The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-05 00:00:00

IIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TwELVE O'CLOCK. Th• Money Market remains inactive, but the quo tations are nevertheless very firm. The expected large exportation of gold to the Brazils is causing increased reserve on the part of bankers and brokers and the best three months' bills are not taken under 5-1 and 6 per cent. During - the last few days there has been very little animation exhibited in the Foreign and Colo nial Produce Markets. Sugars have been neglected, and the few dealings, effected in the private market have been at barely previous rates. The operations in tea have also been limited, consequent upon the commencement of the public sales to-day, when about 18,000 packages will be offered. Coffee has been in fair request, at steady prices, but few tran sactions have been recorded in either rice or salt petre. Tallow has been in very limited request, and prices at one time exhibited considerable depression, but a slight recovery has since taken place. 4 The following notification has been posted in the Stock Exchange :—" The Consolidated Bank (Li mited) has received the sum of £33,003 10s. from the earnings of the month of October of the At lantic and Great Western Railway, for the credit of trustees coupon account." At the meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to-day the report re commended the usual dividend of 3i per cent. for the last half year, and the amounts payable will consequently stand as follows :—Dividend, 3f per cent. ; underwriting account, 3 per cent. ; together, 6i per cent. These payments will be made, free of inoome tax, in one warrant, on the 28th inst. Two o'CLocx. According to Reuter's telegram the 3 per Cent. French Rentes were quoted at 69f. 15c. The Market for English Stocks has been steadily supported, and quotations have shown an improving tendency. Consols are firm at 87*1 fir money and the 7th, and at 888 for January. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities have been in good request, and are 878 f. Foreign Stocks continued firm. Turkish Con solides are 47f 488 ; Mexican, 25f ; ditto, New, 23* 24 ; Greek, 15* 161 ; Spanish Passive, 278 28 ; the Certificates, 148 4 ; Italian, 641 ; the Con federate Loan, 89 ; Brazilian Scrip, 28 / prem. ; Turkish 6 per cents., 1854, 89* ; 'ditto, 1858, 73f ; ditto, 1862, 73} 3 ; ditto, 5 per cent. paid up Scrip, 1865, 431, 44. American securities show no material change in values. The United States 5-20 Bonds are 648 4 ; Erie, 594 ; and Illinois, 82* 831. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been limited, and a further downward move ment. Great Western and South Eastern have each receded 1 ; Great Eastern, I ; and Great Northern A Stock and Lancashire and Yorkshire each I. The Foreign and Colonial lines remain inactive, Without change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull. Lon don and County have declined to 79f ; Union of London to 53-.} ; Canada Company to 82 ; London Financial to 21i I ; 0 verend, Gurney, and Company are steady at 21 I ; Naples Public Works Company's shares are quoted 24 3 prem. ; Com mercial Company of Africa, 1 1i prem. ; Bank of Turkey, 2* 3 prem. ; Atlantic and Great Western Railway Consolidated Mortgage Bonds, 1* prem. ; the Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England (old) shares, 31 4 prem. ; ex all and the new issue, 3 1 3i ; the St. Saviour's Wharf Company (Limited) shares, 1 11 prem. ; the American Oil Wells Trading Company, 1f 2 prem ; the London Steam Towing and Navigation Company, 1 1i Prem. BRITISH FUNDS-ONR O'CLOCK. . GOVERNMENT FUNDS. o Der Cent. Consols „ Do. Account, Dec. 7 B7l i 0 per C en t. R e d uce d B 7l 1 New 3 per Cent B 7l 1 1 New 31 per Cent. Jan. 1894 Annuities,Do. 5 per Cent. Jan. 1873 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — ~ Do (R e d S ea T elegraph), Aug., laos — ' l ° l lequer Bills, £1,000,3 & p e r C en t. 4 di s Do. £5OO 4 dis b Do £ lOO ami £ OO4I '''. 7, h or zngfand Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account : — lximAlsi GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 101 per Cent., AprillB74 216 1 - 1 0 Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates — Do. Enfaced Paper 4 per Cent — DO. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 51 per Cent., May 1879 — rio. 1 per Cent., Aug. 1866 — Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — DO. under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS —ONO CLOCK. knstrian Bond perC s, ent 5 per Cent, 1859 li razi — li an 5 Do• 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 r , Do. • 1865 /3 440 - Scrip, £25 paid Uenos Ayres 6 per Cent — C D. Account 1) 0 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) hilian 6 per Cent Deferred C 1 , :/ °. per Cent ,Iliorabian 6 per Cent. — viba, 6 per Cent. a r l ili sh 3 per Cent., 1825 --,,°. 4 per Cent., 1863 — 0 —0 - 3 per Cent., 1773-77, £25 paid anubian Principalities t Do Account — ( I,undor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — t -'-'O-, Provisional Land Warrant — gY,Ptian 7 per Cent — O. Second Issue — 4 -'0 £lOO Bonds 921 2 Do. 1864 k 5 00 Bonds ureek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex C ou p ons Do. Account Do. Coupons vliatemala 5 per Cent. Do .ZB6 paid , Do. 1839 and 1850 Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway — Do 1865 I:I N () Scrip, X 671 paid _ kr 3 per Cent., 1864 — xican 3 per Cent DO. Account - 1 EDo 1864 231 ° b Per Cent. Anglo-French 4 . , 0 French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c • 'l7 Granada DO pr Cent — D t o Peferred o. 6' 41 4 Warrants (Hectares) D„ ,Per Cent, 1864 — pen,' ,-Tu aranteed, 4 per Cent -164 ° D o. per Cent Ac s Arc o — B o unt 13 ° IV, £45 paid, paid in Bonds D ° 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) — 13 ° 4 i . per Cent., 1862 A ° Account — ort it b gliese 3 per Cent., 1853 Do, 3 per Cent, 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, 114E3°. Account e l an 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — D O !i, per Cent. 1850 . ,p ° 1 per Cent" 1860 B o ', Per Cent. 1859 t o Per Cent. 1862 t a,13.01):1; iti4:o4. p a e e r cuo C nu e tn n t t . 1864 B9f I 144 per Cent 13 ° Acc o 3 per Cent D O O I'l °lv Deferred — D 0 P ass o ive l'ecou nt 0 °Ac ba. 4 i s , count IvoeoaiAsuceCoeurat.tof Coup not funded 141 Do, h 4 per Cent. T 11, 1 4ki 8h o Per Cent. 1864 33 0 A CC u Per Cent. 1854 130 Apr 1)0 Cent. 1858 D o eount 731 i?,0,1 1 4. 1) ° Bonds u o , - -2 per c ent 13, ' A Per Cent• 1862 D o ' e ° o lint • 13 41-00 Bonds o G onds 731 1), 5 Per Cent, 186 3 —t 3 1 - ) ,,0 8,,P,:r Cent. 1865 Do Aul . P7 £35 paid -`eec'unt 1 , ,, a 41(0 Bands 431 4 31 Do ez ; k lel a 3 Perent. 80. e e ° l ant t o. AZr Cent., 1862 °lint tist '-'ivid .... N I •ia la 5 per on the above payable in London. gl a , --, A ,or Cent. Ex. 10 Florins D oh tsli ' , 'l Per cent., Ex. 25f. ~. Itti• turiatr:ent., Ex. 12 Guil cre4e4 peer Cent. Certificates 41 per Cent. Co n , Ots f or TWO O'CLOCK. ,0. . money 871 1 x d if : : i. ocount, ex div Q. .)441-lal7 ....................... 88 1 La nday. High- Hon. carriage so went ided by enwich- went to Mended uday. Princess :ernoon, itend to id Lady ale early tore On. to early making visitors, In never royalty hes were (a cas t-place, t. The nd some ailar or- r cases. ature in ry good. >o made :he Nor , and the faker, in Dannc- L." Mr. Lowledgo of the VII. to et-place, lid bear- Princess s of the erected Light, in lisplayed tnnerets. a bal d in the gas de with the !nts also tte to the vith visi- tins from in eon ained by and five iicf eon zlnstable, Iringharn the ordi -2.2 p.m., platform ,h scarlet o further The 15th ped body of Capt. Punctual dd having n a drag Landsome re also in ompanied lamilton, platform. by a spe mpied an the Mar aore, Vis 1. Keppel. s warmly tlso shook latform- - ountess of )n. Misses I through drawn by Dord Har p soon fol- Le cortege, pen car- n, amidst ral High lial recep ed up the , and then q - through Aylsham, Din Dere s expected Gunton is will be no 3onneetion 6 ball takes have been ch day in Thursday a flying m. r was very when the town the vas one of travelled rge of Mr ridge, who in, district nd a nuni- Itendance. L passed off 'r and the any to-dal ialisbury, at klirza Syed , with their have arrived f the Ex k, Hartle eccentri. Egress. SHARE MARKETS.—This Day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share/ Railways. I p a i l ! Closing I Buena' Price. done. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 92 94 125 27 94 96 13 15 fi 6 CS 72 71 73 'Cambrian. Cork and Bandon. !Cornwall Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. E.London, :.crap Certi. DO. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No 2 Great North of Scotland Great Northern 112 114 45i 46, 8 8i Do. A stock Do. B stock Do. :\ ew, ts. at 25 pry Gt S. and W. of Ireland Gt. Western -Original I) . S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Mid,—Oxford Do. Newport Do. Ilereford Lanc4 shire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brigh., & S Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Fix. A Lon. & ',North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan Do. New Do. Extension IV 129 147} 148 92 04 62} 63 60 62 41 13 15 40 04 106 1221 123 88 90 104 105 36 38 50 82 1251 :26 96 97 6'd 61 136 137 3 tip 1 111, 103 j 104} Metropolitan District. _Do _ do. _ do Do. and Wit. John'aW'd Mid'and Do. .£9 Share Do, Birmin.. t Derby mid Kent 1241 125 1e 2 I 94 96 Nor th British 60i 61 Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun. Nth. Eastern Berwick Do. (.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York DG. Carlisle . . ... Po. Stock. & Darling. Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 Do. 10. 1865 North Staffordshire 8 . 30 1101 111, 71 72 10 106 36 S 7 10 11 p 124 127 2 2 •P 2 2 4p 74 76 11 12 148 152 67 69 112 114 80 82 55 67 79 80 N. & S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E , Aber. stock uo. Scot, Mid. s t ack Shropshire Union South Devon , oath 11.atern itaines, Wok., & Wok Tall' Vale Do. C Vale o► Neath Waterford di Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1 West Cornwall BRITISH P 'Atlantic& St. Lawrence Bom.,Baroda,. gu. 5 per cent Do. le shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do. Preference Buff.,Brant, do Goderioh l 6 p.c. 872-3-E Calcutta it 8. E., lim Cape Town .k Dock, gu Demerara, 7 p.a per. pi East. Bem,al, gu., 5 do East ludian, gu. 5 p.c. Do. J Extension Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist Pref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Da 2d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. Stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. sp.c 'o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 41 per cent Do Great Was. of Canada.. Da. New . ------ ••. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 51 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Madras, gua. 5 p.c Do. 42 do Do. 43 do Do. Fifth Extension 3felb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay.. N. Ill.C'da, 6pc let pf.bs. Bcinde Do. Delhi Do. do 7l 6- Do. Puniaub.... Do.lndus St.Flo' COLONIAL GO VER: British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31,1872 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug Do. sp. c. Mar. Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. 4 July Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed sk Cape G.Hope, 6 p.c. 1873 Do.Apl. & Oct 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9, Do. Jan.&July, 1890-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1800 Ceylon, Nov. 1868,6 p. Do. 1878, do Mauritius, 6 p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1 , 78 Do. 1882, May 15, Nov..! Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug Nat al , iov. 6 per cent N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July N. S.W. Gov. 5 ire., 186 i Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 is New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 sterling, 1875 I Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1868-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vic,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja &July Do. do, a pril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. bi old, Chiverton Clifford Amalgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett (Illogan) 1 East Caradon East Cam Brea East Grenville East Gunnislake East Lovell E. W'l Russell (Tavistk Gam.& StAubyn(G wen. Great L sxey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheal Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist i Grenville Herod's Foot Hingston Downs -- __ . Mariaret Uny Lelant Mar e Valley Ylwyndy Iron Ore, urn New Se ton North Roakear N.Wh'l Bassett (Mogan North Wheal Crofty Prosper Providence Uny Lfilant S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park Tin Croft Vigra and Clogan, lim.. West Bassett (Mogan.. W. Caradon (lAskeard West Chi verton West 5et0n...... Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Men Wheal Seton IWheal Trelawney (Lie. 8 9 148 152 3 l p 102 104 49 61 ISIONS. 59 61 1026 1031 fd e lo 1u 1 77 n 99 101 69 72 101 103 102 103 104 105 i iT) 32 33 88 90 88 70 53 63 58 60 52 57 47 52 42 17 33 35 32 3} 101 195 * Pj 101} 1021 17 in 31 3d P 3 15 86 86 1 4d 1011 1021 93 95 Ss 90 64 66 82 84 1014 102 , 1014 1024 io ,OL 102 T SECUR 97 99 96 1 , 8 96 98 82 84 81 83 104 106 104 106 104 106 105 117 91 93 10) 102 106 108 103 105 106 108 104 106 1( 6 105 10J 1(2 96 1 , 8 1 0 102 93 95 103 105 84 85 10) 102 103 104 ,ITIES. 106 108 losi 106 i "i i I 9 10 21 23 580 590 1 11 k 2 25 9 10 51 6 31 4 1 15 16 3 5 7 20 21 31 11 341 35 37 51 51 7 9 4e 5 21 10 40 50 15 17 1 14 38 40 420 410 2 24 274 321 10 12 19 20 5 6 10 12 77 82 190 200 85 90 24 28 4 6 215 225 19 20 raEFERENCE t3HAREs Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., 107 Great Western Orig. 4i per cent p 1:, 9t North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto 4¢ per cent., rd., 981 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Kent Coast, 6 per cent. pref. B, 1078 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, la f Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 101: Paris, Lyons, and Mediterranean, 33 Sambre and Meuse, 81 Sambre and Meuse, 54 per cent. pf., 91 San Paulo, lim., gua. 6 per cent., 17/ FOREIGN MINE% Cape Copper, Um., l2f Fortuna (lim.), 3} Scottish Australian, Um.. f St. John del Rey, Rm., 52 BANI113:1 Alliance, Rm.. 301 Australasia, 00 Bank of British Columbia, 221 1 Consolidated Bank, lira. , 104 Hindustan, China, and Japan, Rm., Ditto, issued at 2 pm., Ditto, new, 171 Imperial Bank, lim., 29 Imperial Ottoman, 15414 Land:Mortgage Bank of India, Hm., 44 London Bank of Mexico and S. America, Rm., 141 London and Brazilian dim.), 50 London and County, 79 London Joint Stock, 504 London and 11 estminster, 971 7 Metropolitan and Provincial Bank, lim., 181 Oriental Bank Corporation, 524 14 Union of London, 534 ' MISCELLANEOUS. Berlin Water Works, 11m., 10i I Bombay Gas, lim., Ditto. 3d hie ue. 3f Canada Company, City of Moscow Gas, Um., 3 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 8i Ditto, new, 31. Crystal Palace, 6 per cent. perpetl. deb., 116 Ebbw Vale, 13 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim.. Hudson's Bay. 15} International Financial Society, Um., 51- 6 Joint Stock Discount, Um., 61. London Financial Association, lim 21 1 1 London General Omnibus Company. lira., 3f Millwall Freehold Land and Dock, 3k Overend, Gurney, and Co., lira., 2111 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 751 Royal Mail Steam. 112 14 At the general meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of British North America, held this day, the usual half -yearly dividend of 30s. per share, free of income tax, was declared. The Commercial Company of Africa has brought forward for the purpose of purchasing the business of the London and African Trading Com pany, and also acquiring an interest in a manufac tory established in Africa for extracting oil from kernels of the palm nut. The capital is to be £300,000, the first issue to cons* of £200,000, in shares of £lO each. 4 0 I i H 7 I 93; 621 2 35 6 1221 i 80 51 ; 96/ i 61} 60; 1365 f 71 1011 4 1051 79 S 'OSSE 1024 31 ;12i I/ 2} 2.1.0 29i 2.14.0 31 2.14.0 8.3.6 3.9.0 10.8.0 all 0.14.6 14.9.6 11 3.2.0 18.18.9 35.15.6 ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND .NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day, - • MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SERVANTS' REGISTRARY OFFICES.—The following letter has been sent to the magistrate at this court : " Sir,---Having seen in the papers an account of an application for advice made to you by two young men who had been duped by a registry office, I wish to inform you that a few months ago I paid ss. to Gregory's Employment-office, Fleet-street, and called many times, but could learn of no suitable vacancy. At last I was sent to Mr. Ridgway, who kept au office over a coffeeshop in Newgate-street, opposite the prison. I was sent there three or four times (I presume from forgetfulness on the part of the attendant at the Employment-office), but each time some objection was raised by the person who saw me—my writing was not good enough, I had not a knowledge of the business, or some such excuse was always used. I must apologise for j troubling you, but the name of Ridgway having ' attracted my notice, I thought it not unlikely that there might be some connection between the two offices.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, _ This morning a most exaggerated account of an accident on the London and North-Western Rail er ay was published in one of the morning papers. It was stated " that a very alarming collision had occurred on the North-Western Railway with seri ous and fatal consequences ; that four carriages were overturned, blocking the way ; that of the pas sengers two were killed and several wounded." The fact that a collision occurred is true enough, but that it was attended with anything like the serious results above described, is utterly unfounded. The following is a correct version of the affair : —Between Willesden and Sudbury the traffic on the North Western Railway is divided, and, as is generally known, there are three lines of metals, the up-goods line, the up-passenger line, and the down line. A ballast train arrived at a point near to Brent, and was properly signaled and brought to a stand. In a short time a goods' train came vtp behind the ballast train, and a collision occur ring one of the waggons was knocked obliquely off the goods line on to the passenger up line. The 12 o'clock passenger train from Birmingham at that moment arrived at the spot, and the result was that it came in contact with the waggon, and, by a peculiarity, the engine of the passenger train knocked the waggon on to the down line, thus com pletely blocking up the line both ways. Four passen gers in the train were slightly bruised, and the guard was hurt, but not dangerously. The engine of the passenger train kept on the proper line, and so did all the carriages. " A. B. B." A young woman waited upon Mr. Tyr w hitt, t o complain of the treatment she had received at the Cavendish-square Registry-office, kept by a Mrs. Morgan. The applicant stated that she advertised in the Times for a situation, and the advertisement was answered by Mrs. Morgan, who told her that she hal a situation of a superior kind, with high wages, that she thought would suit. That if she placed her name on the books she would have to pay 2s. Gd., and 2s. Gd. more if suited. Mrs. Morgan then wrote to a lady at Birkenhead, and received an answer that she would suit, and the lady took up her character, but afterwards thinking she would not suit, sent to the office a Post-office order for in consequence of the trouble she had put her to. She was then asked at the office to sign the order, and to pay ss. out of the money, but in demurring the person at the office got the money and handed her 17s. 6d., deducting 2s. 6d. altogether. The lady at Birkenhead had informed her that Mrs. Morgan was amply paid, having received 10s. from her for what trouble she had taken. News of the occurrence was at once telegraphed to Euston, and Mr. Neal, the superintendent of the line, was soon on the spot, and through his active exertions the lines were cleared and the traffic proceeded as usual. The only inconvenience occasioned was the delay in the arrival of the trains at the Euston terminus. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he could not do anything, but he hoped publicity would be given to the matter, as it was nothing short of robbery. He would advise the applicant to have nothing more to do with re gistry-offices, but to inquire for a situation amongst any trade's people she might know. The passengers and guard all travelled with the train to London, so we are fortunately spared the painful task of recording another terrible railway accident attendant with great loss of life and the destruction of railway carriages. The above is a correct statement of the facts, gathered from the best and most authentic source of information. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1865. MONTHLY PERIODICALS, THE St. JAMES'S MAGAZINE.—The continuation of Miss Braddon's novel of " The Lady's Mile " brings the fortunes of Lady Cecil to a crisis in which Mr. O'Boyneville comes off triumphant. The story shows all its authoress's usual brilliancy and know ledge of the world, and offers the reader a plot which posseses as yet no clue to the denouement. J. Scoffern, the scientific contributor, gives us an article on " Artificial Illumination," which initiates us into the mysteries of the manufacture of can dles of various kinds, with their component parts of stcarine and oleine. The employment of magnesium for illuminative purposes inaugurates, so the writer thinks, a new era in artificial light dispensing. Many difficulties remain to be conquered before it can become serviceable for domestic purposes, but it stands in good stead to the photographer. "No light," says Mr. Scoffern," artificially produced so nearly resembles sunlight as that evolved from burn ing magnesium, whence its great utility for photo graphic purposes, under circumstances precluding the sun from standing in aid. Thus the dark crypts and recesses of Egyptian pyramids have lately been made the subject of photographic illustration, though no sun-ray ever penetrated the mummy laden air of those chambers of death." It is easy to see of what invaluable assistance to the photographer such an agent must be, though to how many pur poses it is capable of extension remains to be yet discovered. " Forgotten Romances" is a brief paper on the ancient chivalric history of " Amadis de Gaul," together with its more modern limitations, by Mlle. de Scuderi and others. Of the fair French romancist an amusing anecdote is related. She was' travelling with her brother in Provence, during the time of writing her romance of " Cyrus the Great." While staying at a small country inn they dis cussed the progress of the work, and M. de Scuderi asked his sister what she intended to do with Prince Mazare, one of her characters. They con sidered the question, and finally decided that he should be assassinated. Some tradesmen in the next room overheard their conversation, and be lieving Mazare to be a real character, they gave information to the authorities. The romancist and her brother were arrested, and had considerable trouble to exonerate themselves from the suspicion of- an in tended crime. The first part of an article on " Masters and Servants" is full of amusing anecdotes respecting the system of percentage. A tailor, ,who was famous for liveries, only once made a mistake. He took unusual pains with an order for liveries, which happened to be the first from that quarter, but to his horror the next day, the gentleman who gave the order came in his carriage to the shop say ing the liveries were such misfits that he was ashamed to let men go out with him. The secret, as the tailor saw at a glance, lay in the putting on of the coats, and asking the master to allow the men to step into his room he said he would take out a thread or two and make all right. This he very soon accomplished while professing to examine the waistcoats by inserting half a sovereign into the pockets of each. The same tradesman, however, was not always so fortunate, having mistaken a peeress for her housekeeper, and made her a pre sent of half a sovereign, which secured his dismissal instead of his customer. An account of " Jamaica of To-day" will be read with interest at this time, though it does not relate in any way to the recent outbreak. We have only the first part in this number, however, and the picture of the social and political condition of the island is not with out its moral. " The Village Doctor," by the author of " Shirley Hall Asylum" is continued not without interest, and Paul Fdval's somewhat extravagant romance of the Black Coats proceeds in true French fashion. A paper on " Coast Lights" is worth reading in these days, when the protection of our vessels has become an object of general anxiety, and many of the details given of the construction of various light-houses and light vessels are full of interest. TEMPLE BAR.—" Sir Jasper's Tenant" is com pleted in this instalment, and thus the readers of this periodical will miss au old friend in the new year. For vivid delineation and exciting interest this story may hold its place among any of its re markable predecessors, and, in some respects, it is more finished, and its style is perfect in its character. " David Chantrey" is also finished this month in as satisfactory a manner as could be expected from the many confusions into which the hero has got by his mismanagement and perversity. A touching scene is that in which the last hours of poor little " Emmie" are described, and it affords a redeeming instance of softness in David's otherwise too im petuous and violent demeanour. " Land at Last" reaches a climax, and the very eccentric Margaret leaves the unfortunate Geoffrey to his fate, and de parts from the home which she rendered miserable by her gloomy fits and want of interest in the events around her. " Among the Esquimaux" is a very readable article, which presents us with most entertaining accounts of the remarkable region and race to which it refers. The doings of Captain r.--. 4.1.1.31 are spoken or in appropriate terms of commendation, and the reader cannot fail to appreciate the earnest and enthusiastic manner in which this subject is treated. It is truly said that it is " appalling to contemplate" the condition of the Arctic people, their taskmaster is the relent less ice, and they have to make strenuous efforts to appease the pangs of terrible hunger, most terrible there, with no warmth or ease or comfort to allay its virulence. It is correctly stated at the close of these impressive remarks that the " mystery of the place, and purpose in creation of the Innuit race ranks high among unexplained problems. They do not resist the hardships of their lives, as they must have formerly, and it seems probable that in no very long lapse of time they may pass completely away, and the solitude of the ice-kingdom be restored to its first unmolested grandeur, as it was when " No ships went o'er the waters wide, No boat with oar or sail, But the wastes of the deep wero tenanted By the dragon and the whale." "Two Poets of England" presents us with a grap hi c description of William Wordsworth and Walter Savage Landor. It is curious to turn back to the long career of the latter. His early manhood be longed to " a time whose deeds seem obliterated by later events; a time before the great actors whom this generation admires had ever stepped upon the stage." " Neither Wordsworth nor Landor pos sessed that lyrical faculty which crowns the supreme singer," we are told, but, without it, they entirely justified Goethe's theory of " occasional poems." " Patents and Patentees" contains some useful re- marks on a topic that is constantly engrossing atten tion nowadays, namely, the " perils that await the innocent vendors of articles, owing to the uncer tainty of patent law." " Carl Maria von Weber" is the subject of an interesting article that leads us to the contemplation of the career of a singularly gifted man, and one whose melodious echoes still survive to perpetuate his memory and keep vernal his fame. There is something painfully affecting in the descriptions here given of his last days. He struggled on in weariness and loneliness, hoping to return home to his family to end his days, but it was not to be. He died in England, and was interred at Moorfields, but subsequently his remains were transported to Dresden, where his memory h as re ceived the homage which was denied to him during his living presence. LONDON SOCIETY.—This magazine, as usual, presents us with varied contents and animated sketches, being one of the most brilliant among the many contributions to periodical litera ture. " Furnished Apartments" is an entertain ing sketch, that relates the strange adventures that befel some hapless lodgers, and discloses some dark mysteries incidental with furnished apart ments. The tale is told in a vivid manner, and the descriptions are good throughout. Some of the Bonifaces who assume the part of landlords will not be pleased to find themselves here deli neated. " George Venn and the Ghost" is a curious tale, which narrates a most remarkable in cident that was illustrated by a living portrait at a very appropriate time, but not under the mo st plea sant circumstances. " Ten Shillings a Night 'is the title of some expressive verses , that are most ably illustrated. Many selfish daughters of fashion might blush to look at this speaking sketch of their vanity and heartlessness. " A poor friend it is ton to forget" is the text of the discourse, and it is truly a very voluminous theme to descant upon. "To a Lady's Portrait," with an illustra tion, brings before us some very pretty verses, most b efe ludicrous a written with spirit and feeling, and marked by a would bel hero in that line. He convul se d th e company flowing and melodious style. " Fast and Fi rm " ian Art" is thatis the name of a romantic story, that ends hap pily for all parties concerned. " A Short Novi ciate chronicle t 1 0 - 1 the r t . e l' h l e misadventuresp with rage, and got involved • in many serious affairs, before he retired from a vocation for which he was eminently unfitted •in every respect. " Little Dinners" contains some excellent advice to those whose position precludes tempting great things, but who are very apt to make mistakes in the art of managing them. It is wisely said that to intrust the " success of a din . ner to a single person is to incur a certain failure." Most ingenious descriptions are given, and the thillest must needs gain some insight into the mysteries of dining when they study this comprehensive little sketch. CORNHILL.—" Wives and Daughters" is continued, and the lively interest with which the readers re garded it formerly is now blended with a sorrowful feeling, when they reflect that the hand which penned its graceful sketches is now cold, and that never again can they hope to meet with a successor LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Justice Black. burn and a Common Jury.) 3IATTHEWS V. GOODMAN. ____ . This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a working painter and plumber, for compensation for injuries sustained by the alleged negligence of a man in the employment of the defendant, who is a van proprietor. Ev - idenee having been given in support of the rlaintiff's case, - The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £3O. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ;Sittings at Nisi Prius, before the Lord Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) O'LEARY V. M'DERBY. This was an action brought by Albert O'Leary and his wife for false imprisonment, defamation, &c., to which the defendant pleaded not guilty. An arrangement was made between the learned counsel, by which the defendant apologised for his conduct, and agreed to a verdict for £3O damages. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) BROWN V. BROWN. This case came before the court on a petition of the wife for dissolution of marriage with her hus band, who was the member of a lace manufacturing firm at Norwich, on the ground of adultery a,nd. cruelty. At the trial the adultery was clearly esta blished, and the only question was as to whether the conduct of the respondent to his wife was such as to amount to legal cruelty, and the Court re served judgment. His lordship at the sitting of the Court this morn ing said that he thought it was desirable, before he decided this case, to go through the evidence which had been adduced at the trial most carefully with regard to the point upon which he had reserved judgment. The married life of the petitioner had been one continued scene of patience and trial and of fruitless hope, for the vice of drunkenness in her husband was developed early, and maintained itself until the 15th of Tic aliun j uesertea Der. .0 was needless to recount the details of the respon dent's conduct, or the circumstances connected with the illness of the petitioner in April, 1863, alleged to have been caused by the misconduct of the re spondent. It could not be shown that there was any violence on the part of the respondent towards his wife, or any threat of that character such as to constitute legal cruelty, and the Court could not out of sympathy to the wife indulge its feelings at the expense of unsettling the precedent established by cases already decided. The vice of drunkenness could not be held legally to be a sufficient ground for obtaining judicial separation. His lordship then carefully reviewed all the points in the evidence bearing out the charge of cruelty, and said he con sidered that the respondent had without using per sonal violence so misconducted himself by other acts as to establish the cruelty. He, therefore, made a decree nisi with costs against the respondent. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow). IN RE WILDISH-A COURT MILLINER AND HER ARISTOCRATIC CUSTOMERS. This bankrupt was described as a Court milliner and lace dealer, of 9, Mount-street, Grosvenor square, and to-day she applied to pass her last exa mination and for the order of discharge. The debts are £1,733, and deficiency about £l,OOO. Amongst the debtors are the Crown Princess of Prussia, the Marchioness of Hastings, Lady Rendleshaw, the Countess of Cardigan, the Countess of Fife, and numerous other members of the aristocracy, who have paid the claims against them since the bank ruptcy. Mr. Lawrence appeared for the assignees. Mr. Chidley represented the bankrupt, who, however, did not appear when the case was called on. After some delay, Miss Wildish appeared, and Mr. Lawrence said he was instructed to ask for further accounts. The bankrupt, in answer to Mr. Lawrence, stated that she had informed a creditor she expected a legacy under the will of her uncle ; but as it had not been witnessed, it was not carried out. The bank rupt expected that the amount of her interest would be about £6OO. That interest was now gone. The Countess of Fife owed bankrupt £BB. Mr. Lawrence read a letter from the Countess of Fife to the effect that the bankrupt had valuable lace belonging to her ladyship, and until it was re turned the account would not be paid. The Marchioness of Townshend also declined to pay her account for the same reason. The bankrupt said that a Miss Bray held the lace upon which she had a lien for repairs. Mr. Lawrence then read letters from the Mar chioness of Hastings and another lady, after which the case was adjourned. SHERIFFS' COURT. CARNABY V. STACEY. 'This was a suit of ejectment, in which the plain tiff sought to recover possession of certain premises in Skinner-street, Snow-hill. Mr. Jones appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Buchanan representing the defendant. The facts of the case are somewhat peculiar, and are as follows :—The plaintiff, who was sub-landlord of the premises, let them some time ago to defendant, under an unstamped agreement. Defendant continued to pay his rent regu larly until the time that the Corporation gave notice to the head landlord that they should treat for the premises on a certain day, as the house was required for the Holborn valley improvements. Upon this the head landlord informed plaintiff that he might continue to occupy the place without pay ing any rent, and plaintiff, in his turn, gave defendant notice that he might continue to occupy rent free. In course of time plaintiff received notice from the corporation to treat for compensation, and he then wished defendant to quit, but Mr. Stacey also wanted compensation, and refused to go. Under these circumstances the present proceedings were taken. Mr. Buchanan contended that the moment plain tiff had received notice to treat from the corpora tion he had no further interest in the premises, which had departed from him. His Honour ruled that the property had passed from the plaintiff and belonged to the corporation. Under all the circumstances plaintiff would be non suited with costs. Liverpool Cotton Market—This ray. The Cotton Market continues very steady. Sales 15,000 bales or more. WESTMINSTER. A MONSTROUS PROCEEDING.—A man, about 40 years of age, giving the name of John Boyd, was charged with ringing at the bells of private houses while in a state of drunkenness. Thomas Killeen, police-constable, said—l found this man ringing the bell at 15, Lowndes-square, and after remaining there two or three minutes he left the door and went to 22, where he again rung the bell. I went up and asked him what business he had to ring the bells, when he told me that he came on an errand, but he supposed the people had gone to bed. Defendant—l had no other view in going to these houses but to obtain relief. Policeman—As I found he was drunk, I took him to the station. Defendant—lt was my necessity took me to these houses. Mr. Arnold—What time was it ? Policeman—A quarter past one in the morning. Defendant—l had applied some days ago to the Strand Union and could not get relief. I used to carry a board, but it did not obtain me half a 1111.. Arnold—What do you say to being drunk ? Defendant—l don't .think I was drunk. I had only had a little beer. Mr. Arnold—Don't think you were drunk? Defendant—Not what would be called thoroughly drunk. Mr. Arnold—So not being what would be called thoroughly drunk you had the impudence to go at a quarter-past one in the morning and disturb per sons to solicit alms in this way. Begging is at all times an offence, but it is monstrous that a man should go to respectable houses, and ring the bells in the dead of the night to follow it. I shall treat you for unlawfully ringing these bells, and in de fault of paying a fine of 20s. I shall commit you for 14 days. THAMES. ROBBING A SAILOR OF HIS WATCH AND MONEY. —Caroline Hayward alias Auld, and Jane Goding, were charged with stealing 22 sovereigns and a silver watc from William .Nomson, a sailor, at No. 1, Gun-lane, Limehouse. . - . The prosecutor and a shipmate named Levi llonet met with the prisoner Hayward on Friday evening last, and accompanied her and another girl to the house of the woman Goding. Honet had no money about him and very little property. He borrowed some silver of Nomson, and asked him +. btat, 2tvIUSUII balti. tie was able to take care of his own. He was " put to bed" like a child, and fell asleep directly. He awoke next morning and made the unpleasant discovery that all his money, 22 sovereigns, had been taken from his trousers pocket, and his watch from his coat pocket. He demanded his watch and money, and the old woman Goding abused him, and shoved him out of the house. He made known his loss to the police, and Henry Hayward, No. 401 K, went to No. 1, Gun-lane, and found the sailor's empty purse, his necktie, and pipe on the bed on which he slept. He afterwards arrested Hayward, who said, " I am taken into custody again inno cently." She was tried for a similar offence some time ago, and then acqu itt e d. G o di ng came to the vicinity of the court this morning to inquire after the other woman, and Hayward took her into cus tody. He found £2 2s. 4d. on her, and ss. 4d. only on the younger woman. In cross-examination, Nomson said he had given the girl Hayward a half-sovereign, and then had 22 sovereigns left. The - prisoners were committed for trial. ALLEGED CRUELTY AT SEA.—Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, applied to Mr. Paget for five summonses against Captain Neilson, the master of the ship Cingala, lying in the West India Dock, for assault ing five of his crew at sea ; one man was savagely beaten on the head with a bar of iron and severely wounded. He was laid up two months afterwards, and was not entirely recovered now. Four other men had been kicked and knocked about. He should ask for five summones that the whole of the cases should be inquired into. Nothing occurred on the voyage to justify the ill treatment of the sailors. .Mr. Pag e t gran t e d fi ve summonses against Cap. tam Neilson. ID A E N T T T I E Ty m PLEAD a H ro l n S G l‘ V us A i rt l w ' Y j o ß V- h ot a ß sE y K ß o v . un A g N D m a ll n l I w sT h A o K d E e N . scribed hims e lf as a labourer, was brought before Mr. Woolry c h f or final examnation, charged with assaulting William Godings in the Waterloo-road, and attempting to rob him of his watch and chain. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that a little before one o'clock on the morning of Sunday the 26th ult. he was passing the York Hotel, at the corner of the Waterloo and York roads, where there were several men standing. One of them rushed at him and made a snatch at his watch and chain, and they had a struggle, but he did not succeed in robbing him. Prosecutor was then proceeding along when the prisoner rushed up to him and struck him a violent blow on the mouth, and at the same time seized hold of his watch chain. They had a struggle at the corner of Tennison street, and the prosecutor secured his watch, when the prisoner ran down the street into the Waterloo road. He pursued him and caught hold of him, when they had another struggle ' but the prisoner got away, and ran towards the bridge. He followed him, and meeting a constable, he gave him into custody. In cross-examination by the prisoner, the prose cutor said he was rather intoxicated at the time, and might have rolled against some of the men at the corner of York-road, but he was positive that one of them snatched his watch, and after he left the prisoner came up and struck him. They then had a fight, and he gave the prisoner the worst of it. The prisoner here denied the accusation. He was going along the Waterloo-road towards home, when the prosecutor suddenly pounced upon him, and said " You have got my watch." He told him he knew nothing about his watch, when the prose cutor struck him in the mouth. He (prisoner) then ran for a constable, and seeing one near the bridge wanted to give the prosecutor in charge for assault ing him, but the prosecutor charged him with attempting to steal his watch, and ho was taken to the station house. 189 L said that both of them were bleeding about the mouth as if they had been fighting, and the prisoner first asked him to take the prosecutor in charge for assaulting him. The prosecutor then charged the prisoner with attempted highway rob bery. The prisoner was very drunk. Mr. Woolrych was positive no jury would convict on the prosecutor's testimony ; therefore he dis charged the prisoner. NEW THEATRE, EDINBURGH.—The Theatre Royal, successor to the Queen's Theatre Royal, which was destroyed by fire in Edinburgh a short time since, was opened for the first time on Saturday evening. There was a tremendous "house," and the lessee and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.Wyndhani, wer e received with the war mes t wel come as they came forward to speak au opening address . A new act-drop by Mr. Telbin was received with universal expressions of delight. to this interesting and instructive sketch of real life. Morley is improving, while Guthrie is stand ing still, or at any rate quite behind her sister. Doubts and difficulties are still before the doctor's daughter ; but we may hope to find them all past and dissipated before the finale arrives. Lady Harriet is a very natural sketch, and her genuine kindliness of heart is displayed in spite of her conventional education and her absurd surround.. ings. " Armadale" is as mystic as ever, and the detestable Miss Gwilt concocts some new and elaborate scheme, which will doubtless be more fully divulged in a future number. How any one with the gift of common sense could be taken in by such a character seems strange, but 'it is true that unac countable influences do prevail, and thus cause dis asters to individuals and injury to the interests of society. " Recollections of the Life of Joseph Heywood and some of his Thoughts about Music" is the title of a lively and well-written sketch, that affords us a glimpse of the days that are o'er. " The Family of Temple" is an interesting article, that nowadays, especially, will insure attention and regard. It is said, in conclusion, that no intention exists to write the biography of the third Viscount Palmerston, lately gene from among us. "To us, for all immediate purposes, he is neither a Whig nor a Tory, but a Temple, ' the last fruit of an old tree,' as Mr. Landor called his latest book, the final pro duct of a race of English gentry. We have sketched the persons and fortunes of his house, to show that the kind of strength and sagacity, liveli ness of mind, and felicity of temperament, which made his success, were really the sources of the successes of his ancestry, and that if he was empha tically English, it was by dint of being in his own person a bit of English history." " The Old Show man" is a curious sketch of old Richardson. The days of showmen are over, but it is well to s n at c h the doings of this remarkable personage from the shadows of time. " Ronda Fair" is an interesting description of some travelling adventures, that are told in an entertaining style, and afford the reader a good idea of the curious customs of the people thus vividly and vivaciously put before him. THE ENGLISHMAN'S MAGAZINE.—The story of " The Old Pagoda Tree" is brought to a conclusion, -and the scene in the Temple Cave is vividly de scribed. We have another tale in verse from the - Moorish, but the general character of `the magazine is solid. There is an article on Swedenborgianism and another on the "Exploration of the Holy Land," " Waifs from the Dialogues of Plato " are continued, as also " Physical Studies," and there are several other papers of more or less ability. THE SHILLING MAGAZINE. The story of "Phemie Keller," told graphically and eloquently by an author who has already won some laurels, is the first and most prominent feature in the Shilling Magazine. The other novel which is running on, though clever, is not altogether pleasing, and the story of the " Wild Flower of Ravensworth " seems likely to be as melancholy as that of Phemie her self. The " Political Situation of Vienna " is dis cussed at length by Bonamy Price, who believes it to be embarrassing, arduous, and obscure, but not hopeless in its aspects. Three clever illustrations to " Enoch Arden " are sketched from the forth coming volume of the Laureate's poems, while the ghost lover will be fully gratified in the account of " The Spectral Rout," which combines a human with a supernatural interest. The present state of German literature forms the subject of an Interest ing essay. It is remarked in the course of it that the Germans have taught the English themselves a lesson in the study of Shakspere. Miss Power tells us a graceful love story in verse, and there is an amusingaccount of a night spent in the Coliseum, which is not without its moral, and reminds one of the Englishman's adventure in Washington Irving's " Sketch-book." THE ARGOSY. A Magazine for the Fireside and the Journey. No. I.—Another little craft has been launched among the numerous competitors who sail in the regatta of serial literature ; and, judging from its first appearance, always a trying occasion, it stands a good chance of carrying off a share of the prizes. It has plenty of rivals certainly—six penny, shilling, and three-and-sixpenny—grave, gay, lively, and severe; fashionable, metaphysical, scientific, and romantic • some principally compiled from the resources of France and America, others indisputably original in the manner and matter of their contents; some clever and interesting; others, dare we say, tedious and stupid ; some very danger ous rivals, others in reality no rivals at all ; but we are candidly of opinion that the Argosy, whose name is the most pretentious part about it, is as likely as any of them to obtain that " fair wind of popular favour " which is so diligently sought in its prospectus. It starts with the advantage of a very efficient crew, commanded, it would seem, by an equally able officer. Charles Reade, Alexander Smith, Frances Cobbe, George Macdonald, Jean Inglelow, and Isa Craig have already won the honours of their profession in more or less degree, and are certainly not likely to lose them by their performances on hoard the Argosy %Vo have fi rst the introductory chapters of a story by Charles Reade, entitled " Griffith Gaunt." It is written with his usual graphic power, and promises one of those entangled webs of domestic history which he so well knows how to weave. " The Round of Life in Bokhara," so pleasant to its inhabitants that they believe it to be the most agreeable city in the world, is pleasantly sketched by Arminius Vambery, although he is not quite of the Bokhara way of thinking. Matthew Browne comes boldly to the charge against comfortable materialism with " An .Apology for the Nerves." There is such a preju dice against the nerves, he says, that even the muscles are preferred to them. A nervous Chris tian would be far more comprehensible than a mus cular Christian. The fat man again is only laughed at, while the nervous man is disliked. " But is it Fat," he asks indignantly, " that has been the chief benefactor of the human race ? Was it a fat man that invented printing? Was it a fat man that discovered the circulation of the blood ? Was George Stephenson fat ? Julius Caesar, though for his own selfish ends he preferred fat men about his person, was he fat himself ?" And so he goes on, indignantly pointing out that fat Falstaff was not a respectable character, and that Hamlet, who was fat, was a very undecided young man, and that the only fat financier known is Mr. Hudson, the railway king. " The nation would not trust its income with a fat man ; it knows better. It is with nervous men that we trust our money, and it is from nervous men that we expect all that makes money worth having." The old fable of " Eyes and no Eyes" might rather be, argues he, " nerves and no nerves," for the nervous man sees more in what goes on around him than any other does." " The Infiorata of Genzano" describes to us one of those graceful and beautiful customs which flourish better among the uneducated peasantry of the land of beauty and art than among the most refined and cultivated classes of any less favoured country. " The Natural History of Scotchmen" 'demurs to the popular belief that there is only one type of character north of the Tweed—though, to say the truth, the varieties which the writer enumerates are not very attrac tive. " A Journey Re-journeyed " is a pleasant paper, half sketch, half story, giving a young tra veller's first impressions of the Alps. "An Essay on an Old Subject," by Alexander Smith, will make many a reader smile and sigh, for it treats of " growing old," that transition from youth to middle age, not pleasant when contemplated in losses. bliss ad vantagesthe an d compensation t hough really forbringingits ita ev lublaeu F , 66 e T nn h t e ribu eni te a s n a s thoughtful poem, "On Board the Argosy," in of B a I C I yta b g me givesu ck y ; us " aann account Isa- C r o e f i which she tells us that " Our thoughts are ships that go, Blown by a breath, and with their fit words freighted, All up and down the world," and carries the simile out in due poetic fashion. There are also some graceful verses by Jean Ingelow on " The Wanderings of the Sand Mar tins," and several other pleasant items of contents. THE VICTORIA MAGAZINE. ---The Victoria has a more attractive title-page than usual. It opens with a memoir of Cornelia Goethe, the sister of the poet, who died early, and was much beloved by him. A paper on artificial flower-makers, founded on the revelations of the Children's Employment Commis sion, is very well worth reading, and it shows how the most graceful and lightest of trades may grow fatal in overwork. " The Civil and Political Status of the Female Sex" is continued, and still treats of the woman's position among the early Germans. The second part of the essay on Mr. Ruskin's recent volume is given, and the three romances which are flowing in from month to month proceed smoothly enough. LE FOLLET.—Bright and graceful as ever, the fair dames in Le Follet smile down from its graceful pages, and amid all the changes of season and cos tume look unchangeably charming. The letterpress is pretty and attractive enough, devoted, as usual, to love and romance in various guise. GOOD WORDS.—This well-written serial closes the year in its usual fashion, and gives us the last chapters of Mr. Kingsley's " Hereward," and Alex ander Smith's novel of " Alfred Hagart's House hold ;" also the conclusion of its editor's Eastward Journeys, and of Mr. Kaye's Indian Heroes. Si r John Herschel gives us the third and final part of his essay on Light,- and there are other subjects pleasantly and profitably treated. THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE.—Edited by Thomas Guthrie, D.D.—This is a very nicely-printed and well-intentioned miscellany, very suitable for dis tribution among the working classes. It is of a more directly religious character than " Good Words," and does not quite reach the latter's happy superio rity to all sectarian feeling. But there is plenty in ~-~~ .~ .: ~~~ .~~ it which all may read with pleasure, and which will commend itself to readers of very opposite ways of thinking. THE ECLECTIC.—The contents this month take a wide range, from Robertson of Brighton, to the Maharajah sect in Western India, from Danish literature, to the Methodists of the Backwoods, and it is prOportionately interesting to the reader, since the subjects are, as usual, treated with clearness and ability. THE BOYS' OWN MAGAZINE. THE BOYS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—Mr. Beeton's two pleasant serials are still as attractive as ever. They are not boys books of such reading as boys really like and would naturally choose, full of exciting narratives, of hair breadth 'scapes and snares, and perils of flood and field, with anecdotes of natural history and natural science, and many another wonder in art and nature. THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.--A new story is begun in this part, besides the many others that are going on. The career of Louisa of Prussia is the subject of a brief sketch, and there are articles on the manners and customs of the Cubans, Russian markets and bazaars, and George Fox, the founder of Quakerism. The seventh p art of Popular Phy siology is devoted to the nerves. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE —This Day. READING RACES—This DAY. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WHIT ELEY STAKES. .. 1 Sportsman Sir Bobby Serious Case White Stockings PLATE OF 50 SOVS. Knighton Belle Stiletto SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'-YESTERDAY. DERBY. 7to 1 agst Lord Lyon (offered) Bto 1 agst Rustic (offered) 9to 1 agst Student (offered) 25 to 1 agst Redan (taken) 25 to 1 agst Auguste (offered) 30 to 1 agst Stabber (taken) 33 to 1 agst Bribery colt (taken) 50 to 1 agst Maravedis (taken) 50 to 1 agst Midsummer colt (taken) 66 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent (taken) 66 to 1 agst Artesian (taken) 66 to 1 agst Duke of York (taken) 100 to 1 agst Raven (taken) 100 to 1 agst Tom King (taken) 100 to 1 agst Miss Lavinia colt (taken) AQUATICS. SCULLERS' RACE FOR £lOO. The contest between Kilsby, of the Old Barge house, and Thomas Wise, of Hammersmith, came off yesterday, although the cutting south.. easterly wind was not at all calculated to heighten the pleasure of out-door amusements. The stakes were £lOO, and the course was from Putney to Barnes Bridge. The usual preliminaries were gone through, and at a quarter-past three both men rowed to their respective stations, Wise takingthe Middlesex shore, and Kilsby the opposite. At starting Wise took the lead, and gradually increased it to between two and three lengths off the Crab Tree. Nothing oc curred of anyimportance until the two men reached Chiswick Eyot, where several barges lying off there caused Wise to go outside the craft, and Kilsby, by rowing inside, was enabled by that lucky chance considerably to decrease the lead of his opponent, but when they cleared the barges Wise was still leading by about two lengths, which he soon in. creased to six or eight. After they crossed the water, which was very lumpy, Wise was completely at sea, as we may say, as he seemed to be entirely at a loss how to get through the surf. Kilsby seeing the difficulty in which his opponent was involved put on an ex tra spurt, and seemed as if he was going to over haul him, but, nearing the bridge, the water was somewhat smoother, and thus Wise was enabled to row in a winner by about two lengths. Betting at starting was 2 to 1 on Wise, but during the race 20 to 1 was bet ou hint. The Fenian Trials. DUBLIN, Monday. The trial of O'Leary was resumed this morning. Several witnesses were examined. Their evidence was mostly the same as that on the trial of Luby. Mr. Butt commenced his . ,defence for the prisone r at half-past four. He minutely explained the law bearing on the case, and adjured the jury not to be swayed by the disgrace which the prisoner's connec tion with the Irish People might attach to him in their minds. On this O'Leary interrupted him, saying he considered his connection with that paper no disgrace. Mr. Butt complimented him on the manliness of his avowal, and admitted he himself thought more of some articles in that paper than many in other journals of slavish loyalty. The Solicitor-General replies to-morrow morning, and the case is likely to conclude in the course of to morrow. Aylward, a clerk in the General Valuation-office, was arrested to-day. Several documents of a revo lutionary character were found on his person. He was brought up and remanded. MARKETS—This Day. HAY. SMITHNEELD.—Meadow hay, £4 4s to £5 lOs; clover, £5 5s to £6 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. Trade quiet. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, £4 4s to £sl2s 6d; clove; £5 5s to £6 15s Od ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per load. A slow demand. WILITECHAPEL — Meadow hay £4 4s to £5 108 ; clover, £5 bs to £6 10s Od ; and straw, £1 16s to £2 Os per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEA. —There has been a very limited inquiry, the trade having deferred their operations until the public sales, which commence to-day, when about 1,800 packages will be offer ed, 12,000 of which are declared without reserve. SUGAR.- -The market continues very dull, and quota tions generally remain unaltered. COFFEE.—A fair demand has prevailed for plantation and native Ceylon, and late rates aro in most instances maintained. RlCE.—Business has been inactive, and prices remain unaltered. persons assembledTu N s o E BRIDGE. n w e s tm bridge at 12 o'clock whi Friday h witn ess a r unning . nuAmbFerooTof ßCE 0 0 i N WESTMINSTER to undertook to run the length of W match against time, r. stmins Bartlett , tr Westminster-bridge cricketer, undertook the time occupied by the Victoria e clock e in - chiming g the n four quarters and striking the midnight hour. The belting was six and seven to four on Mr. Bartlett, who started on the western side of the bridge, at the base of the clock tower, and passed the winning-post at the tenth stroke of the hour. THE CASE OF MADA3IE VALENTIN.—In the in quiry into circumstances connected with this well known case, before Master Pollock yesterday, Mr. Day, barrister, applied on behalf of the Bouillons for an adjourn ment of the inquiry until after the indictments against Mr. Hall, their attorney, had been tried in the Queen's Bench. Mr. Leverson, the attorney on behalf of Madame Valentin, objected to the postponement on the ground that the in dictments could not be tried before the sittings after Hilary Term, and in all probability, would not come on until after Trinity Term. The late decision in the Court of Exchequer, postponing the judgment of the Court in the Bouillons' applicat ion for a new tria l until after the termination of the case of " Valentin v. Hall," had been as prejudicial to Madame Valentin as an adverse decision wo uld have been, and the general system of delay which adoptedinthew ho m le as m te a r tte v r ohllaodc beenk said he must most de trimentalha dbeen t o er interests . f o llow the example set him by th e C ourt of which he was an officer, and must postp one any further inquiry until after the indictments in the Court of Queen's Bench against Mr. Hall had been tried. THE MURDER AT BONN.—The Independance, Beige says :—" The assassination of Ott, the French man at Bonn, in a quarrel between soldiers and civilians, which attracted so much attention a few months since, and even occasioned diplomatic proceedings, has at last led to a re sult favourable to the demands of public opinion. Count Eulenburg, nephew of the Home Secretary in Prussia, one of the milita r y su spected of having given the victim the fatal blow to which he succumbed, has been sen tenced b y the court-martial which tried him to nine months' deten tion in a fortress. This is not much when the punishment is compared with the gravity of the offence, but it is a good deal when the position of the accused, his family re lations, the immunities which special tribunals are only too much disposed to grant, the privileges of the military in Prussia, and certain facts of the case which may be con sidered so many extenuating circumstances, are taken into account." 204 204 ►OO 100 luo 100 100 all 100 100 100 [lOO 2 100 100 190 100 100 1 , 0 100 100 a M . I:4i IC4 } 171 17 102 I