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trifling matters of detail, particularly in our failings, the resemblance becomes almost amusing. Before coming to these, I have to remark that we are neither of us a nation cf diplomatists. I do not think that we have as a nation ever taken kindly to the craft. I do not venture to say whether that which is deficient in us is a loss or a gain, but whether loss or gain the Danes are not more successful than we are. They cherish their personal independence in the same way as we do—their thoughts are outspoken— their press is free—a spy is a thing as unknown to them as it is to us—you scarcely meet a policeman in the streets, and if you do he has nothing in common with the self important sergeant-de-ville whom we in England so much dislike; oven the guards on the railway are "good fellows," and not overclad is their own importance; and wherever you go you feel that this fresh exhilarating northern air was not made to be breathed by men living under the terrors of a petty officialism. Then as to our failings in common. Their cooking is of the same unartistic kind as our own, and as far removed from French refinements ; their shops, like our own— though a change beitins i to take place in England in this respect—a: wanting in the brilliancy and arrangement, which with other nations so succEsen.illy attract the travel ling moths as they flutter about the continent. Indeed their character is like our own northern island, with its wealth deeply buried in it for those who care to pierce be low, and etaler, or the art of display, is not an instinct born with the Dane. There is also a want of method and management with them, as notwithstanding our great workshops and manufactories, and mercantile combina tions, I shall always contend that there is with us, and from the administration of a fleet down to that of an hotel I look upon both n ations as equally unsucces s f u l ; th oug h h ow much of the blame in some of these matters is to be laid on the shoulders of constitutional government I do not take on myself to decide. In a word, neither Danes nor Eng lishmen have been born diplomatists, or cooks, or haber dashers; but they both have a share of sound qualities, and not least amongst them a healthy love of individual reedom, which takes little account of any inconsistencies or inconvenience which may belong to it. The people of Denmark evidently won the heart and captivated the imagination of the youthful traveller—witness the closing passage of this his very interesting tribute to them : _ I have road of an Arcadia, but I never thought to have set ray foot within it. In all soberness of speech, the vir tues and happiness of this country would lead me to give this namo to it, were it not that in the very moment in which I first discover the picture, there is a dark eurtain which seems to be descending and blotting all out. I have read of a "patriot-army," of peasants, and ploughmen, and fishermen fighting for their country, and burying the care of self, and home, and family, in that deeper love; but ex cept in my dreams, I never thought to have seen what I only imagined from my school books. As I write, I feel that there is a bitter irony laughing through my words. My Arcadia is a prey to Uhlans and to Croats ; my patriot army stands on the eve of a trial— where perhaps the highest science and the fullest resources of war could not save them. Can I accredit them with either? Van I hope that we still live in days, in which patriot armies gain victories, and repulse the host of count less invaders ? Dark as are the clouds, and cruel as is the game which is being played out, however chances may fall, and whether I succeed in persuading you or not, I am determined to remain constant to my own belief, that I have both visited Arcadia, and seen a patriot army. Do you blame me in this 19th century for cherishing two such illusions, if illusions they are ? Among the many books recently published on Denmark and the Danes Mr. Auberon Herbert's "]Letters" may take high rank with the moat in teresting. MAGAZINE-DAY. BLACKWOOD.—The story of the " Chronicles of Carlingferd" is brought to a conclusion in this month's number, and the result at last arrived at is so far satisfactory. This story would have been better had it been more concentrated and the minor details not so elaborately dwelt upon. At the same lime, it well sustains the author's previous reputation as a novelist, and brings before us some very well-defined cha racters. One feels a sort of satisfaction in Frank Went worth succeeding to the Rectory of Carlingford, and thus becoming independent of his family, who did not use him well by any means. There is much in this simple xecord of everyday events to attract attention and interest. The writer has considerable power in de lineating character; and the petty jealousies, the small vexations, and the minute cares of daily life are all naturally put before us, The trifles that make the sum of human things arc too often neglected by the narrator of existence in fictitious tales, and this conduces greatly to the unreality which we often witness in works of a really superior charac ter in other respects, Cornelius O'Dowd continues his varied criticisms on divers subjects. The smartness and repartee which are so distinctly visible in this writer's pro ductions make their perusal a source of great entertainment, and cannot fail to prove attractive to the reader, no matter what his special tastes may be. Tony Butler is more eventful in this instalment than it has been hitherto, for the hero enters the duties of his mission, and fails most egregiously at the first start. The consequences of his unlucky adventure aro not yet disclosed to us, but the great ignorance displayed by Tony is really surprising. }lowever, it is by these absurd blunders, and great want of perspicuity, that so many serious mistakes occur ; and the manner in which M'Caskey contrives to possess himself of the despatch bag is very ingenious. " The Alphabeticale" is the title of a paper which is curious enough in its way, It alludes to that class of works whose contents are arranged according to the letter of the alphabet. It is observed that this belt-nags to modern times, and that simple as it now seems to our accustomed eyes, " Rome could no more pro duce such an article than she could print it if it were made." We meet with some instructive and interesting passages in this article which may give some valuable hints to those who study and compile to a great extent. It is mentioned that it is an error to imagine that only new works of refer ence are valuable, the old are often more fitted to the nature of the task before us, " Letters from the Principalities" concern Prince Couza's coup d'etat. Some of the details of this personage are very ludicrous; he has changed his Cabinet twenty times in five years, and the Chamber three times, because they had the impertinence to ask for a budget. 44 The City of Gold' , contains some very wise re flections on the subject of the present system. It is thus forcibly argued. 46 When the usual supply of gold is tem porarily diminished, why should our usual credit system be restricted in proportion and totally suspended 2 Of what use is credit, but to take the place of payments in coin? Was it not for this pu:pose, and for this alone, that credit and paper money were adopted r' These are truths that must one day be acknowledged. Yaxley and its Neighbourhood" in this number partakes of the sensational style, for some fearful events are recorded therein, and the story is evidently approaching a climax. Lizette is a pleasing girl, but rather too tame and yielding for the circumstances in which she • was placed. Lady Bend gives a good representation of what a girl may become who makes a wretched marriage in order to obtain rank afili wealth. " S e pt em b er — a D ay b y th e S ea, " Is a : pleasing sketch of holiday making, which may tempt many to for Low the advice here tendered, and betake them selves to nee seaside. 44 IVlaud Ruthyn and Uncle Silas" is continued at some length. It is one of those intricate and elaborate nar ratives in which the author excels, and it reveals D som e 11'3:Ireful phases of lif e t o th e not i ce of the reader. " Irish rasenoloi :y and F a i ry L ore " presents some entertaining run etch es, u led forms an agreea bl e var i ety to the general of topi CS discussed in periodicals. Many readers will h o glad of this opportunity of extending their knowledge onthis ateractive subject, which is h ero di s c usse d i n an in ter_resting form. " A T r i ad of French 'Writers" brings Ihics'ign literatur e t o v i ew ; an d it is a good feature in of other ma gazine that it end eavours t o put b e f ore us a gl i mpse att ainments than those achiev e d a t h ome . Ch ar l es de Beard is one here cited, and it is observed that of those called to their account during the last half century, there alrladefeaw ble ssed with su c h a biliti es, M . E dmun d A b out and poree '°e. rcle Gasparin are the others chosen for notice in this "of the foreign criticism. " Gallenga's Invasion of Dentratek" is a very latiou to th readable article ; and a lth oug h a ll me at unhappy war possesses a painful association, still most rrmders will be glad to have an opportunity of informing 'themselves thereupon. The feeling that should exist the p erusal is well particularised here. It is said that the veork concludes with days of mourning. " We f the v th ' s t "sae disapp o i ntment as when the novelist gives when le th °r3' in the b a ttl e of life to the unprincipled, and 5 virtuous re ti re from the stage in tears, and foul wrong T?rospers." There are some verses met with which diversiay the contents and add attraction to the perusal of the me.ge sine. They a re entitled "Rabelais' Feast, " and " The Burgundy Flask." FTstASEll._Fraser this month is hardly up to its usual standerd, We have a veryleng thened article of Dr. N ewman ' s " Apologia," a second paper on !bred 1 4 2 s po o r n t of the eonamission on P u b l i c Schools, partd . al so of "Notes on Dipl omacy an d T. hen th ere tutm Ilto story " all somewh a t so lid reading. ' is an essay the duties of a parish priest, and -an e:samination into then" of the Poor Lows," by Miss Frances.Cobbe, so tha l t n h sn e P w nY ho seeks for the plea sant and discursive readin usually so plentifully found between the drab-eolouregd leaves, must assuredly this month look eleewhere. Our old a friend, sea the " Campaigner est Homo," comes, it is t as sonable change, and 'the continuation of " Gilbert itugge,.. indicates two or three possible romances, but the whole character pf No 417 is certainly not lively, treading, indeed, on the heel of ness. Several of the articles are sensible and to the pose, however, and Miss Coitbe, who has tackled a some whatli upon our Poor arduous subject, is well worth hearin g law system. She is disappointed, as well she may be, at the Report of the Committee on Poor Relief, which leaves many evils untouched, and asks very justly hew it can be expected that busy shopkeepers and farmers meeting te r a few hours cues a week, can ernQiently regulate the affairs of twenty-two institutions of a totally different character, yet this is the task which the guardians of every large Union actually undertake. Miss Cobbe is well acquainted with her subject, which she has studied not only theoretically, but practically, and her comments upon the system, its physical and moral effects, and the improvements of which it is capable, are very well worth consideration. BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—The record of the strange and varied fortunes of John Law, of the Mississippi scheme, is in this number brought to a conclusion. Mr Ainsworth retains him as a hero to the end, not abandoning him in his hour of dis comfiture, after the fashion of more worldly admirers. " The Summer Tour of Signor Tomkins" nar rates sundry wonderful adventures which befell that worthy on the excursion to the Lessal bp and on other occasions. " Our Own Correspondent" continues his or her account of a winter in Washington, giving a pleasant insight into American life. It i curious, while the whole land is torn and desolated by the terrible and protracted struggle, to read of /4 t s and the dansat L.'s of mock statuary and tableaux viraurs. " A Blllat the Barrier" is an amu-ing anecdote of a mal-entenclu that ended pleasantly; while "Seven Years at the Opera" is a paper founded on a recent French work which is worth reading. " The Corsair's Bride" is concluded in the same serio-comic fashion which has already entertained its readers; while for more solid articles we have an essay by Francis Jacox, called "Side-wind Sallies of Spleen," and a notice of the memoirs of an almost forgotten diplomatist who in his time played . a busy part. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY.—Mrs Bushby COM' mences a new story entitled " Woodbury" in this Part, so that the lovers of fiction have little to com plain of, since "The Qaest" and " Strathmore" are still proceeding. The latter story is original and striking, although somewhat diffuse and exaggerated in style. The present chapters are among the most powerful that the author has given us, and seem to indicate a possi bility of his getting beyond his ordinary circle of passionate impulse and fashionable cynicism. " Cotton Possibilities," by Alexander Andrews, discusses a very weighty question, one which happily is on the road to a favourable solution. Mr Francis Jacox meets us here again with an essay that commends itself to the industrious artist of " Shadows," for it chreinicles sundry instances, real and fictitious, of the " British Affinities of the Human Face Divine." One of the most interesting articles in the number, however, is that on the correspondence of the unfortunate Marie Antoniette, which gives copious extracts from her familiar correspon dence, unveiling the secret unhappiness of the palace and the diadem. Cyrus Redding contributes an article on " Prussia and her Antecedents," in which he does not spare that unscrupulous and aggressive power. "Prussia," he says, "in her past and present history, reminds us of the Psalmist's query—' Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea mighty in power ?' Such dispensations are puzzling to our humanity in relation to natimal as well as to indi viduel action." The conclusion of the melancholy story of " The Young Officer in India" is the first part of a detailed account of the story of Hofer, the Tyrolese patriot, which is very different from the generally received versions. TEMPLE BAR.—" The Doctor's Wife" is con tinued, and Mrs Gilbert is turning over a new leaf all of a sudden and tries to be good ; she does net succeed very well though in her crude efforts. Isabel Gilbert was not devoid of good influences, although she appeared to all intents and purposes as if she did not care for appearances, and was almost reckless in her demeanour. Something mysterious will in all probability occur in the next number of this story, as the closing chapter is called by the significant title of "The First Whisper of the Storm." "The Streets of the World," by G. Sala, presents us this month with an inte resting sketch. "Boulogne, the Rue de l'Ecu" is the one chosen for present discussion, and the theme is a peculiar one. The street has changed its name of late years out of deferer ce to one who once played a strange part in that town, and now occupies a distinguished position in the world. The exile Louis Napoleon, end his Majesty the Emperor, as two very different personages, paid visits to Boulogne. They have been cleverly sketched here and many may be attracted by the graphic details put before them. " Oh, but the times were rarely changed I Into the town whence he had been haled away, the butt of fish women, the vagabond bondsman, the awful example of re fractory gamins--he the most refractory among them all— he came now a conqueror, and more than a king. His legions, mustering their tens of thousands, were encamped upon the heights around. lie who had been so near the halter could not bestow the grand cordon of the Legion of Honour on whomsoever he chose." "Towns on the Avon'' is a very charming sketch of beautiful places, written by one who evidently enters eon amore into his subject. It is sometimes surprising to think how many travel far and wide to survey the splendours of scenery, while the beauties of their own land are left unexplored. The remarks on vari ous topics are worth noticing. One is concerning Kenil worth Castle, where the porter "dwarfs one's ideas by clamouring for coppers. The land, I suppose is his lord ship's, tut the castle belongs to Sir Walter Scott and the British nation." "Broken to Harness" becomes very ex citing in this portion, and several schemes are progressing in various quarters that promise speedily to become exciting. " Penal Legislation" is a paper which takes rather a depre ciatory view of the bill passed last session relative to these matters, but does not make out a very good case in its cen soriousness. "Paid in Full" is continued, and various dis comfitures arise to several characters in the story. These are amusingly told, and especially the disappointment that occurs in the representation of Horace's play. This latter individual does not improve upon acquaintance by any means, and his behaviour to his wife is most unsuitable. " Weeds before Widowhood" is a peculiar tale, that exhibits some ingenuity on the part of the writer, but does not seem very probable. "The Dance of Death as a Mystery" is a peculiar sketch, that will very likely attract some readers by its quaintness, and contains some accounts of bygone customs that are curious to dwell upon. It is said that the "popularity of the 'Dance of Death,' setting forth death as dancing with persons of every age, rank, and condition, and dragging all inevitably after it, was so great in the fifteenth century that the subject was treated, and in some places may still be found existing, on the walls of cloisters and cathedrals, and other holy buildinge, in all parts of civilised Europe." MACMILLAN.—It is something new to find the vexed question of Schleswig-Holettin, which has puzzled statesmen, perplexed diplomatists, and irri tated politicians of every degree, raised into the domain of poetry, with which questions of German genealogy and Prussian greed would seem at first sight to have little to do. Yet this is the onerous duty faithfully discharged by Professor Max Muller, who exa mines into the language and poetry of the world famous Duchies. The editor continues his retrospective pictures of " Dead Men whom I have Known," giving in this in stalment his recollections of Dr Chalmers in middle life. Henry Kingsley continues his story of "The Hillyars and the Buttons," which, whatever its defects in an artistic point of view, cannot possibly be said to lack incident or animation. The chapters before us throw a light on the dark days of Sir George Hillyar's early history, and indicate the possibility of better times for Erne. " Girls' Schools," by Archibald Maclaren, of the Oxford Gymnasium, commends itself to the notice of parents and teachers. It is written in a clear simple style, showing the great injury to health which results from the regular practice of schools, the want of free active exercise for the growing limbs, the monotony of the food, the bad apportionment of the hours, &e. The deficiency of exercise is, however, to his mind the chief evil. Girls, he says, grow as rapidly as boys. " The laws of their development are the same—there is no single reason why they should be denied their share in this all important agent of health, yet the idea of making any provision for its em ployment, nay, the idea of employing it at all, seems never to have b2en contemplated. The two and two walk is the sole and single form of exercise that appears ever to have presented itself as being necessary or even de sirable. Can we wonder, then, that the hollow chest and twisted spine are so sadly frequent ? Is it strange that so few grow to womanhood either healthy er graceful. Is it not rather a matter of wonder that any should do so at all ? He advocates the introduction of playgrounds, with the use of such feminine games and sports as ball and battle door, grass hoops, skipping-ropes, and other pastimes, which might call the young frame a little more into action than the stiff and measured two and two walk. Those who ad mire eccentricities of dialect may turn to " At the Door," a Dorsetshire poem, and they who are interested in the for tunes of Colin Campbell will find the tenth part of " A Scn of the Soil" not inferior to its predecessors. THE ST. JAMES'S.—The second instalment of the indefatigable Miss Braddon's new story of " Only a Clod" opens this number, and introduces us to Francis Tredethlyn, now converted into an esquire and owner of his grim old uncle's estate. Curiously enough, too, the wheel of fortune brings him under the magic in fluence of fair Maude Hillary, the ladylove of his quondam master, Harcourt Lowther. The plot is as yet, of course, undeveloped ; but it is easy to see that these three charac ters, and little Susan Tredethlyn, the old man's disin herited child, will form the chief centre of interest. "The Dipplebury Scandal" is brought to a somewhat unsatisfac tory conclusion, inasmuch as the rogue of the piece escapes with a handsome fortune. It need not, however, be cen sured for improbability on that ground. The storytellers have yet another corner of the number in the continuation of " Working in the Dark," by Paul Feval, author of " The Duke's Motto," and in the narrative of a practical joke, which ended somewhat unpropitiously, to judge from its title, " How I lost my uncle's fortune." Dr Scoffern con. tributes a carefully written paper on Hydrophobia, em bodying a good deal of useful information ; and tlia " Queen's Messenger " tells us the details of the overland route to Constantinople. "Looking into Futurity" reveals some of the wiz trd'e secrets; and " Tentatives by the Laureate" is a somewhat severe criticism of the new volume of poems. LONDON SOCIETY.—The discomforts of life in the moors are vividly described by an adventurous damsel who determined to view everything through a romantic medium, has ventured into their wilds. " The Great Prizs" is an animated story of a French Lottery, and consists mainly of the recital of a lucky escape from some desperate and ingenious robbers. We have an agreeable paper setting forth the attractions of archery, which is nowbecoming one of the fashionable pas times, with more reason than many other devices for killing time. " The Tale of a Chivalrous Life" tells the story of the good knight, sans peur et sans reproche, the Chevalier Bayard, and a paper entitled " Gossip for the Holidays" mixes anecdote, incident, and illustration in the most hete rogeneous fashion. There is a long instalment of the prin cipal story, " The Ordeal for Wives," which chronicles strange changes. Mrs Tudor dies, and Esther Fleming, after breaking off her engagement with her returned love, spends a dreary year at her quiet country home, and finally starts in the world once more as nursery governess to the step-child of Milly Daehwcod. There are several other papers of varying merits, with lively verses, and the usual complement of graceful and spirited illustrations. THE SIXPENNY MAGAZINE.—A plentiful supply of light reading is, as usual, to be found in this magazine, and its resders cannot certain'y quarrel with the liberality of the banquet provided for them. The singular story of "Singed Moths" is continued, and the instalment strips the fair Mary of her temporary dignity as Indian Princess and ends the earthly career of the ambitious sheriff. " Barry O'Byrno" is the most conspicuous among the tales, and proceeds in its author's accustomed manner. 'We have another Ame rican love story, founded on the incidents of the war, a Greek tale, a paper on Hand Magic, an account of the burning of an East Indiaman, and numerous other articles. "Tom Engleduo's Adventures" is a light and amusing sketob, and "Remarkable Cases of Obesity" is the title of a paper which describes some cases that might puzzle Mr Banting. GOOD WORD3.—Wo hays here, as usual, a variety of pleasant reading, interspersed with serious re flections and adorned with numerous woodcuts. The story of " Oswald Cray," by the popular authoress of ' East Lynne," is continued with spirit, and records in this part the crash of the mining speculation. More trouble is in store for poor Lara in consequence, and it remains to be seen how the foolish and reckless young couple will meet the storm. Paterfamilias wisely suggests that the same grounds which served for Mr Bass's Bill against the organ-grinders will apply a prohibitory Act against smoking. The Rev. W. Houghton furnishes an interesting and learned paper on the sense of hearing iu animals, and shows us how marvellously "Nature's chil dren all receive her care." " From Saturday to Monday" is a pleasantly written paper, a tribute, which the reader may take for granted when he sees the well-known initials A. K. 11. B, at the end of it, Isaac Taylor contributes an article on the " Wheat Harvest and its Interpretation," which we may be sure is a profitable one, Mr (fosse con tinues his " Year at the Shore." Other papers of interest are to be found in the number. THE BOY'S OWN MAGAZINE. 'Becton.--The style and character of this magazine is very good, and well adapted to entertain and interest boys. One of the best things in the number is "Ensign M'Kenna and the Victoria Cross," which as a page out of real actual every day history will attract its readers far more than the most thrilling narrative of bygone days. " Ensign" M'Kenna was raised to that position from the ranks in re cognition of the signal services for which he also obtained the Victoria Cross. The incident will be fresh in the me mory of those who have followed the course of events in New Zealand, and deserves to be told afresh to those who have not heard the full particulars. Anon her paper of a very different character, but which is well worth reading never theless, is an essay on " Training," by Westhall, the noted pedestrian. It is satisfactory to find it is well and simply written, clear and to the point without any circumlocution or attempted fine writing. It is a sensible treatise on a very sensible matter—one only too much neglected in the edu cation of our youth. EVERY BOY'S MAGAZINE. THE BOY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—Boys are rich in serial literature de vised especially for their benefit. Both these little miscellanies are entertaining and exciting, with a due ad mixture of that " sensation" element, which even boys in the present day cannot do without. THE BRITISH ARMY AND NAVY REVIEW. No. lll.—The third number of this new and clever magazine is the best that has yet appeared. It is well written and varied in its contents, while its tone is high spirited and independent, not fearing to regard the public service above the prejudice of cliques and the interests of parties. The third chapter of" Lee's Second Year of Campaigns in Defence of Richmond," treats of the closing day of Gettysburg, re marking that the incidents of the battle deserve close and attentive study. " The Navy as it should be" is an excel lent paper, The writer strongly recommends what we have always advocated—the substitution of a permanent board at the Admiralty instead of the appointments chang ing with every fresh Government. Why should the Admi • ratty be affected by political changes more than the Horse Guards ? Why should a civilian be placed at the head of so responsible a board ? Assuredly it is not that naval science requires less professional skill or knowledge than military. But so generally is the office left in the hands of a landsman that during the present century only three naval officers have held the post of First Lerd, and these for very brief periods. The account of the singuiar and varied life of Thomas Keith, a private in the 78th Highlanders, who became Aga of the Mamelukes and Governor of Medina, is full of interest. It is from the pen of James Grant, author of "The Romance of War," of which romance this strange and eventful life may certainly be said to fill a chapter. "Fortification and its Uses" is the title of a paper specially addressed to the Volunteers, but very well worth reading by unprofessional men. The account of Vauban, the great military engineer, is interesting. An amusing anecdote told in the course of it shows how "great events from little causes spring." It was a maxim of Vatiban's that in defending a city no means of embarrassing the besieger should be despised. In support of this theory, he told of the successful defenoe of the town of Chatte on the Moselle, when the struggle between be sieged and besiegers was very severe, and a terrible breach was made in the wall. The defenders of the town flung into the breach four or five hives of bees that were at hand, "which, being enraged at finding themselves so treated, attacked the besiegers, and stung them so violently that they were forced to give up and retire into the trenches, where the bees followed there with such invincible obsti nacy that the trenches were deserted for several days, dur ing which time the defenders repaired the breach, and made preparation for sustaining a second assault more advan tageously than the first, and they were well resolved to re sort again to the same expedient, and this was the least important cause of the siege being raised." Lot us hope, concludes the writer quoting this story, that if any foreign enemy should lend on our shores we may repulee them with as dinging a remembrance of their defeat, "The Indian Medical Bill" of Sir Charles Wood is examined at some length, and _censured with all the rowity which it de serves. KANT.S MODE OF LlFE.—Kent lived in a modest and retired house, in a quiet street behind the old palace. Every morning, winter and summer, the old sol dier, who was his servant, camp into his bedroom at five minutes to five, and said "It is time?' The philosopher rose instantly, dressed with wonderful rapidity, and by five was seated at his breakfast table, where he drank one or two cups of tea—nothing more—smoked a pipe and collected his ideas for the work of the day. Atseven he went out for lectures, and on returning set to work till a quarter to one, Precisely at the quarter he dressed for dinner, took a glass of wine to excite his appetite, and was ready for the guests whom he had invited. He never dined alone and always breakfasted alone. Dinner was the time when he liked to receive his friends. At his breakfast he was so much ac customed to solitude that when once a friend dropped in at that hour and asked to share his meal, Kant was embar rassed, and ended by asking his friend to sit where he could not see him, saying that for more than half a century he had never seen a soul near him while he drank his tea in the morning. But at dinner he could not bear to be left to himself. He always took care to invite some of his friends beforehand, and one day when none of them could come he sent his servant into the street to pick up the first passer by and bring him in to dinner. He could not bear to be kept waiting. For this reason he detested ceremony at table, and the most agreeable of his guests was the one who took a dish without offering it to others, so that the turn of the host came the more quickly, It must be re membered that Kant had eaten nothing all the morning and had been working steadily, Dinner lasted two hours or more, and was a very pleasant meal, the great metapbyei cian talking in a simple and popular style on all subjects of the day, especially on politics, of which he was a diligent reader. His passion for them was such that he sometimes flung himself eagerly on the newspapers in the morning, which one would have thought a profanation. For his study was a sanctuary, sacred to intellectual labours, r.nd nothing mundane was ever heard is it. Not till the gnesta had quitted the study and entered the dining room did Kant relax his philosophic gravity. After dinner ho took his regular walk up and down a small alley of Ewes, which is called the Philosopher's Alley. His walk was always solitary, except on rainy and threatening days, when his servant followed him " with an umbrella under his arm, and with a restless and vigilant look, an exact image of Providence." Kant had two reasons for walking alone; he wanted to think, and he did not want to open his mouth. He thought that by breathing through his nose the air would be admitted gradually to his lunge, and that he had less risk of taking cold, On coming home he read the papers. In the evening he made notes for lectures the next day, or for his writings, read and meditated on what he read, welting down any ideas that struck him. At ten ho went to bed ; a quarter of an hour before retiring he suspended all occupations, and cleared his mind of all thoughts that might prevent him sleeping. His bedroom was never heated, its windows were always kept shut sum mer and winter, and the lights were excluded as carefully as the air,— Cornhill Olagozine for September. ' MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE o'CLoCX: The weekly meeting of the Beak of England directors has broken up without any change in the charge for dis count having been made. The result was anticipated as much from the unconcernedness with which the subject was watched either by brokers or the public generally, as from the supposed future action of the market. The commercial community are now only barely supplying themselves with accommodation, and although there is not tae least pressure, the rates remain firm at 72,- for the best bills. The Bank of England authorities yesterday purchased £226,000 in told, forming a portion of the recent supply by the West India packet, The Bank cf Amsterdam has raised its rate of discount from 41 to 5 por cent, The last week's railway accounts, ascertained up to this day, are, in round figures, as under : 1864. 1863. Groat Western North-Western South-Western Brighton midland South Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire... 45,247 39,036 Bristol and Exeter North• Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 18,806 16,340 Great Eastern London, Chatham, and Dover These returns are, in most instances, of a very favourable character when compared with those of the same period o f last year. On the Great Western there is an increase of £4,204, on the North Western of £9,641, on the South Western of £1,729, on the Brighton of £2,132, on the Mid land of £3,891, on the South Eastern of £877, on the Great Northern of £2,075, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £6,211, on the Bristol and Exeter of £3Bl, on the North Eastern of £6,695, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coln of £2,466, on the Great Eastern of £1,227, and on the London, Chatham, and Dover of £1,854. Two O'CLOCK. The French Rentes in Paris this morning, according to Mr Reuter's telegram, were as follows :—Three per Cent. Rentee, GEL 37e. _ _ • Great dullness continues to prevail in the English Stock Market, and a few sales early in the morning caused a de cline of *per cent. A rally, however, afterwards occurred, and the Funds regained their previous loss. Consols are 88/ 1 for Money, and 881 for the Account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 1 ; India Five per Cents., 1031 104 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 981; and the Bonds 25 die. In the Foreign Market there is very little animation and fluctuation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 70 ; do., Consolides, 50 11 ; Mexican, 281 ; do. New, 26 1 ; Greek, 241 3 ; Spanish Passive, 31/ ; do. Certificates, 131 A ; Portuguese, 47 1 ; and the Confederate Loan, 74 75 ex all. In the Railway Share Market there has been rather more activity, and prices generally show an improvement. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Berwick), have each advanced 55.; Great Westert, Metropolitan, and Midland, each 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Western, each 58. The Foreign and Colonial lines continued very dull at previous rates. Bank and Miscellaneous shares remained inactive. London and South African have receded to 231, Intema tional to ISt, City Bank realise 124 127, Union of Aus tralia 52, Crystal palace Stock 34, and London Financial 24k. BRITISH FUNDS- O NR O'CLOCK. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols Do Account, Aug 8 3 per Cent. Reduced .. 88fr 8 New 3 per Cent tiew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891... Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 A nn uities, 30 yrs, expire pith Jan., 1860 — Do for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 & per. Cent. Do £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank England Stk, 51 per Ct. Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. [ndia Stock, 10} per Gent., April 1874.... 212 Do Account — Do 5 per Cent. July, 18 7 U .... Do Account Do 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 BB Do Certificates Do Account .. — Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) — Do 41 psi Cent. Do Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Do 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — Do 51 per Cent., May, 1879 — Do 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 . : — Do BondsSl,ooo 25 die Do under £1,000.. FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Lastrian Bonds, 5 per Cent _ Brazilian 5 per Cent Do D o per Cent., 1 1863 852-58-60 ...., Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ,hilian 6 per Cent. Do 41 per Cent ...... Colombian 6 per Cent Cuba, 6 per Cent. - Do 5 per Cent. 1864 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent.. --- Do, Provisonal Land Warrant........ Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 Do 4 per Cent, 1863 • Egyptian 7 per ,Cent Do, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons — Do Account ............ 24a a Do Coupons Do Accoum.... . Guatemala 5 per Cent. ................ Do 1839 and 1859 .................. Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana liailway) Mexican 3 per Cent Do Account Do 1864 263 Do French Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French Ditto Scrip, L'23 paid.... Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ~ N ew Granada Do 2 per Cent. Do Deferred ................ 7 Do Land Warrants (Hectares) ........ f _ Do Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 866 6 .. 181 .. .. Do do Aug., 1 — P eruv i a n 4} per Cent .. Do 3 per Cent. (Urib arren )... ....... Do 41 per Cent., 1862 .............. Do Account ................ 791 Portuguese 3 per Cent , 1853 .......... Do Account ........................ Doi per C ent., 15 & 6 1 '7/ ' 9 , '6 O , 62, ' 2 . • 471 Russian po Account.... t .. : • • • • • • • • i .• ...111 4 :: 822, £ St ........ 901 Do 41 per Cent., 1850... ............. Do 1860 .......... . Do 3 per Cent 1859 - . • • • . 881 Do 5 Per Cent, 1862 Do Anglo-Dutch ...... pm Do Scrip, £4O paid Sarlinian 5 per Cent Do Account ............•• Spanish 3 per Cent li no Account Do New Deferred Do Account Do Passive Do Account Spanish Cert. of Coup n ot funded r s Do Account Swedish, 4 per Cent. Do Scrip, £6O paid ...... • Turkish 6 per Cent. 185 1 Do Account ..... t . Do 6 per Cent. 1858 . Do Account 691 Do £lOO Bonds — Do 6 per, Cent. 1862 Do Account — Do £lOO Bon ds. 7.1 Do 1863 • - Do Guaranteed, 4 per C ent... .. — Venezuela 3 per Colt. — Bo Account 22i Do 6 per Cent., 1862 _ Do Account Do Scrip £45 paid — dis Dividends on the above payable in London Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Do Account Belgian 41 por Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull 99t Do 4 per Cont. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Do Account French Rentes, 2 pct. Cent eeruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. Piedttiontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251.. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Money Do A.coouut .. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1804. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day, Market unchanged. Salea probably 4,000 or 5,000 bales. A CHILD SAVED BY A DOG.—At Ipswich last week a little boy, four years of age, fell into the river near Mr. Fison t a mill. A gentleman, Mr. Shipston, fortunately passed immediately afterwards, and sent his retriever dog into the water after the child. The sagacious animal in stantly plunged in, seized the boy by the dress, and drew him ashore, where he was restored to animation by the attentions of Mr. s.sl;ipeton, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share Railways Pia. Price. Business done _ 100 wand.° & tit Lawrenct all 58 60 Skt Bom.,Baroda&,Centlnc , 100 101 102 101} Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. 5hare5......... 74 dig p 201 Butlalo and LaKe Huron all 0 5 4 10 Do. Preference ...... all 71 84 100 Buffale,Brant&Godricl, ' 100 75 80 5 p. ot. bds. Aug 1, 1871 100 Do. do. Jul; 1, 187:• /03 75 80 100 Do. do. June 1,1875 100 75 80 st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Lini 100 97 99 at Cape Town &Dock Seri' 100 94 95 stuck Eaetn. Bengal gu. sp. 100 102 104 Stook East Indian. go. sp. c. 10° 101 102 1014 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 194 201 20 Do. do. H do. .. 40 194 204 stock Grand Trunk of Canada luu 19 2) 100 Do. Ist Prof. Bonds.. all 71 73 100 Do. do. deferred...... all CO 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. all 65 67 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 55 57 100 Do. 3d Pref. stock ... all 48 5! iu.' Do. do. deferred...... all 43 45 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock... all 27 29 100 j„"o. do. deferred...... all 26 28 stook Gt.ll,:diarcnin.gua.sp.c 100 1(2 103 102} 20 Do. I N - ew gua. sp. 0... 12 par 4 p Do. JauCary, 1862 stook Gt. South.ot. T udia(Lhn guaranteed a .ner cent 100 99 101 100 204 (It. W. of Canada Shares all 91 10 gi 20 Do. New ......... • . 18 7, 1 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with'fopt. all 89 91 100 Do. 54 p. a. do. '77-8.. - 2 all 82 84 10 Indian Branch Liraitcd 2 4 d 10 stock Madras, guar., sp. C. 100 094 1004 stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension JOO 93 95 stook Do. 14 do .. 0 89 91 20 Do. Fifth Extens ion. 2 stook lielb.Corp. 6p. c. Endo. 100 50 'Meth. & Ilobson's Bay., all LS CO 100 Do. 7 p.c. Blortg. Bds. all 20 Newl3runswiok a Canda Class and B. all 6 N.ltl.C'da3 polst ptbdb l 100 80 84 stock Belnde (100 09. 1103 stock Do. Delhi ' 100 900 1000 100 20 Do. do ......• g 2 4d par at Do. Punjaub all 991 1004 Do. Do. ..• , , stock Do. Indus. St. Flo ) llO O 195 97 , COLONIAL GOVERNMEN L.siairov. 6 p.c.J &J al) 1877-84 Do. A p. c. Feb. & Aug 2 o.D p. c. & Sept. E p. 0. Jan.&July. Do. t „ Inscribed stook Cape G.11,1: 10, 610 0,1874 D o ,A), &Oct 188(.' Do 189 c Do. Jan. & July, 1891 -I Ceylon, N0v.1878, PCI Mauritius 6 per cent •• Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. l N.13.G0v. 6 p.o. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. G ov. 5 p 3.,18t Dv. 6 p. c.,18/1 to It' 7 ( Do. d0.,1888 &upwdt, ,New Zealand 6 p cent. NOTA Scotia Gov 6 c. • P• sterling, 1875. - l l Queensland Gcv. 6 p. o. S. Aus G6p.c.1678.& up.. Vle.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July , Do. b 6 p.c. A.n.&00,.. T SECURITIES. 100 100 100 10C 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 1 10 - - 100 97 99 103 1;5 98 100 96 98 100 - 96 99 96 99 98 102 84 86 84 86 104 106 107 109 100 111 107 101 110 112 103 105 104 107 97 go 100 99 102 100 KO 103 10 106 108 100 - - 100 1;09 110 96 6 1091 1 8/ BRITISH MINES. 2 Itfambrian Consol. Gold 1 I ItAlflord Amalgamated 80 32 31 Devon G. Con.. (Taoist ; 1 580 590 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 67 69 • East Clogau Gold Ltd —•— - - East Caradon ...... 1.14.0 27 28 - o:ast Carn .. . 1.4.0 71 72 E. 4V'l Russel (Tavistk ) 8.13.1) 5 51 - (litm.tzSt.Aubyr(G wen 581 5 7 Great South Tolgus 17s 2 2,4 Wheal Vor (110151011 40 27 28 jrtrenville t.l6. t 6 71 !Ter:Are-not .. 8.12 88 40 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 3 4,1 - Lady Bertha Margaret (I;ny Lelant 91 1 . 7 9 fluke Valley.. 4 I!)lyudy Iron Ore (Lim 2l It I d New Sctun lO% I 75 85 • North Down , 3 11 12 N.Wh'l Basset (111 Nan 3.1.0 2 21 INorth Wheal Crotty !Par Consols (st. Blaze): - l'revidenee(Uny Lelnt.) 10.0.7 40 42 ,SouthCaradon(St.Clcer 11 100 520 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — zi.Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.18.9 421 474 - ,Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 I Punier Lead Alin. - I fin Croft 9 18 19 West Basset (11102, - ,an) ll 8 9 • IV. Cr radon (Liskeard) 9 9.4 104 West Seton Wheat Basset (Illogao 51 92 85 Wheal Buller(ltedruth); 10 18 20 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelantf 2.0.5 - Wheal Ludeott I Wheal MaryAnn(M.en ; 8 14 18 : Wheal Seton 5 Bl 210 215 !Wheal Trciawney (Lis.) 7 I 19 2 21 - Wheal Union 4 14 SHARE kIARKETS—This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. i Closing 1 Business ihare f Railways: p aid.+ 1 t i Price. + clone. • 13.14. 1 131 r.. Wel., and Str.Val• all at Blythe add Tyne. 10 liost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co. all et Bristol and Exeter et Caledonian ....... 100 125 126 125 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 6 7 10 Do A A gets no div an ..... 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an.has ; all been paid to B.' 50 Dublin & Belfast Junc.! all 32 34 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juric.l all 16 17 at Edinburgh & Glaegow.J 100 89 91 at Glasg. and S. Western.' 100 112 tl4 et Greatliastern, Ord. stk 100 46 3 / 4 47i at Ditto A stock ] 100 et Ditto EastAnglian atj 100 7 7 3 / 4 at GreatNorthot Scotland I 100 at Great Northern ' 100 13! 731 st Do A stock lOO 106 148 1.121 3 st Do II do , 100 131 133 128 et Gt. S. and W. of Ireland' 100 90 42 st Great Western 100 081 09} 031 9 W at Do Str Val gua. sto , ;;I: 100 st Lancashire J - J, Yorkshire 100 116 116) 116 3 / 4 1 at London arid 131ackwall 100 0 5 67 at Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 i 102 tO3 103 at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 39 41 40 [124 at Lon. & Nora i Western 100 115 3 / 4 11G 1131 121 13 3 / 4 at Lon. & So'.th Western' 100 98 80 95 3 / 4 6 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 6i 66 65i 6 50 Mari port and' Carlisle. all -- 121 Do f shares.. at Metropolitan all 107 10 8 103 7 1 at Midland Do New st Do Birming. & _Derby 100 106 108 50 Ind. Gt. W. of Irelano all .'— 25 Do. i shares 26 Mid Kent Do Cray Line et North British at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25} '6 3 / 4 st Nth. Eastern—Berwiei: ICO 1011 ;061, 106/ 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.18.4 o at Do Leeds lOO 64 C 5 64 et Do York et Do Carlisle lO3 et North London 10 Do Now 5 4 14 1+ 15.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11 Ili st Scottish Central ... 100 126 130 at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 et Do Scot. Mid. stook lOO 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all et Shropshire Union at South Devon ..... at South Eastern st !South Wales at S. York. and River Dun 100 101 103 20 staines,Wok.,andWok. all 7 8 25 Stockton & Darlingtot all il6 37 25 Do .. 19 101 11 3 / 4 , 26 Do New, 1856 l2 8 9 i et Taff Vale lOO 165 170 10 Do B 8 6 7 10 Do C ... 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do et Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO et Waterford & Kilkenny . 100 at West Cornwall lOO 31 36 at W. Hartlepool Ilar.&lt lOO st West Midland—Oxford 100 et Do Newport 100 -- st Do Ilerefordj I 100 I— PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Brighton, &c., per cent., 1868, 97i Ditto, 44 per cent., 1861, 96} London and S.- Western ib per cent., 991 r LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and 3latlock, 31 FOREIGN RAILWAYS:' Cahia and San Francisco k lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 16} Be;jian Eastern Junction, 11i ;real. Luxembourg, 101 N a mur And Liege, g, , ua. 6 per cent. pt., 19 San Fault; (Bro.), gua. 7 per cent.,. — Ditto, (all), 18A FOREIGN MINES: Cape CoppOr, lim., 10} Cobre Copper, 31 BANKS. Alliance (11m.). Ditto, new, 51 Anglo Austrian, 71 A Anglo-I: 2o .Ja n . Bank of EATPt,:274 Bank of Lontlon. 104 Bank of New Z,:qiland 161 Chartered Bank 01 India, Australia, and China, 3 9 ; Ditto, new, 38* City,*l264 7 4 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10; European Bank, 1im.,14* Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 33 Ditto, new, 201 Imperial Bank (lira.). 354 5 Ditto, new, 24 I Imperial Bank of china, India,!and Japan, lien., 11:o Imperial Ottoman, 17* International 11 ink, lim., 184 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., London Bank 1t M exico and S. America., Jim., 61 London, Buenos lyres, and Elver Plate, 55 London and Count;', 73 i 3 London and South Ailiean, 23* London and W estminstcr, 98 7 Metropolitan and Provincial Ban, lira., 25} Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi, lim. k , I2* South Eastern, lien., 9 Union of Australia, 12 Union of London .s'l mis s cELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 151 Australian Mort. Land and ;Finance, lien. ; 3 City Offices, lim., Contract corporation, lim., 2; 3 Credit Foncier, 1.1 124 *l2 Credit Mcbilicr, 12; Crystal Palace, 34 Discount Corporation,E l9 * East India Irrigation and Canal, 5 Egyptian Corn. and Trading, lira., 3* Fore-street Warehouse, lien., ea Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Urn., 0; Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lira., 81 i . t Joint Stock Discount. lim., 7 London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 4'4 5 London Financial Association, lim., 2i* Ditto, new, 3* National Discount Company, lien., National Financial, lim., 5* 4 Societe Fivacciere d'Egypte, lien., Telegrai h Construe. and Maintenance, lim., 3; '4 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), lim., 7 Warrant Finance, lim., 5 LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Dal r, BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE T. E. MARSHLAND. This was an application for release from custod y. _ _ The debtor is a Major in the Derby Militia, a member of the junior "United Service Club, It appeared than he was arrested about six weeks since, and executed a deed, in which he covenanted to pay his creditors 20a in the pound, by instalments. The debts are about £2,000, and most of the creditors assented to the deed, but Mr. Phelps appeared for the County Bank, and other creditors, who dissented on the ground that it did not give equal rights to all the creditors, but Ilia Honour decided :in favour of the validity of the deed. The bankrupt was then examined concerning some alkaline works, with which he had been c)nnected in Battersea, The c Ise was adjourned until to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Mis Day. THAMESt A VZRY BAD DAUGHTER.—Catherine Cordell, a young woman, was charged with stealing a coat, a shawl, and a petticoat, valued in all at 255., the property of her parents. It appeared from the evidence of Mrs. She°, the mother of the prisoner, that she lett the prisoner and another daughter at home, while she was at work in the market gardens, in Essex. The old woman, on returning from her work, missed the articles named above, which her ungrate ful daughters had stolen and pawned. On the pr.soner being taken in custody by Henry Hayward, No. 401 K, she stated that she sent her sister to pawn two of the articles and went to a pawnbroker's shop with the third. The uld woman was represented to be a sober, industrious woman. Her daughters, on the contrary, were idle and dissipated, and her eons preferred to live on their parent's industry. The articles pawned were produced and identified, and the prisoner, who made no defence, was committed for trial. A NEw DODGE,—Ann Rogers, a very old thief, who said she was 50 years of age, and looked like one of 70, was charged with stealing three-halfpence from William Rew, a seaman of No, 7, Umberstone-street, St. George's•in-the ease. The complainant, a very respectable and steady man, was on, his way home last night, and saw the prisoner appa rently in great distress, and much agitated, seated on a door step. She called out " Protect me, sir,'l have been insulted." Ho offered to escort her along the road, and she proceeded a few yards leaning on his arm, when she gave unmistakable indications of her calling by asking him to treat him at the publichouse they were approaching. Ho refused, and she then asked him to accompany her to her lodgings. He said " No, I will not. I have a wife of my own at home." He was preparing to leave her, when she put one of her hands in his pocket, from which she took three halfpence. It was all the money he had. He called the police, and the prisoner was taken into custody. The money was found upon her. The case was clearly made out, and the prisoner was committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF FICTITIOUS CHEQUES.—George Arthur, a young man, described as an auctioneer, charged with obtaining money by means of fictitious cheques, was again brought before Mr Knox. Mr Wyatt, of Harper•street, defended the prisoner. A barman to Mr Weller, licensed victualler, of Charlotte street, Fitzroy-square, proved cashing a cheque on Messrs Serle, Low, and Co.'s bank, Leicester-square, believing the prisoner's statement that he resided at No. 91, Charlotte street, the persons in which house, were customers ; and David George Nurse, clerk to Mr Richards, auctioneer, of 91, Charlotte •stteet, proved cashing a cheque for the pri soner—one of the cheques being for £3 10s., the other for £3 15s. A clerk in Messrs Serie, Low, and Co.'s bank said no persons of the name on the cheques had accounts at their bank. Mr Nurse said he lost his £3 10s, but he did not wish to press the case owing to the prisoner's wife and family. Mr Knox said he had received a letter stating that the prisoner had passed a false cheque at Birmingham. The case, as it stood at present, was one of false pretence, and something more. The evidence for the Bank showed that there was no person of the name on the cheque, and that amounted to a case of uttering a forded cheque. The Clerk from Messrs. Serles bank said, the prisoner, ho believed, once had an account at their bank, and it was by that means the prisoner, no doubt, became possessed of the cheque-book. Dlr. Knox. remanded the prisoner, against whom, it was said, several other charges will be preferred. MARYLEBONE. A SHERIFF'S SERVANTS OUT FOR AN AlRlNG.—Ben jamin Ward, a coachman in the service of Mr. Under Sheriff Gammon, was charged with being drunk and inca pable of taking care of the carriage and horses. It appeared that yesterday morning police constable William Hammond, 373 A, was called to the Boundary road, St. John's-wood, where he saw the prisoner, who was very drunk. The two fore wheels of his carriage were knocked off. He had run against a four wheel cab, and knocked off the two hind wheels. Both vehicles were otherwise very much damaged. Inside of the carriage were the cook and house-maid, whom the prisoner had taken out for an airing. They were both the worse for liquor. He locked the prisoner up. The cabman was about to give evidence, when Mr. Mansfield—The injuries done to the cab must be subject to proceedings in another court. Prisoner, in reply to his worship, said he was sorry. Mr. Mansfield—l can only deal with this case under the Police Act, and the punishment that I am empowered to award under it is too little for an offence of this kind. There must bo a fine of 40s. or in default he must be com mitted for one month with hard labour in the House of Correction. MARK STS—This Day. MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 42s 55 ; barley, 29s Id ; oats, 225 . 0 d ; rye, 32s 3d ; beans, 41s ld ; and peas, 35s 6d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 3d ; barley, 28s 2d ; oats, 228 25 ; rye, 32s 4d ; beans, 39s 55 ; peas, 35s 95, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 51,086 ; barley, 2,399 ; oats, 7,223; rye, 250 ; beans, 2,391; peas, 688 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of beasts on offer hero to-day, but the general quality of the stock was inferior. Primo Scots, &c., moved off steadily at full prices. Other breeds were very dull, and the quotations lied a drooping tendency. We were fairly supplied with sheep, which met a dull sale at, in some instances, reduced currencies, The top figure was 6a 4d per 81bs. The few lambs in the pens sold at mutton prices, the lam b season bein g over. Calves were very dull, and 4 d p er Sib, lower. The supply was large. Prime small p i gs were firm at lull quotations, but large hogs and milch cows were heavy. Per 81bs. to sink the offal.. 15. d. 8. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 10 5 0 Secondquality do. ;) 8 4 4 Pene.S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 10 Large arse. calves 3 8 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 4 6 4 8 Crse. Ez. inf. sheep 4 0 4 4 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second quality do. 4 6 4 8 Small porkers ... , 4 2 4 8 Lambs....i:s 4d to 6s 4d. Suckling calves, 16s to 225; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 26s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... Cows l3O . Sheep and lambs .... 3,300 Sheep and lambs 9,20 i Calves Calves 620 , Pigs Pigs . 350 MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are moderate, and the detnand is steady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 48 4d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s Bcl per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, August 31.—Prime stock was in fair request at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled heavy on lower terms. Beet, from 3s 4d. to 5s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4cl ; lame, Os Od to 6s Od; veal, 3s 84 to 4s ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 6d per 81b8, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, August 31. The supply of stock was good„ and sales progressed slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 5s Od; mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; and pork, 38 6d to 48 6d per 81b8; suckling calves, 14 s t o 19s ; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 255; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB Os each. The Explosion on the North London Railway. Dr Lankester resumed the adjourned inquest en the body of the stoker, whose death was occasioned by the explosio a of the locomotive engine on the North London Railway. The jury having inspected the wreck of the locomotive at the company's works, at Bow, Captain Tyler, of the Board of Trade, was examined at great length, the effect of his evidence being thct the ex plosion was owing to a weakening in the bolts and stays of the engine. The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press. HEALTH OF LONDON. (FI•om the Registrar• General's Report.) The mortality in London has shown no great fluctuation in the last three weeks. The number of deaths registered in the week that ended on Saturday was 1413. The health, of that part of the population to which hummer cholera chic fly fatal has improved ; for the deaths of young pers(Jas (under 20 years of age) declined crow 081 in the ficst week of August, to 803 in the last. The average number of deaths in the thirty-fourth week of ten previous years, 1861.63, is, with a correction fur increase of population, 1359. The mortality of last week therefore exceeds the estimated amount by 54 deaths. Diarrhoea was returned in 190 cases in the meek, the number in the previous week having been 242. Out of the 190 cases, 168 occurred to children under two years of age. Also 18 deaths (10 of children, 8 of adults) were returned as caused by "cholera.' Twenty deaths from diariLcstA occurred in Mile-end Old Town and Poplar ; and 17 in the Greenwich district, which includes Deptford and Woolwich, There were 74 deaths from measles in the week, which complaint was very fatal in the East districts, where 43 deaths were caused by it. Six deaths occurred from it in the St. Paul sub-district of St. George-in-the-East ; 5 i n the sub-district of Poplar. On the 19th instant, at 39, Hanover.atreet (St. Georg e , Hanover-square), a widow died, whose age as recorded. in the register was 100 years. Another widow died at the age of 93. Last week the births of 992 boys and 923 girls, in all 1,915 children, were registered in London. In the ten cor responding weeks of the years 1854-63 the average number (corrected) was 1,814. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.91 C inches. The mean daily reading was above 30in. on the last three days. The reading fell to 29.56 in. on Tuesday, and rose to 30 . 21 in. on Saturday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 52 2 degrees, which is eight degrees below the average of the same week in forty-three years (as determined by Mr Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was much below the average on every day, and on Tuesday the defect was nearly 11 degrees. The highest day temperature was 68.4 degrees on Sunday; the lowest night temperature was 38.1 deg. on Saturday. The range in the week was there fore 30,3 deg, The mean daily range was 21,6 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 8.6 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 73, complete saturation being represented by 100. The wind blew chiefly from the north. Rain fell in the week to the amount of 0.6.5 inch. More than half an inch fell on Tuesday. There were showers of hail and rain, accompanied with thunder, on Sunday. The mean of the highest temperature of the water of the Thames was 63.4 deg; that of the lowest was 61,3 deg. The births registered in Dublin during the week ending 27th August were 119, and the deaths were 106, in a popu lation of 251,808 (in 1861), spread over an area of 3,808 statute acres. The numbers are kindly furnished by the Registrar General of Ireland. The deaths in Vienna, as returned by Dr. G:atter, were 291 in the week ending 29th August, when the mean tem 'perature was 59.0 deg., that at Greenwich having been 59.6 deg, HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os ; clover) £5 Os to £7 Oa ; and straw, 8s to £1 12s per load, A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meaiow hay, £4 Os to £6 6s ; clover, L 5 Os to a O s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Trade firm. WHITECILAPEL —Meadow hay, £4 Os to £6 Os; clover, £5 Os to £7 Us ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 12s per load. Sudply moderate. COAL MARKET. Frloel of Coal per Ton at the °toe of the 121 01 cet• e. d. Hastings Hartley lB 3 holy well l3 0 ! Walker Primrose 13 3 &len Main ~. 17 G North Felton Gas, , 9 V • C. W 9 IIS End. East l3 9 South tlartlepool 18 0 South 8 . -Moe... 13 3 a eu gh lB 3 Tram 19 0 Braddy a lietton 17 9 13 e 11 • • .. l7 0 South iietton 19 0 Cassop ... lB 0 Wharncliffe lB 3 Walls End. Tunstall . .17 0 Tiaswell OOOOO .• •19 0 Caradoc ............. 18 6 6; Pensher Primrose ..... 17 James ............... 16 9 11.irs at market, 21; sol J, 21. A Whirlwind at Sea. The bark Giengarnock, belonging to Messrs. Fattens and Co., and commanded by Captain Matthew Fleming, en countered a fearful whirlwind on the 16th of July when in the Gulf Stream, in the neighbourhood of Bermuda. Cap tain Fleming observed the barometer falling so rapidly that it descended one inch and seven-tenths in two hours. Pre fiting by this warning, Captain Fleming ordered ad the sails to be securely furled. At the time there were several water spouts in the vicinity of the 'vessel, but none sufficiently near to be dangerous. It was well that Captain Fleming had taken the precaution of furling sail, because about one o'clock in the afternoon, as the men were descending the rigging from securing the foretopsail, a terrific whirlwind from notth west, and revolving in an easterly direction, struck the ship and threw her on her beam-ends on the star board side, the boats and the midship-house being under water. The chests and bedding of the petty officers who lived in the midship-house were washed away, as also the galley, water-casks, and live stock. A passenger in the after cabin was up to the waist in water. The officers and men crouched under the weather bulwarks, preparing to cut the masts away if necessary, but the strength of the hurricane was so great that they could not hear each other's voices. About 2 o'clock the vessel righted a little, but shortly after wards was submerged again by a violent increaeo of the whirlwind, which; snapped the foretopmast at the cap, and that spar in its fall carried away the maintopgallantmast mizentopmast, and jibboom. The mainmast head was sprung. The crew began to clear away the wreck, which was accomplished with great difficulty, the violence of the wind being such that a hatchet was whisked out of the cap tain's hand as he was about to cut away one of the topmast backstays. About half-past 3, the wind having moderated and the vessel being relieved of the wreck, she righted. The pumps were instantly sounded, but it was ascertained that she had not made a drop of water, nor was strained in the least. The starboard mainrail and part of the bulwarks were found to be carried away. A strong gale then set in from the northwest, but in a few hours fell away to a dead calm. A striking peculiarity of the whirlwind was that at times, while it was blowing with the utmost fury across the main and fore parts of the ship, a light flaw from the lee quarter was only felt at the wheel. During its continuance a high and most confused sea, "like a pot boiling," was running.—Grcenoele Advertiser. SHIPPING-THIS DAY, ThUTthiy, Her Majesty's iron screw steamship Warrior, 40, Captain the Hun. .Arthur A. Cochrane, from Torbay, arrived in the Sound early this morning. She is now receiving coal, and, being detached from the Channel squadron, is appointed to sail at noon for Gibraltar, where it is probable she will continue for the remainder of her time. She was commis sioned in August, 1861. Last night the second officer of the Spanish schooner Sirena, Captain Arranda, nrrivrd here from Tor Point. He reports that tho schooner was of and from Tarragona, in ballast, bound to Norway- On Monday night, between 10 and 11 o'clock, she was run down and sunk by a steam ship, name unknown. Three of the crew got on board the steamer. The other four escaped in the longboat, landed i n whitesand Bar, and walked to Tor Point. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPII,) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Aug. 31—Ulysses, and Pembroke Castle. both from Calcutta—Young Nova Scotia, from J amaica—Ar butes, from Barb3does—Celestial, from Nicherie. FIJI ISLANDS.—Among the consular reports of the year transmitted to the Foreign-cffice is one from Levuka, Fiji. Mr Owcn, the British acting consul, arrived there in January last year, and has to state that in the first six months of the year the exports amounted in value to £11,967, and the imports to X 9,275. The imports in this in fant trade consisted of wearing apparel and soft goods of the value of £4,825 ; hardware, £950 ; groceries, £2,000 ; and the inevitable item, spirits, about £1,500. The chief export is cocoa-nut oil. The quantity exported was about 450 tons, and its price, delivered at the water's edge in Fiji, was steady at £22 a ton. Two Australian companies, composed of mer chants of wealth and position, have founded extensive esta blishments in these islands, one company alone having erected machinery for making oil from the nut at an ex pense of more than £7,000. The nut is ground, sweated, pressed, and caked by steam machinery. The progress of this oranch of industry had been somewhat checked by a feeling of insecurity with regard to a threatened invasion by King George of Tonga; but still the oil trade continued to respond to the increasing demand. In the half-year 7i tons of cotton left the islands, two tons cleaned and the rest in the seed, the former realizing is 6d per lb in Sydney and the latter 7d. The climate and soil are admirably adapted for the production of cotton, and the native chiefs were taking an interest in it. The principal difficulty was in get ting the native population to gather it in, but the interest was taking root in the country. The tobacco plant grows luxuriantly there; half a ton had been exported to Sydney. Attention was being given by a few enterprising men to the growth of coffee; 12,000 trees were under cultivation. Up wards of 1,000 sheep had been landed from dale Austria in the half year by men of capital , and generally were g well. The rate of freights was 80s per ton from and 70s per ton, to Sydney. English weights and measures are used. WOMEN IN VIE CONFEDERATE ARMY,—The To; Leader says :—" Among the wounded Confederate priooners taken by Sherman at Atlanta were two women-. The sea of one was discovered during the amputation of her leg. The other was mortally wounded through the breast by a grape shot." A story is told of a large black wig with long flowing curls, which had been worn by King Charles 11., coming into possession of Suett the comedian, it great collector of wigs. This particular wig was put up for auction at a sale of the effects of Mr. Rawle, Royal Ae• coutrement maker, who died late in the last century. The wig, handed round to the company, was put on by Suett, who facetiously continued his biddinge with the royal peruke on his head. The other bidders, greatly amused, declared the lot ought to be knocked down to the actor be fore he took it off. This was thine in a moment. The wig was Suett's before he could remove it from his head. lie played in it for some years in "Tom Thumb," and other plays, until it was burnt in a fire which destroyed the theatre at Birmingham. Suett was met the morning after the fire, exclaiming disconsolately, " My wiz's File 1 toY wiz;'s gone I—Virce a if