. The Stamp-office plate, No. 692, was on the cab. John Chamberlain, 670 A, said the prisoner came to the Poplar station-house on Monday night with a sailor, an d said he would not pay his fare. The prisoner was then questioned and said he had no license. Last night the prisoner was driving the same cab in the Commercial-road without a license, and he took him into custody. The prisoner said ha formerly drove a coach for Mr. Wheatley, of Greenwich, and had been to Scotland-yard and could not get a license. He had a license six years ago. Mr. Partridge—This can't be allowed. The public must be protected. I fine you 405., and in default 21 days' im prisonment in the House of Correction. Railway Traffic Returns for the Week. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under : _ _ Great Western •9 • •• • •• • North Western ... ... ... 1865. 1864. • £76,193 £74,700 • 116,852 111,807 South-Western ... ... 26;761 25;747 Brighton ... Midland ... 23,646 22,296 ... 50,703 49,747 South Eastern 27;994 27;103 Great Northern ... 39;363 88,939 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter ... ... 40,070 36;022 6,979 6,827 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 20,313 18,940 Great Eastern ... 36,432 35,988 London, Chatham, and Dover ... 11,277 9,556 These returns, when compared with those of the corresponding period of last year, show in most in stances some favourable features. On the Great Western there is an increase of £1,493 ; on the North Western of £5,045 ; on the South Western _ _ of £1,014; on the Brighton of £1,350; on the Midland of £957 ; on the South Eastern of £891; on the Great Northern of £424 ; on the Lanca shire and Yorkshire of £4,048; on the Bristol and Exeter of £125 ; on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln of £1,373; on the Great Eastern of £444; and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,721. Envelopes 21d., 31d., and 41d. per 100. Note-paper 3d., 41d., and 6d. per five quires. If at any time you want better and cheaper stationery than you get from your re gular stationer, try Arthur Grangers' patentee, of the new safety envelopes and writing papers, 308, High Holborn, and 95 and 96, Borough. Agents wanted. A WORD ABOUT THE TERN.—The habits of the tern are exceedingly interesting. From time im memorial, I believe, a colony of these birds has visited annually the same locality. It is not easy to find their nests, which are simply hollows made in the shingle, and the eggs resemble the stones so much in their general colour that they can only be distinguished by a quick eye. The colour of the eggs is generally an olive brown, blotched with dark brown; and I have observed that the small stones on which they are deposited are often marked with dark stains very much like those on the eggs. How appa rent here is that exquisite Providence without which the balance of nature could not be maintained. The egg re sembles the stones in colour, and the instinct of the bird prompts her to deposit it among them, that, though ex posed, it may be unnoticed by depredators, winged or human. —Ones a Week. NEW ZEALAND WEST-COAST GOLD FIELDS.— The Customs' duties at Hokitika for the month of July, up to the 23d, amounted to £3,200 on imported goods, in addition to the export duty on gold, which reached £2,378, representing 19,0240 z. The total export of gold from the West Coast during this year, up to the 23d of July, has been 73,0000 z., and 1,5000 z. more were exported in 1864, the whole being valued at upwards of £288,000. The population gathered on the new ground is estimated at 3,000—a1l collected on the north side of the Arnold, in Nelson province. Mr. Rochfort is laying out a town on the Canterbury side of the Grey. Stores are being erected, and there is every probability of a good sized town being established there, Some specimens of the gold have ceaphed us. It is all heavy i 4 character. One piece mea sures one inch in length and one-eighth of an inch in p*4o*—Lyttelton Times. COUNTRY MARKETS TUESDAY. At our market to-day there was a small show of English wheat, which ,sold freely at last week's prices for good samples. Barley ve; y scame, and rather dearer for all de scriptions. Fine oats in mare request ; 'beans and peas no change. In linseed a limited business done. English old white wheat, 433 to 48s ; old red, 40s to 455. Barley, chevalier 28s to 328. Oat s , R uss i an, 22 s to 24 5. Beans, new English, 42s to 435. Peas, English blue, 35s to 36s 6d ; grinding, 35s to 35s 6d per 36 stone. LYNN—TUESDAY. The attendance to-day was smaller than it was last woek• Farmers are nowsowing their autumnal seed, consequently we had a short supply of wheat on offer ; good dry samples sold at prices in advance of last week ; damp descriptions mot a slow sale at late rates. Malting barley in request, and prime samples 6d to is per qr. dearer. New wheat, 44s to as ; new red, 38s to 40s ; old white, 48s to 52s ; old rod, 45s to 47s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 33s to 86s; secondary, 30s; ordinary, 24s to 26s per qr. Oats, 22s to 24s per 24 stone. Beaus, large, 38s to 40s ; 42s to 418 per 38 stone. MELTON MOWBRAY.-TIIESDAY. There was a limited show of wheat at market to-day; the trade was fair, and fully late prices were made. Oats unaltered. Barley advancing in price. White wheat, 42s to 51s ; red, 37s to 48s per 36 stone. Barley for malting, 33s to 36s per qr; feed, 26s to 31s per 30 stone. Oats, 20s to 28s. Beans, old, 38s to 465; new, --3 to —s per qr. AL ISB I7RY.—T lIESDAY. To-day being the annual city Michaelmas fair for cheese and onions, the attendance in tho corn exchange this morn ing was very large. An increased supply of wheat was shown, the quality and condition of which was good, and prices the turn against buyers. Barley large supply, but malting samples continue a limited supply : Oats sold a little higher; beans and peas likewise firm in price, and a larger business done. The following are the quotations :—Wheat realised from d m itt 6 o s , to l l i d s 36s to 50s ; barley, 2 6 s to 38 s ; oats , 22 s to 30s ; beans, 40s per 81b loaf. Flour, 32 s t o 38s p er sack. 3dto spOesr; bushel ß peas, , e 3 s 4 t s b t r o e 4 ad, 2s p l e 2 r dl r. hol'aserehtldfro NEWCASTLE -ON -T YNE.—T UESDAY. There was a small supply of wheat from the country, with a moderate coasting and foreign arrival. A better de mand was experienced, and good samples of new brought the extreme prices of last week, while fine descriptions of old foreign found buyers at prices not previously obtained. Barley for malting moved off slowly at late rates, but grinding sorts were Gd higher. Fine old malt at full prices. Beans fir aeas dearer, oats at previous terms, flour dearer, rm, r FALMOUTH, Oct. 18.—The ship John Duthie, Phillips, commander, from Sydney, New South Wales, for London, out 90 days, passed this port this day, and landed a mail and one passenger. SPORTING INTEL GIGENI VICTORIA CLUB BETTING-THIS DAY. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Bto 1 agst Gladiateur (taken) 12 to 1 agst Salpinctcs (taken and offered) 100 to 8 agst Provisor (taken) 22 to 1 agst Ostregor (taken) 22 to 1 agst The Duke (taken) 22 to 1 agst Custard Castle (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gontran (taken) 25 to 1 agst Gardevisure (taken) 30 to 1 agst Regalia (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sister to the Drake (offered) 33 to 1 agst King Charming (taken) '33 to 1 agst Nu (offered, take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Wedding Peal 50 to 1 agst Victory 1000 to 10 agst Tennyson (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Argonaut The French Press on the Alabama Correspondence. _... _ Several of the Paris journals publish comments on the despatches exchanged between Mr. Adams and Earl Russell, and seem to look on them as mere diplomatic sparring and nothing more. The Presse declares that all idea of hostilities between America and England on such a futile cause is simply pre posterous, and that the rapidity with which the Cabinet of Washington has disbanded its troops and restored its peace establishment proves that it has not the slightest intention of resuming a belligerent attitude. The writer adds : Mr. Seward and Mr. Adams are too intelligent not to comprehend that, although their complaints are serious, although their demand possesses an incontestable character of equity, if considered in the strict point of view of the existing right of nations, still there has not been on the part of the British Government any precise material vio lation of national and international law. It is certain, on the other hand, that the said Cabinet has not acted, with respect to the Union, in a straightforward 'and friendly manner—has observed a neutrality more apparent than real. Our contemporary believes that the Government of the United States has a more elevated object in view than any pecuniary reparation, namely, to call the attention of the civilised world and of all the Governments concerned to the omissions and im perfections of the present law of nations, and to provoke from genaral good sense and the force of public opinion a legislation on the subject of a more extended and equitable character, and more in con formity with the progress of civilisation. The Monde on the same subject remarks : The American Government has not yet arrived at a sa tisfactory arrangement with the Cabinet of St. James in regard to the question of maritime indemnities and the re cognition of the Confederates. A commission, however, is spoken of. That comedy might well be called after that of Shakspere, "Much Ado About Nothing." Doubtless the Government of Washington only wishes to get rid of its re sponsibilii y towards the American shipowners plundered by the Confederate corsairs. It often requires a much less seri ous affair to bring about a war ; and if one sets aside the grandiloquent causes to which were attributed the Mexican expedition, the indemnities demanded from Juarez were not more worth speaking of than those demanded from Lord Russell. Under the present circumstances, however, such an eventuality is not to be dreaded, and the notes of Mr. Seward will merely be made us of as matter of reverence should the relations between England and America assume an unfriendly tone at some future period. The Gazette de France also remarks on the diplo matic correspondence which has been exchanged, and refers to another description of claim made by the American Cabinet on France, and which the writer considers to be of such a nature as not to present the slightest chance of being favourably re ceived. The character of the demand is explained in the subjoined extract : The issue of the dispute with England gives reason to hope that the Government of Washing'on will not sig nify to France that she also will have to pay damages for the same cause. Nevertheless, the American Cabinet shows a desire to indemnify itself, and with that object it has just sequestrated the merchandise of several French merchants as a guarantee • for a sum of several millions demanded for Customs' dues, which the Americans say they have neglected to claim up to this day. The fol lowing is the foundation of the really strange demand, which we should refuse to credit were it not of American origin. In the United States, goods imported have hitherto been charged with a duty based on the prime cost of the object and not on the supposed price of its sale after importation. Never was it otherwise at the Cus tom-house. Thus, a bottle of Champagne wine sold at sf. in the caf‘s and hotels of New York and elsewhere was valued, on its entrance, as having cost the maker 3f., and paid duty in proportion. The American Government has suddenly changed its opinion, and now decides that dues on importation must be calculated on another principle. It even pretends to go back on the past, and to give to this modification of the tariff a retrospective force. As the Amerieans are shrewed calculators, a very few multiplications have sufficed to make out that the com merce on Champagne wine was indebted to it 11 mil lions; that of Bordeaux, 18 ; and that of the silks of Lyons, from 25 to 30. The said Government has not con fined itself to putting forward this unheard-of pretension. At once, without any form of trial, it has seized as a security on the French goods stored in the warehouses. The merchants, menaced with complete ruin by this proceeding, have complained to the French Government. Let us hope that it will speak, and even act, if necessary, with firmness. Such is its duty." Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. Market opens very quiet, at about f below Fri day's rate. Sales, probably 5,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—T his day. IBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.' GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Oct. 18.—Jeltina, from Petersburg ; Silver Star, from Demerara; Auliore, from Philadelphia ; Lotus, front Shediac ; Kensington, from Akyab ; Trident, from Nicholaff ; Alberta, from Mazagan ; Taunton Packet, from Dalmatia ; F. Nordpol, from Gefle ; Familiar, from Sunda well. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed.—Trent, from London, for Trinidad; City of Bangor, from Bassein, for London. Anchored—Truant, from London, for Berbice ; Isabella Blyth, from London, for Mauritius; Telegraph, from the Black Sea, for Antwerp. THE ADVERTISING MONEY LENDER.—Mr. Tighe, a retired draper, residing at Brixton, made a state ment at the Worship-street Court, on Monday, to the effect that his brother, a chemist in Gloucestershire, saw an ad vertisement in a Bristol paper in the beginning of Septem ber, in which a London capitalist offered to advance sums of money up to £5OO, at short notice, at 7 per cent. interest and personal security. The strictest privacy was guaran teed, and unusual advantages were offered, and no expense whatever was to be incurred if the advance should be re fused. His brother applied for au advance of £2O. In answer to his application, he received a lithographed letter from Cirencester-place, London, on the llth of September, with " Register 490, folio 76," on it, as though an extensiv. business was carried on, which promised early attention to the subject, and said that one of the lender's agents was in that neighbourhood on other business, and that ho had telegraphed to him to make inquiries, though he would not call on the borrower personally, on pain of dismissal, if he did. On the 12th his brother received a second letter, also lithographed, stating that a satisfactory report of the bor rower had been made by the agent, and that the money would be advanced in two £lO Bank of England notes, on the borrower returning a promissory note enclosed, together with a Post-office order for £22s. interest, and made paya l ble at the Bunhill Row Money-order office. This letter was dated from Wilson-street, Finsbury - squar e, to which the writer said all letters were to be addressed to him on and after that date, as his promises in Cirencester place were required for the Metropolitan Extension Rail way.p The two guineas and promissory note fo r £2O , signed, were sent as directed, but no answer was re turned; and on the 19th his brother wrote again, re questing the two £lO notes and an acknowledp;ment of his letter, which had not been returned by the post. No notice was taken of this, and, as his brother could hear nothing further of his note, money, or the lender, he had written to the applicant to make inquiries for him. lie accordingly called at the house indicated in Wilson street, and was told that, though the persons living there had consented to receive letters for the advertiser, they knew nothing further than that a man called there for letters occasionally. They had not seen him for several days. Neither he nor his brother had the slightest expectations of recovering the two guineas, which were no doubt thoroughly lost, but the promissory note for £2O was a more serious matter, as it might be nego tiated, although no value whatever had been received for it. The house in Cirencester-place was a bookshop, where it appeared letters had been left for a man, who had fetched them away; but they had not seen him for a fortnight.— Mr'. O. Nash, solicitor, said he had a case precisely like this a fortnight ago, where a client of his had been sued, on a bill obtained in this way, in the Court of Queen's Bench. He had obtained leave froth the judge to appear, on the ground that no consideration had been had for it, the writ having been issued under the Bills of Exchange Act, and the consequence wan that he had heard nothing more of it since. JULES. LORD PALttIERS TOY The fears which for months past the state of Lord Palmerston's health has excited have at length been realized. The great statesman is no more. Many who saw him towards the close of last Par liament, broken and bent by a recent attack of ill ness, shook their heads and whispered to each other that he could never meet another Parliament. That fear has been quickly and fatally verified. The bulletins we have published will have prepared most persons for the sad news which we have to announce to-day, that Lord Palmerston died yesterday morn ing, at a quarter to 11. There never was a statesman who more truly re presented England than Lord Palmerston. His name is now added to that splendid but very short list of Ministers, from Walpole to Pitt and from Pitt to Peel, who in times of great difficulty have rendered England prosperous at home and famous abroad, and who, .while obtaining place from the Court, derived their chief power from the country. Pitt, properly speaking, belonged to the last century, and there have been but three men in the present century who attained to the same enviable position. The first was Canning, a great spirit, but greater in what he devised than in what he accomplished ; for no sooner had he reached the pinnacle of power, and excited the brightest hopes of the nation, than, sick at heart, he fell before the intrigues of rivals, leaving it to others to avenge his death and to pro secute his policy. After Canning, two statesmen from among his colleagues, the one his rival the other his disciple—Peel and Palmerston—gradually rose to the highest offices in the realm, and won, as only great characters win, the sweet voices of the multitude. They have this in common—both were trained in the Tory camp, both forsook the tradi tions of Toryism, both have been decried as the most inconsistent statesmen that ever lived. Yet no two men could be more unlike, and the inconsistency of each was so different, that what in the one was a fail ing in the other was a virtue. Sir Robert Peel gave up his principles ; Lord Palmerston merely relinquished his party. Less sociable than Palmerston, and less capable of forming new alliances, Peel clung to the Tories while rejecting their dogmas, and compelled them again and again to follow a course which they had learnt from his own lips to regard as the road to destruction. Free and frank, of a jovial nature, hail fellow with good men and true of every rank and politicians of every shade, Lord Palmerston was less fettered by party ties, and, so the objects dearest to his heart were attained, cared little whether the men with whom he sat on the Treasury benches were styled Whigs or Tories, Liberal-Conservatives, or Conservative-Liberals. His very consistency in this respect has been denounced as a fault. It has been said that he was constant only in the retention of office ; that he was fixed only to the Treasury bench ; that his one principle was that of the Vicar of Bray. He was a member of every Government since 1807, with the exception of those years in which Sir Robert Peel, and subsequently Lord Derby, held the reins. He began life as a Pittite ; gradually he developed into a Canningite ; when the Whigs came into power he renewed his youth ; when they had fallen into disrepute he expanded into a Conservative-Liberal; afterwards he stood forward as the Tory chief of a Radical Cabinet ; and he closed his wonderful career at the head of a Minis try with the motto of " Rest and be thankful." In all these changes there may be traced a consistency of purpose, which, when the clue to it is perceived, becomes entitled to our highest respect ; and this clue is furnished in the fact that, whatever changes come over the domestic or colonial policy of Eng land, her foreign policy is unalterable. That policy is, indeed, more or less modified by the circum stances of the time, by the amount of our resources, by the temper of our allies, by the spirit of the nation ; but in principle it is always the same. Our domestic reforms are for the most part carried in the face of a formidable Opposition ; but our foreign policy is supported by overwhelming majo rities, and by a national enthusiasm which nothing can resist. We have never a dispute about the prin ciple; it is a tradition based on the universal senti ment of patriotism, and handed from generation to generation—from Cabinet to Cabinet. The Minister of such a policy may through all changes adhere to the Treasury bench if he can: nothing need remove him from it but his personal relations with its other occupants; and he who, like Lord Palmerston, can preserve his seat there through the vicissitudes of half a century, is indeed a great man as well as a great statesman. Henry John Temple was the third Viscount Pal merston, and was born at Broadlands, near B.omsey, on the 20th October, 1784. Although an Irish Peer, his descent is traced to Saxon earls anterior to the Conquest. In the arms of his family may be seen the eagle displayed of that Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who is remarkable chiefly for his treatment of his wife, the Lady Godiva. Lord Palmerston, however, bears a nearer resemblance to another and less my thological member of his family, of whom his father was the heir male—Sir William Temple, the friend of William 111., the patron of Dean Swift, the author of that triple alliance which bound England, Sweden, and the States-General to prevent France from en tering the Netherlands, and, singularly enough, a statesman who, while he remained in public life, was always on the winning side, and had the credit of all the popular acts of the Government after the Restoration. M. Capefigue, in noting this resem blance, has been pleased to observe that the chief point of similarity between the Minister of William 111. and the Minister of Queen Victoria lies in the utter hatred which both had to everything French, and thinks that on one occasion, as he was dining with Lord Palmerston, he made a terrible homethrust when he recalled the unpleasant fact that Sir William Temple, in bequeathing his property to his grand daughters, stipulated that they should not marry Frenchmen. ' It gave M. Capefigue considerable satisfaction that Lord Palmerston could only laugh at the remark ; it never entered into his head that the statement is quite unfounded, there being no mention of such a condition in the will of Sir W. Temple. Not from Sir Wm. Temple, however—it was from Sir John Temple, younger Archbishopbrotherosfhethle diplomatist, and the same of whom Shel don said, "He has the curse of the Gospel, for all men speak well of him," that Lord Palmerston was theton-svas descended. The first viscount of the name grandson of Sir John Temple,sto b ande said of him than was createda peer in 1722. Little more has was regarded lv beingas a ci quoted perfect otedmwo with othfisconjugal his aff ee wifet on, her admiration in the Annual Register. The second viscount, the father of our great statesman, was grandson of the first, and, like his grandmother, has been regarded as a pattern of conjugal tenderness. The epitaph which he wrote on the death of his first wife is said to be the most pathetic ever penned ; and written at a time when our poetry had reached its lowest ebb, when all was artifice and platitude, phrase and frippery, it must be admitted that the lines have a genuine tenderness which it is almost impossible to find in other compositions of the period. To his father, indeed, Lord Palmerston owes much of that taste for literature which furnished many a happy illustration in his speeches in Parliament, be sides enabling him in his younger days to join with Croker and Peel in assailing the Whigs with literary satire. Of his father's lively humour the late Lord Palmerston himself gave an amusing illustration in one of those anecdotes with which he, of all men, knew best how to parry the questions of political opponents or the entreaties of troublesome deputa tions. He said that it was his father's habit, in placing wine before his guests, to say, " Here is claret, gentlemen ; here is sherry ; but I cannot an swer for them ; I can only give you the word of my wine merchant for them. Here is port, however, for which I can give my own word, —it is very good —I made it myself." If he was a bad judge of wine, he was considered a good j it u n d r bequeathing lohufaedapti paintingsnuh g r i pictures. He collected in Broadlands a gallery of which, at the beginning oftnhosece,nu repute, and Sir Joshua Reyld his friends the works of his own easel unsold at the time of his death, gave to the Earl of Upper Ossory the first choice and to Lord Palmerston the second. He enjoyed the gift of his artistic friend ten years, and,in 1802, left by his second w if e , w h o did not l dying survive him, two sons and two daughters. Of these sons, Henry John Temple, the elder, is the subject of the present sketch ; the younger was afterwards known as Sir William Temple, the British Envoy at the Court of Naples. Not much is known regarding the early life of Henry John Temple. He was one of the late flower ing plants. Always remarkable for his ability, and generally successful in his undertakings, he rejoiced, in a splendid constitution, and had to get rid of a certain excess of animal spirits before his ambition could rise to the level of his powers. There is a long period of some five and forty years—considerably more than the half of a man's life—which Lord Pal merston passed in comparative inactivity, and which is a puzzle to the biographer whose idea of the man is derived from the later glories of his career. To account for this anomaly, it; has by some of his eulo giks been asserted that he was never at heart a Tory, that he was out of his element in the Ministry of Liverpool and Castlereagh, and that he never truly lived until he escaped from the thraldom of Tory ideas and joined the friends of liberality and pro gress. This theory is quite unfounded. Lord Pal merston was at the last what he was at the first. There is no real difference between Palmerston Secretary at-War, Palmerston Foreign Secretary, Palmerston Home Secretary, and Palmerston Prime Minister. The explanation of his backwardness lies wholly on the surface, and is what we have already indi cated. He was never what would be called an am bitious man ; and, delighting in society, he found, in the pleasures of private life what, together with the cares of his particular office, was sufficient in his hot youth, if not fully to occupy his powers, at all events to employ his time. Whatever he had to do he did well, but it is quite evident in his Parlia mentary history that he never cared to go out of his way for work. As Secretary-at-War for some 20 years he hardly ever made a speech except on the subject of the army, and then only when he was compelled to do so. As Foreign Secretary for a period little less, he in like manner confined his at tention to the business of his own department. At a time when he was the most popular statesman in England, he was content to serve now under his junior, and now under his rival. On the dissolu tion of the Aberdeen Cabinet he consented to serve even under Lord Derby if certain of his colleagues could be induced to follow the same course. It was not until every possible combination had been tried, and every possible Premier had given up the task in despair, that, as a last resource, Lord Palmerston was asked to form a Government. He at once accepted the position which he had not sought, and filled with dignity to himself and advantage to the country an office which, from his never having grasped at it, persons who measure men, not accord ing to their deserts, but according to their demands, regarded as beyond his power. In the little that is known concerning the early life of Lord Palmerston there is not much that is re markable. He received his education at Harrow, at Edinburgh, and at Cambridge. He went to Harrow a little after Lord Aberdeen, and about the same time as Sir Robert Peel and Lord Byron. Thence he proceeded to Edinburgh, to enjoy the benefit of Dugald Stewart's instruction; and, by the way, it may be noted as something peculiar that he was one of the very few Tories who followed the example of the young Whigs of that generation in sitting at the feet of the great Whig Professor of Moral Philosophy and Political Economy. It certainly does not appear that he entered with any enthusiasm into the studies which absorbed every inmate of Stewart's family ; and one might with some show of reason accept it as a proof of this apathy that his name is not to be found among the members of that Speculative Society which was joined by every man of mark in the University, and which, besides Lord Lansdowne, Henry Brougham, Sydney Smith, Francis Jeffrey, Francis Horner, Walter Scott, and Lord John Russell, in cluded Lord Palmeraton's own brother, Sir William Temple. But he himself stated about two years ago in one of his speeches, " I passed three years of my youth in studying at the University of Edin burgh, and I will frankly own, without disparage.. ment to any other seat of learning at which I had the fortune to reside, that I enjoyed greater ad vantages in the acquirement of useful knowledge , and sound principles during the three years' resi dence in Edinburgh than I possessed at any other place." Certainly, the influence of Stewart's training was at a later period apparent in the strong deter mination expressed by Lord Palmerston to maintain those principles of government of which Huskisson was the exponent. So long as Huskisson remained in the Cabinet he felt certain that these doctrines would be honoured; when Huskisson was ejected from the Duke of Wellington's Ministry on purely personal grounds he too seceded, because he had no guarantee, he said, that these doctrines would have the weight to which they were entitled. We may add that it must have been in Stewart's class room that a phrase which he often turned to good account in his speeches, and on one memorable occasion with most brilliant effect, first caught his fancy and left upon it an indelible impression-- " The fortuitous concourse of atoms." Having been inoculated at Edinburgh, where he remained three years, with these liberal views and his inkling of philozophy, he turned southward again to the Uni versity which Pitt represented in Parliament, and which was at that time the chief school of thought in England. Almost all his political contemporaries who took a leading position, whether in the Whig or in the Tory ranks, were Cambridge men. If Byron, Coleridge, and Wordsworth are to be classed among our greatest poets, it would appear that in other de partments than that of politics Cambridge had, at the beginning of the present century, a pre-eminence over the sister University of Oxford. Lord Palmer.. ston, who had in the meantime succeeded to his title through the death of his father, entered at St. John's College in 1803, and worked in good earnest for academical success at a time when it was not usual for a nobleman to present himself for any but an honorary degree. The Temples were a family predestined to rule. Within the space of 50 years Macaulay has counted among the sons and grandsons of the Countess Temple alone, and she died in 1752, three First Lords of the Treasury (Geo. Grenville, W. Pitt, and Lord Grenville), three Secretaries of Stateordso, two tliheeeApedrsmiorfalttlyie. PAlritvhyouSgeahl,Laonrdd P f a o lm ur e F rs ir to st n L° bel r O ds nge o d f to a different branch of the Temple family, he too, whose father had been a Lord both of the Admiralty and of the Treasury, looked forward to political life, and, in 1806, immediately on the death of Pitt, offered himself to the University of Cambridge as a candidate to represent it in Parliament. He was opposed, on this occasion, by Lord Henry Petty, who had become Chancellor of the Exchequer in room of the " heaven-born Minister," and who thus came to the election with a weight of Minis terial influence which his rival found it vain to withstand. That rival, howe ver , was n ot to be dis couraged. He presented himself again as a candb. date in 1807, when he failed of success by only two votes ; and in 1811 ho tried his fortune a third time, in this case attaining the object of his ambi tion so unmistakably that he continued to represent the University until, in IfBo3uln,dhhiesgawveaymoinrttaolpoffarelinae : Parlia ment, to his constituents by joining the In the meantime, at fihowever, b through the pocket b orough of Bletch m ingley, and then through the borough of Newport, in the Isle of Wight. Nor was he long in Parlia ment before be enjoyed the sweets of office. The notorious Ministry of "All the Talents" soon fell to pieces, and, as if in moc k ery of that splendid c oalition, a Ministry succeeded to power headed by a nobleman whose natural incapacity was aided by a natural indolence, andwhose indolence was aggra vated not only by sickness, but also, to make assurance doubly sure, by continual opiates, under the influence of which he would fall asleep over his papers. 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