The Sun. — London, England, 1864-12-07 00:00:00

111" E Y MARKET AND r)OX(YEERCIAIJ INTELLIGENCE. A de c id es CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. d and favourable change has come over 11: 0 1. aspect of monetary affairs. Where stringency ?re prevailed, there reigns now comparative easiness. This a lt erat i on h as b een d ue t o the cee cation in the shipments of gold and silver to the ti alatinenr, and the knowledge that some large con .gnalents for thi s coun t r y are on their way from 04icerica. Th e di scount h ouses h ave th ere f ore a t et' evinc e d a l auda b le read i ness to a ff or d t h e com mercial public monetary facilities directly they be e7"'d that less uncertainty regarding the future r?iated. Fi rst claes bills have therefore b een nego 114Fed to-day at 64 g per cent., showing within 24 our s a reduction of about per cent. in favour of tr a d e. The report of the Ceystal Palace Cempaey, duet isEued, shows "a balance in favour of re ,4.efee4til of £62,550 9s. 4d. After payment of all 4rable charges there remains at the credit of the 'general revenue account the sum of £20,812 ss. 3d. 4°4l lable for division among the proprietors of a rdina ry capital, Out of this account the d i rectors r c e "atend the payment of a dividend of 2 per :., Tit • ( 2 s, per share), which will leave a balance of og 151. 3d to be carried forward. Where were no bullion operations of importance ftt the Bank yesterday. i!) the f ore i gn exc h ange s yesterday afternoon the re was a slight tendency to advance, bills being 111 leas demand. kt the half-yearly meeting to-day of the African Steal nahip Company, the report stated that, after Pa ying 7 all charges, there remained a balance to the ' c redit of revenue account of £4,731 13s 9d, out of 3 :2 11 ch th e di rec t ors recomme nded the payment of " usual dividend of 8s per share, free of income -it ; for the half year ending 31st October last. This pa yment would absorb £4,403 4s and leave £ 328 . 4 _ 9 d to b e carr i e d forward to next half-year's 'ec°llnt. Two O'CLOCK. I , t Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's d ° gram the 3 per cent. French Rentes were 66.00. rr a . „ T he same causes which have led to the easier 'iicladition of the Money Market have likewise sleeted the quotations at the Stock Exchange. A d il l and buoyant tone was everywhere apparent ut lng the earlier hours, and a rise of g per cent. f f , eBll Was recorded in the English Funds. Some h e/v , sales to realise profits have, however, left ; I.lc es Where they stood at the improvement of last te uing. Consols, less the dividend, were 89k for mo ney, and 89k for the January account. The New T hrees and Reduced Annuities are 881 1 ; the 21 P i e r Cents., 1894, 71 k ex. div.; India 5 per Cents., 3 ; Debentures, 98; and the Bonds, par to ss. etetas hGeneral firmness has prevailed in the Foreign but there has been very little animation. tir kish 6 per Cents., 186 2 , are 71i -I; do. Conso. lad i es, : 46/ 471 ; Mexican, 29 4 2 - 4 , ; do. New, 2711 ; t ceek, 228 23k; Spanish Passive, 31 1 32 ; do. Cer fie4tee 14 ; Portuguese, 471 /; the Confederate 1,0 4 6 1 11 , 67 59; the Egyptian, I prem.; and the Danubian, 4 die. to par. 4412siness in the Railway Share Market has leti°l l tinued rather quiet, but prices have in some W(lces shown a slight improvement. Great rthern have advanced £l, do. A Stock 11, South 48 !ern 1, and Groat Western, Lancashire and I ' t tihire and Midland each I. he Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about re l'inus rates. F or Bank and Miscellaneous Shares there is a 04 4 Y limited inquiry, and quotations rema in with • t Change of importance, Alliance Ban k bein g de alt in at 39 4„ Imperial Ottoman at 168, London. 4n Buenos Ayres at 53, General Credit and Finan- COial 6/ 7, Hudson Bay Company at 16 k , and Lo ndon Financial at 241. . G 0...., BRITISH FUNDS—ONK O'CLOCK. 4 - ~ .RNMENT FUND S . ver Cent. Console a ps _ b o Account, Dec 8 Nealr Cent. Reduced BBl i No? 3 per Cent. 8 .,,W 2/ per Cent. Jan. 1894 A 4 'o 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — ''l.s)luitics, 30 yrs, expire 6th Jan., 1880 — v,, 0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, -- ' - ' 0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 March. Zxo," Juno. — Tier Bills, £l,OOO, 4 &3f per Cont — Do £5OO I. k Do £lOO 7 ' ilk H I d 51 Ct jo ng an Stk, per . ..... 0 Account.. 1.11)„,. V In let 1 „ -...,. GO VERNMEN T SECURITIES. Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 220 toe Account Account per Cent. July, 1870 .... i) Acc ount — ° 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 — D Do Certificates I ) 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) - °.,:) 4} per Cent. — ~,,c, Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. .-- 'J bob per Cent., Jan. 1872 DO ,1 per Cent., May, 1879 — U°, % per Cent., Aug. 1866 b ' fiends 1;1,000 ° Under £l,OOO . ... par 44 . FIDABIGIN FUNDS—ONS O'CLOCK. B atr ian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. -- _ r li zi liftn 6 per Cent -° 4 1 per Cent., 1852-58-60 h i , Do 1863 832 .(1 408 Ayres 6 per Cent ,i ii,? Account.... . • eta 6 per Cent. — 0 01 ° 4 1 per Cent ote?robian 6 per Cent 1 3 4 , 6 per C en t. - o °6 Per Ce n t. 1864 Do 4 3 per Cent., 1825 6 Per Cent, 1864 t lk dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent h (:', Provisonal Land Warrant tZPtian. 7 per Cent 9 sa bc £lOO Bonds tir.. ° L Second Issue .... , , (j e 4 6 per Cent. 1824-5, ex-u Puns• — tlbo Account , 0° Coupons — 9k 4 1 " ° Account treroala 6 per Cent. It ii . o 1 839 and 1859 ii4 . : ; 73, 6 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway; ..... N'tean. 3 per Cent .... 4'o Account b ° n 33 ° 1864.. b o '• Per Cent. Anglo-French 1. - ,, 1 / 4 ' , eliP, £43 paid — die 140,, ; retich Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c — die x d 4e;" 8 , 13, Imperial 5 per Cent I) Granad a 1)°, 2 per Cent. bv..-uelerred b`- Land Warrants (Hectares) . „ ° b ebentures, 4 per Ct., April 1864 _... r er t „, l )o do Aug., 1866 t);,..,uttl 41 per Cent .. b o " ''', Per Cent. (Crribarren).. ty '1 per Cent. 1862 I'4 Account , — boguese 3 per Cent., 1853 b A.ocount 1)2 3 Per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 :: 4 — n 1 44'. Account .0 8 jEtn b per Cent 18'22, £ bt., — Le o 4 i per Cent., 1850 .. o ~ 1860 — 521 1.),.,", Per Cent 1859 br; 7 Per Cent, 1862 tijyr: Atiglo-Dutch •• • • nr(fh.:?QtiP, £65 paid b -1411 6 per Cent tip ti ° Acce ut — tf n ia ll 3 per Cent 48k 14 4.ocount b o ' OW Deferred 41k b o - 1 ,,, 'couriit Nb . alimlve ...... — )Etri, Accou nt 3li 1),Itil Cert. of Coup not funded .. t lvodl l ,ecount l4i i it ~, b1;`,,, 84, 4 per Cent Dote'‘ l4 rit -e riP, £6O paid — Pp' A 6 Per Cent. 1854 — b o • "ecount 6 bOnO' Per Cent. 1858 recunt — I jo g' lo o B on d s ' 761 DO "j'er Cent. 1862 Do 'lecount .. 711 4100 Bonds.. 7lk 1) Do 0 (1„. 1863 utie 4„eratteed, 4 per Cent. venoz 183 Scrip, £4O paid Dob 1 4)14 3 per Cent recnint ' l9k 0 A Per Cent., 1862 b .. 'ecoll t o 6 11 ...... A hi? Cen.t. 861 l t latri; ti lvi detide l on the above payable in London )5 (4 1 4 1 , 6 per Cont., Ex. 10 Florins. .... Ot otp , 4 1 per Cent., Ex. 25f... r e f ,i Per Cent. Ex. 12 Gull — It ri lch P e Cent. Certificates ttli a4, U., entea, per Cent. — I , b o ~ Per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs :Zccou ... . ...... — Al i t i to Z DB ollar Bonds, 44 per Ct. Ex. 45. Co, re ei 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f — "olg, k bo 4 °lleY.ft c°°4lit..„ SHAR E INA RKETS.—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUh.S. ihare Railways. Paid. Closing Business Price. I done. Bir.. Wol.,and Str. Val. ;,yllle and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter 3aledontan ~ _;ork and Bandon Jornwall Do A f A gets no div Do. B ti ll 6p c.p an. has CC been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Glasgow. glass. and S. Western. I Great Eastern, Ord. stkl Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian std GreatNorthof Sootland Great Northern Do A stock 6 7 34 36 16 17 90 92 106 108 47i 48a 7i 8i 132 134 154 155 130 132 90 91 77i 78 Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Irelan , i Great Western,Original Do Str Val cua. stook; Do. South Wales Do. West Mid. —Oxford NewportDo Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So',.th Western Ilan., Shot, & Lincoln. Haryport and Carlisle. Do = shares... 'Metropolitan iidland Do Birming. & Derby \lid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. f shares Mid Kent ...• North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwia Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 67 69 57 59 44 46 100 102 114 g 115} 81 83 10 5 106 37 39 118 1184 97 19 66 t 7 120 ;21 130 I3C 105 107 55 67 25 27 1134 1141 - - 714 724 123 104 Do York _ Do Carlisle Do. Stook. & Darling. Do do 1855-58 Do do 1886.61 North London Do New .. Do New, 1864. North Staffordshire N. and S W. Junction 60Ott1eh Central Soot. N. E., Aber. stock' Do Soot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Welolipoo, Shropshire Union I South Devon . South Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok Taff Vale- . Do C Vale of Neath • I Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall IW. Hartlepool Har.AR , 38 39 11 12 9 19 p 123 la 3 16 2p 1 16 79 80 110 58 60 40 42 85 F 54 8 9 163 .68 3i i) ItB 110 38 40 Bit' risti POSSESSIONS. Closing Price. flailways it halt to & St Lawrene , torn.,Baroda&.Cent Inc Gu. 5 per cent........ 59 61 102 i 103} pHs 5 i St ip 84 9k - - Do. E. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. Preferonoe .... • • Buffalo,BrantAGodricl p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187 Do. do. July 1, 187. Jo. do. June 1, 18; _;lcutta.ttS.Eastn.(l.b , ;apeTown fis Dock Seri Demerara 7 p.o. per. pf, , ~ : astn. bengal go. p. I , :ast Indian. Ern. ft p. c Do. do. J Eat.. .• ;rand Trunk of Uans. , s. Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge ti per cent. Du. Ist fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred..." • Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred..... • Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred.... 75 80 98 100 8) 90 102 a 1034 104 1. 5 2L 22 90 92 70 72 61 *l4 66 68 56 58 53 54 47 50 30 32 28 30 103 k 1044 pr 6p pr 101 103 DO: 4th Pref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... UtlndisPenin.gua.sp.e Do. Gua. 5 per cent.. Do. New gua. 5 p. a... South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. 41 per cent .... Do It. W. of Canada Sharec Do. New Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. Do. 5} p. o. do. '77-8.. Indian Branch Limited liadras guar., 5 p. o. Do. 41 p. e. Extension 81 91 111 11 88 0 80 f 2 d 104 1033 96 38 91 03 Dc. ... Do. Fifth Extension. Nlelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Di& Ilelb. & Hobson's Bay. Newßruuswiok & Canch 60 6Z Class A and B. .. . N.ltl•C'dab po lst pt bcli• Soinde •. Do. Delhi cl .3 g Do. t. a , Do. Punjaub , p Do. Indus• St. Flog) p r all 100 (100 1100 1000 S h 82 84 10: 103 102 i 1031, id 102 i 1 03 i 95 97 k;OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIP,S. - ,British Columbia, 6 per cent., Dec. 31, 1872 ) 100 ' - Do. do. 1883 100 - Nu.tiov.6 p.C.Ja .szJ ut) 1877-81 100 98 100 - Do. Ap. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 98 1 0 - Do. ap. c. Mar. & Sept 100 98 100 - Do. Cp. o. Jan.&July. )0( 88 01 881 8 - Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 81 90 - ape G.Hopc, 6 p 0,187 100 104 106 Do.Ap & Oct. 1881. 100 105 107 Do. 18i'.1 100 106 108 - M. Jan. & July. 1891 100 109 111 - ;nylon, Nov.IFEN, 6 p 100 101 105 - yo. 1878, do. 100 11 9 112 - Mauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 'OO 05 107 Do. 187: 100 06 109 Do. 1882 100 107 110 natal Gov. 6 per cant lOU 195 107 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.dauly 100 99 102 S.W. Gov. 5 p 3.,180' 100 97 99 - Do. sp. e.,lB'tl to 1:;71 100 95 97 - Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 94 96 90 - •iew Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 1001 - \lova Scotia Gov. 6p. - sterling, 1875. lOO 00 102 , lueensland Gcv. 6p. e. 100 104 101 - ~Aus Gov. 6 p.e.1E68-' 100 - Do. 1.78 &upwardt 100 107 109 Vio.GoV. 6 p.e. Ja.Blul) 100 - - Do. lo t p.o. Ari..Uoot.. 100 107 108 106 k BRITISH MINES. 2 Consol. Gold 6 I 1 - Chiver ton .. 3 1 1 - undoro Amalgamated 331 841 - :)evon G. Con.. (Tavist 1 580 600 - Drakewalls.. Bassett (Illogan) .,u 50 65 - East Caradon ...... 18 20 19 Cana Brea 3.4 . 1. 61 7 - East Gronville 2.7.0. 5 6 - East Lovell ...... "13.6. 15 16 - W'lliussel(Tavistk., 8.13., 51 51 Gam.&St.Aubyp(Gwen 60, 5 7 4 Great Laxey, all 171 18/ - dreat South Tolgus 175 3 2 - fir. Wheal Vor (Helston 40 34 36 35} . • 7B. r. 64 6 - tierod's-Foot 8.13 85 37 - lingston Downs 4 . 18 .0 4 41 - Itarga ret (Cny Lelan , . 8 9 - larke Valley.. 4 1 yndv Iron Ore (Lim. 2). 14 11: - Nangiles.. 19 18 - Setuu 214 60 70 - • \T or th Downs ...... - North Roskear.. 294 17 19 ‘.ll 'i B a sset ti 3.1,6 11 2 - 'orth Wheal Crofty - Prosper United 3l 3 - • -rovidence(Cuy Lelut 106.7 34 36 - south Caradon(St.Cleer. 11 20 540 Wheal Fran. (Mogan 13.1. 33 36 - stray Park - fin Crolt ) 16 17 - West Basset (Illogan) l4 7 9 - Cr radon (Liskeard' 9 5 0 - West Chiver (On - West Sotou ...... 171 ;05 215 - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 90 93 - Wheal Buller(Redruth) 0 1 9 11 - VVhealLudcott - W h ea l Mary Ann (Men ) 8 13 15 - W h ea l Seton 586 195 200 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis.; 7 19 21 - Wh e al Union 4 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4 3 / 4 per cent pf., 97 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred.. 86t Great Western, Chester C en t a. stock, 80 N or th British 5 per cent., 106 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and South-Western, 4i per cent., 98 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 931 FOREIGN. RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 11; S a mbre and Meuse , 53/4 per cent. pf., 91 FOREIGN MINES Port Philip, 13 BANKS. Alliance (lim.). 99i 9 Ditto, new, Ditto, issued at 20 pm., of which 10 is pd., 24 Bank of New Zealand, 151 Consolidated Bank, lira., £O/ 11 English. Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 Imperial Bank (lim.). 34 1 Imperial Ottoman, 161 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 53 London Joint Stock, 491 South Australia, 37 Union of Ireland, lim., 201 MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 18} Credit Fonder and Mobilier of England, 81 Credit Fonder of Mauritius, lim., 6/. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, Sm., 61 7 Hudson's Bay, 161 Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 81 I n t erna tional Financial Society, Um., 71 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 90, 85 Joint Stock Discount, London Financial Association, 11111., 241 L o ndon General Omnibus Company, 2/ M idras Irrigation and Canal„ b 1 North British and Mercantile Instilnice, Urn., 19 Ocean Marine Insurance), 261 Panama, New Zealand, and Australian R. Mail, lim., 81 PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY ,-0 n Monday night Mrs Margaret Douglas, the Australian pedes trian, completed the task of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours, at the American Opera House, Liverpool. Each successive mile has been witnessed by persons who have attested its fair performance, and the remarkable woman has gone through the arduous feat with astonish ing freshness and vigour. During her last mile, which she walked in the presence of several hundred persons, she several times stopped to dance, and at the close she declared she could have walked 200 miles more, and would be willing to undertake 1,400. Several heavy bets have been decided by the result. 18.14 et 8t et 50 20 87 SO 130 131 Shan 100 Sk i 204 10 100 100 iOO 100 Ateek rtOOk 20 stook 1 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook stook stock Stock stook 471 f 1344 154 771 6 ; 1151 15 Bti # 2 1051 38 121 i 20b 130 i 41i 814 4 Paid. BUtillieBB (1011. 3)} 30 1041 31 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVEMNU, DECEMBER 7, 1864. NEW NOVELS. The Queen of the County. By the author of " Mar garet and her Bridesmaids." Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. The authoress of " Margaret and her Brides maids" and " The Valley of a Hundred Fires" is a favourite with many readers, Her style is sin gularly pleasing and vivacious ; and if her charac ters are almost too charming for real life, and her descriptions almost too couleur de rose, the result is, nevertheless, sufficiently attractive, and the novel-reader who seeks to be agreeably enter tained is not likely to be disappointed. " The Queen of the County" is, in every respect, as graceful and as charming as her predecessors. The fair Dulce Mallerdean is the narrator of her own history, the very opening lines of which remind us of one peculiarity in " The Valley of a Hundred Fires." In that novel, if we are not mistaken, the very excellent hero and heroine become the parents of some sixteen or eighteen little daughters, and here this new novel, " The Queen of the County" commences with this reminiscence of the fair heroine—" In my father's nursery were born twelve little girls." A curious coincidence, to say the least of it, reminding one of the chanson of Beranger— " sur la naissance des ,Mlles." Again, a peculiarity of this writer is a predeliction for extraordinary Christian names. In her last work one fair maiden was called by the Welsh appellation, Nest, and another was Pearl; and now, the Queen of the County rejoices in the name of Dulce, and her favourite sister is called Marblette. We the more readily comment upon these eccentricities, because the writer is one who can well afford to dispense with them. She writes with a facile pen, and knows how to please many readers. Poor Dulce's grief in the dark hour of her affliction is most vividly and naturally portrayed; but although we rejoice to find th. fair ti Q,Axocoga" living to v good etc age, surrounded by troops of friends, we must confess that our credulity as to the verisimilitude of her history is somewhat shaken when we are called upon to congratulate the aged lady upon her son of sixty, her grandson of forty, and her great-grandson, just celebrating his mhjority l Dulce Mallerdean is one of the twelve daughters of a gentleman of mode rate means; she marries the heir of a wealthy house, and finds herself at once in a high and re sponsible position—a position which she fills with grace and ability. On her first appearance at the County Ball she is thus greeted by one of the note. bilities, Lord Harpendale THE QUEEN OF THE COUNTY. We were so anxious to see you. Lady Harpendale said "For twenty-nine years I have been Queen of the County —I will look at Peter Mallerdean's wife, and if she is worthy, I will crown her Queen this very night in my place." " Have all counties queens ?" " I know not—but we have, and we like it." " And what are her duties ?" "She must be at the head, possibly the inventor and pro • rooter of all the good deeds done in the county; she must be ready to patronise every public meeting; she must set fashions; adjust quarrels, and be the guide and star of the whole female population." " The only arduous part of the duties is adjusting the quarrels." " Ah, you are sanguine I Don't be so sanguine. It re. quires some one very superior to be Queen of this County. We are not easily pleased. The young peop'e of the present day are very fast, my dear Mrs Mallerdean. We must have a stately Queen of the County to restrain them. They hurry upon their fathers and mothers so rapidly, that, egad they almost trip us up." A cloud in the sunny life of the young " Queen" is the jealousy of her husband's sister, Lady Lanton. Here is a pleasing sketch of A NEW BELLE'S STRATAGEM, We went to Brighton, and I used all the arts I professed to make Peter forget his melancholy. We had to return to town all too soon. A court ball was impending, and Peter was for once rather anxious about my dress and appear ance. He was engaged that night rather late at the House of Commons, but had bid me dress and go early. I was to wait for him in the labby, so that we might enter the pre sence together. I was in joyous spirits. My dress pleased me well, and I diverted myself with thinking how delighted Peter would be when, throwing off my cloak, I should show myself to him, adorned with perfect art. That elasticity of spirit which rose upon the least occasion floated me off into a mood as happy and rapturous as a child's. Though I did not allow it to myself, our house had to me and aspect of home and sunshine, now that Lady Lanton wa3 out of it. Ensconsed behind the pedestal of a statue in the lobby, I watched the gay company thronging in, and never felt more gay. Una sudden I perceived Lady n3utui, hutsolf aptaeach• ing, and with her the Countess Hermann. To my astonish• ment, the latter seemed dressed in the fac-simile of ray dress. What first struck me was the coronal of plumes, that were arranged according to a fancy of my own, in a sort of sweeping circle, that descended low on one side of the neck. A little circlet of diamonds was the only other ornament on my head. The countess had precisely the same. I immediately scanned her dress. It was the exact copy of mine—white crape looped up with water lilies, showing a white satin petticoat, embroidered in silver and Roman pearls. They did not perceive me as they passed in earnest conversation. "Yes, I brought him to town for the best advise," Lady Lanton was saying ; " it is the only thing I could do, but I took care to leave the children at Mallerdean." Ah, my dear Bufly , I was pleased at that—it went to my heart to think that the result of all these quarrelings might be that I should be separated from you This was my first thought. The second followed quickly. Peter would never forgive the public exhibition of his wife and Lady Hermann appearing so exactly dressed alike as to remarkable. Elated as I was with my new dress, my appearance in it, and the sensation I hoped to make, it was all over now. I must ask for a chair, and get home as speedily as I could, that I might reach it before Peter left it. Fortunately .I was in time. When I told my tale, he was astonished; and had the ball not been a royal one, we should certainly not have at tended it, But there was no alternative. Peter had but a minute to admire my dress, when I had to ran and OD nge it. I think he felt the disappointment even more than I did, it was so becoming. I now put on a dress of blue gauze, which was perfectly new, but wanted the grace and deli cacy of the other. I exc han g ed my coronal of feathers for one long one tipped with blue, which I fastened on to my head, with the bands of diamonds passing over and over it. In less than an hear I was again in the lobby, accom panied by my husband, and we passed into the ball-room. On its very threshold were Lady Lenten and the court. teas. It seemed as if they meant to join us, as we passed on our way to the royal circle, but they were so confused at the unexpected change in my dress, or the utter disregard Peter paid to their presence, that they allowed some people to intervene between us, and we were soon lost in the crowd that crushed on the Presence Chamber. Having made our obeisance, we joined the Orams, and one or two people whom we knew, with whom we went into an inner room, where a limited number of people mere dancing. Here we agreed to stay, as we were a seltot party, and mostly known to each other. And here I had the great happiness, as it seemed to me, of dancing for the first and only time of my life with Peter. To a youthful animated spirit dancing is like the embod i ment of the joy of mind, and when you may freely abandon yourself to the intoxication of it, because your husband is your partner, nothing can be more perfect. Tens, within a short space of time, I had experienced as many different feelings as there are clouds in an April day. Before taking leave of Queen Dulee, let us quote a beautiful thought upon - - ANNIVERSARIES. The return year by year of birthdays, marriage-days, and mourning-days is good for the soul. Few aro so hardened but that the return of the day of their birth brings with it the remembrance that there will be a time when a year.will come in which there is no birthday for them. Are they prepared for it ? Again, in marriage-days, those that love truly, gladly, repeat their vows again, and love ou still more fondly as each year proves them still more blest in each other. To those who love not so well, it may be that these anniversaries soften some hardened place in their h ea rts, and so, opening a spring of kindly feeling, heal wounds that might otherwise have festered and mortified to death. But the mourner I—on such a day mourner was baptised in sorro w . The ceremony brought her face to face with God. His veil was withdrawn, and she felt her self almost in the invisible world. On each anniversary she withdrew into this holy sanctuary again, and issues there from strengthened to perform her work. Do not fear these anniversaries, Dulce. As time mellows the sharpness of your sorrow, you will court them—the only link in this world which connects you with the dead. this tender, loving philosophy pervades the whole work, and is more than an equivalent for all th e e blemishes we havo hint ed at, and justifies the author's rising popularity. --- Me Ordeal for Wives. By the Author cf " The Morals of Mayfair," &c. Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. There have been before now political discusbions, and severe animadversions upon the rival merits and demerits of " town" and " country." In a kiudred spirit the author of the " Ordeal for Wives" is in. clined to inaugurate a similar controversy in a matri monial point of view. We must confess that for awhile the name of this novel mystified us, but the meaning is, towards the close, very clearly set forth in the following oracular announcement, which we publish for the benefit of all whom it may con cern : Reader, if you aro a man of fortune, and desire the assist ance of a young woman in getting rid of that fortune for you ; if your heart yearns after a companion who shall dress extravagantly, who shall sit with credit at thehead of your table, who shall make your house generally attractive to your friends—do as Mamaduke Scott and as Lord Eltham did. You need not be at the trouble of travelling to find what you require. London, Paris, Bath, Brighton, Chel tenham—wherever you may be, you will find the material ready to your hand. Reader, if you are a man of education, but no money' and are so inconceivably single-minded as to wish to pos • seas a woman who shall be bound to you for life; if you have visions (God knows how, in this generation, they come into your head I) of a wife who shall work with and for you, cook your moat and mend your shirts, Ie your house keeper and the mother of your children, and your own in tellectual companion, and truest, tenderest friend—go and search for your ideal among the Devonshire Moors I You won't get her in large cities out of the classes from whom men take their wives. And, unfortunately, the Dovonshire Moors are every day becoming more enclosed. ___ Bred up in these Devonshire moors was Esther Fleming, the principal heroine of the tale, Her teacher and guardian being her cousin, Joan E ogle heart, a thorough disciplinarian, and one not tole rant of the weaknesses of humanity; witness, for example, her approved method of getting rid of a servant's lover— manifest in the plot of this story. The stolen marriage of the youthful heiress of Askerdale Park is very cleverly arranged, thanks to the Machie vellian ingenuity of the "best man" but not the best adviser of the bridegroom. The latter personage is himself somewhat ashamed of the underhand part he is compelled to enact. Not so his friend Marston, who rejoices with all the pride of art in the success of his dextrous combinations. It being essential that the secret marriage of the heiress shall take place in London, and by banns, Marston causes these banns to be published in no less than six out of the way parishes, so as to elude discovery, end when at last, on the third Sunday, every hour becomes of importance, he persuades (by very potent arguments) one clergy man to perform the marriage ceremony imme diately after the banns are, for the last time, published, while another goes on with the ordinary service of the day, there being just sufficient time before twelve o'clock for the momentous matter to be legally arranged. So much for strategic skill The after events which befall the hero and heroine aro even more surprising, and partake largely of the sensational. The story is, however, cleverly designed and pleasantly told. Nelly:Deane. A Story of Every-day Life. Two Vole. Nimmo: A very charming heroine is little Nelly Deane. Ono of those artless, loveable characters whom Wordsworth has celebrated— " A creature not too bright and good, For human nature's daily food ; For simple pleasures, artless wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." The character is, no doubt, happily for as all, one of " every-day life ;" but wo cannot think that the story of Nelly Deane, as sot forth in these volumes, is entitled to the definition which appears upon the title-page. The wicked wiles of Stella Mortnn_ the young heir, the shipwreck, the mistaken identity, and last of all, the extraordinary reccontre of the Scotch ser vant and the dying sinner, make up altogether a story of considerable interest, but hardly one of everyday life! Old Dr Brown is a very delightful and not an impossible character. Maggie Bell; or, The Lost Sister. By Warwick liolme;author of "The Monona of Bardon." Two Vole. Maxwell. The narrator of this story is the tutor of little Bortie Ainslie, and the lover of Maggie Bell. B-Irtie's mother, the sister of Maggie the lost sister, who gives the eecond title to the book—has miraculously disappeared. When she is with amazing difficulty discovered, Maggie has, for the time, vanished away, and become in her turn the " lost sister." Ultimately they are both restored to each other, and all ends well, but the story appears, to our thinking, to be somewhat akin to a much ado about nothing. New Music. -..- The March des Princes, L'Oiseau Mouche (rondo waltz) Come back thou happy dream, the Charing Cross Polka, and the Ali Ben Sou Alle Waltz, Polka, and Quadrille. The above new pianoforte music, just been published by Mr. Ward, of the Strand, will doubtless find much favour during the approaching festive season. The first three pieces are the composition of Ali Ben Sou Alle, the gentle man whose performances on the Turkophone produced such an impression during the late series of promenade concerts given by Mr Alfred Mellon. L'Oisesu Mouche is a peculiarly effective and melodious composition, and one that cannot fail to become a general favourite. The com poser has not confined himself to the production of instru mental music, he has also published three very pretty songs, all of which will be found an agreeable addition to those already in circulation. The Charing Cross Polka, by Mr J. C. Kent, is sprightly and telling; and the Ali Ben Sou Alle Polka, Waltzes, and Quadrille, arranged by Eugene Dalagarde from the compositions of the gentleman whose name they bear, are each excellent specimens of lively dance music. A Eederal " Ocean-going Monitor" (From the Neu, York World.) More than three years ago, a contract was made by the Secretary of the Navy with Captain Ericsson and his asso ciates for the construction of the two ironclad ocean moni tors, to be called the Puritan and Dictator. The vessels were guaranteed to steam 15 knots an hour at sea; and from time to time Captain Ericsson declared in the papers that there machines were:destined to revolutionise naval warfare, Last spring, after the Dictator was substantially finished, but before she was tried, Congress:was applied to to pay for one of these vessels—the Puritan—a price equal to what it would cost to build it now, although, in fact, the actual cost of building it had been about half of what now would be estimated, the iron and labour having been contracted for at the prices of three years ago. To this ap plication objections were made by most of the public jour nals, and by several senators and members, who insisted that the Dictator should first be tried, and if she proved good for anything, then it would bo time enough to in demnify the contractors against loss, perhaps to reward them bya large profit. But this did not satisfy the Navy Depart ment, who urged the passage of the bill upon Congress, and a law was enacted giving the contractors about a mil lion and a half of dollars of profit, while the Dictator was lying ready for steaming, but without having yet been tried in any respect. Having secured this magnificent do nation, given upon tbo representation by its advocates that the ship could alone cope with the entire navy of England, the contractors proceeded to try the Dictator at the dock; in the North river. Precisely what happened is not known to the public ; but the effect was that the vessel, instead of steaming to the navy yard as had been announced, Ras towed there by a number of tugs, although the public had been notified to stand on the battery and see her steam by. Then the trial trip was announced. in order to show that the ship was able to go alone, and as a necessary prelimi nary to her acceptance by the Government ; but after work ing the engines at the dock no trip was attempted. Just then Capt. Fox, assistant secretary of the navy, appeared and spent a couple of days in looking after his peculiar pet, the Dictator, and immediately the ship was taken off the hands of the contractors, and the unfortunate people of this much.swindled country were saddled with a machine which had hardly yet shown itself capable of self-motion. Mean while an expedition at Fortress Monroe was awaiting the Dictator to complete its force ; but the Dictator did not move. Instead of that, however, she went on a "cruise" to Staten Island, in tow of three tugs, and for about ten days she has been pert irming the duties of a dictator to the oyster boats about Communipaw. Her history, however, is written by Captain Ericsson, who informed the public that there was nothing wrong about the ship, but that some sand had got into the step of the rudder while lying in the mud of the navy yard, and so the Dictator was temporarily disabled. He also assured the public that the engines had been run ning at the rate of 59 revolutions a minute with the throttle valve only one quarter open ; from which we are led to infer that if the other three quarters were only opened something terrible would happen, and we waited for that result. Our patience is at length rewarded, and it has been announced that the Dictator had returned from her first cruise to the lower bay, and had made a speed of 7 knots an hour with 45 revolutions of her engines. We do not feel disposed to be very critical, but we cannot help calculating the speed of the screw of the Dictator, and we find that the ship was going taster than the screw would drive her when she went 7 knots an hour with 23 revolutions—but we suppose it to be one of the peculiarities of this sort of ves sel that ordinary rules do not apply—a peculiarity parti cularly valuable in this ship, because the engines have demonstrated that they cannot be made to revolve con stantly 20 revolutions a minute—GO being the contract speed—and therefore, unless the ship can go faster than the wheel which drives her, she is ut•erly useless. This first cruise was made in commission and fighting trim. No one has been hurt or wounded—thus showing that the ironclad is invulnerable, but the ship has gone to the navy yard for repairs after her difficult and extensive ser vice; and the contractors and Capt. Fox are satisfied. If the taxpayers are not, they ought to turn contractors, NEW LIFEBOATS.—The National Lifeboat Ineti. tution has just sent away a fine new lifeboat, 36ft. long, to be stationed at Pill, Morcombe Bay, Lancashire, The coat of the lifeboat was collected by the commercial travellers; Mr W. Bishop, of West-street-road, acting as treasurer, and Mr R. Affleck, of York-street, Manchester, performing the duty of secretary. Another lifeboat, of precisely the same size, will be sent off this day (Wednes day) to New Quay, Cardigan Bay. The cost of this last named lifeboat was benevolently contributed by the Ancient Order of Foresters. A LADY'S SPORTING ADVRNTURR.—Last week Lord I)..liddleton's foxhounds met at Heslerton. There was a large party, and among them Mr and Miss Pinder, of Linton House. During the chase, the. Derwent, swollen to the brim by the late heavy rains, had to be crossed. Miss Piner boldly took the stream, following.her brother. The force of the current, however, lifted her out of the saddle, and floated her down the river. A cry of "Miss Pinder in the river" was raised, and Mr Pinder, who had crossed, dismounted, followed his sister, and brought her safely to shore, amid the plaudits of the whole hunt. After a few moments the lady remounted, and although wet and uncomfortable, as may be supposed, for three hours continued the chase with as much ardour as the most veteran sporteman.—Easterrt News, NO FOLLOWERS ALLOWED. "Yes, Esther, I got rid of William Tillyer on quite a now principle, and one that I mean to adopt for the future. Show your sweetheart into the kitchen the next evening he comes,' I said to Patty; I like all these things to be quite open and above board.' Patty. great fool, did as she was bid, and I went out and found them together. ' You are coming after my servant, William Tillyer,' I said ; ' do you want to marry her r YaLLy Ognesi to him to any 3:1 38 1' and he said it, after hanging his tongue o.t, ona aiving in his pockets for an answer for about five minutes. ' Very well,' I remarked, ' then step up to Parson Justin's tor. morrow, and you shall bo asked next Sunday. Good night.' I wish you had seen his face, Esther. He begged and prayed, and promised he'd never sot foot inside our doors if I'd only let him off that time, This, of course, was xx hat I wanted ; and since then Patty has had no more lovers." Esther, like all paragons, behaves in a manner that would be considered highly reprehensible in an ordinary young lady. She engages herself on a brief acquaintance to the fist lover she meets with, and then, when he is absent, very speedily enshrines another image in her capricious heart. So much for the " Ordeal" of the Devonshire Moors I Jane Dashwood and her sister Millicent are ladies of Bath, and as such are (of course !) only intended to be worldly and heartless. A. very dismal picture indeed, does the author of " The Morals of May fair' give of modern society in England. The picture is no doubt exaggerated, and although the delineation is undoubtedly clever, we cannot say that it affords a very agreeable object of contemplation. Macaria, By Augusta J. Evans, author of "Beulah." Three Vols. Saunders and 0 tley. "Macaria ; or Altars of Sacrifice" is the title of a new American novel, which is written in an earnest and enthusiastic tone, and is allied with many extravagances and exaggerations. The natural results no doubt of the agitated at mosphere to which the writer has become sub jected. In the opening chapter we find Russell Aubrey toiling by the midnight lamp over unpa latable figures, striving to earn a livelihood for his widowed mother and his friendless cousin. In the third Yolume:Russell, having by industry and, reso lution attained prosperity and a position, devotes himself to the cause of Southern independence. The following exordium from his betrothed explains the meaning of the title of the novel : MACARIA. " Of old, when Eurystheus threatened Athens, Macaria, in order to save the city and the land from invasion and subjugation, willingly devoted himself a sacrifice upon the altar of the gods, Ah, Russell I that were an easy task, in comparison with the offering lam called upon to make. I can not, like Macaria, by self-immolation, redeem my country ; from that great privilege I am debarred ; but I yield up more than she ever possessed. I give my all on earth--my father and yourself—to my beloved and suffering country. My God ! accept the sacrifice, and crown the South a sovereign, independent nation I Gladly, unshrink ingly, would I meet a death so sublime; but to survive the loss of those dearer than my life, to live and endure such desolation—oh ! my lot, and that of thousands of my fellow-women, is infinitely more bitter tbai, tho foto of M a caria 1 " She smothered a moan, and her bead sank on his shoulder; but lifting it instantly, with her fathomless affection beaming in her face, she added— " To the mercy and guidance of Almighty God I commit you, dear Russell—trusting all things in His hands. May Ho shield you from sufferi ng , s t re ngthen you in the hour of trial, and reunite us et erna ll y in His kingdom, is, and ever shall be, my const ant pra y er . Good-by, Russell I Do your duty nobly; win deathless glory on the battle field, in defence of our sacred cause; and remember that your laurels will be very precious to my lonely heart." The chief heroine of the book is Irene, but Electra Grey occupies a prominent position, and her cha racter and career are amon g the extravagances We have alluded to. Here is a tidicatous description of the emotions of this precocious maiden : A " S ENSATIONAL' DANISEL Fourteen years had taught her an unusual amount of stoicism, but sealed lip s cannot sepu l c h re gr ief, and trials have a language which will not be repressed when t he mouth is at rest. Sh e l ooked not g l oomy , n or y e t quite un happy, but like one wh o sees obstac l es mou ntain high loom between her and the destined goal, and asks only permis sion to press on. Hers was a passionate nature; fierce blood beat in her veins, and would not always be bound by icy fetters. There w as no serene plateau o f f ee ling where she could repose; sh e enjoyed keen l y, rap t uro u s ly, and suffered acutely, fearfully. Unfortunately for her, she had only Himalayan solitudes, sublime in their dazzling height, or valleys of Tophet, appalling with flame and phantom. Upon such a passag e assuredly comment is need less 1 In better ta ste i s the follow i ng em i nent l y practical advice, ad m i n i stered b y a j u d ic i ous f r i en d to the other heroine--. A GOLDEN RULE.' All cannot bo missionaries in the ordinary acceptation of the torm. I believe that very few are really called to spend their lives under inclement skies, in dreary by-corners of the earth, amid hostile tribes. tut true missionary work lies at every man's door, at every woman's; and, my little sister, yours waits for you, staring at you daily. ‘, Do the work that lies nearest to thee." Let me give you the rule of a profound thinker, Who might have accomplished in calculable good had he walked the narrow, winding path that thou canst work at, and wor k at it like a Herculus ;" a nd amid the holy hills of J erusa l em the voice of Inspira tion exclaimed—" Whatsoever thy hand iindeth to do, do it With thy might." Ae another evidence a the strong emotions which animate the hearts of the women of the South, and which of themselves are sufficient to proclaim the deathless endurance of the struggle for Southern has an interest peculiarly iitnsdependence '` Macaria" own. Number Thirty-one. A Novel. Two vols. Pitman. The moral of this tale may be very excellent, but its manner is not attractive and its details are very unpleasing. The following remarks upon the effi cacy of tact are sufficiently truthful : TACT. What is it, after all , that does the chie f part of t h e busi ness Is it not rather, c n a e l s l s e d o ff liflesFitltselietugtepniulss, t t e t c e h r n u i d c t a ti l o ln and inexplicably so tact ? It is, truly ! Tact has been described, but never worthily defined ; haw can such a trim, compact, natty little word be defined ? Impossible! Tact is nimble fingered and quick-footed—tact has eyes that are perfectly independent of the optician's art—tact has always an abun dance of small change at command—tact carries no heavy weapons, but can do wonders with a sling and stone—tact knows where the corners are and how to turn them—tact always spies a sycamore tree up which to run when things on the crowded earth are difficult of management—tact is master of the nod, the smile, the wave of the supple hand— tact carries a bunch of curiously-fashioned keys, and sur prises many a cunningly-warded lock into a full confession of its secrets—tact plants its monosyllables wisely, for being a monosyllable itself it marshals its own order with the familiarity of friendship;—aye, tact, sly, versatile, diving, running, flying tact, governs the great world, after all, and yet touches th e orbicular baby so gently as to make it regard the sceptre as a stick of barley-sugar. But Mrs Dudgeon had no barley-sugar sceptre ;in a word, she had no fact. Assuredly tact formed no part in the education of the Dudgeon family. The indifference of the mother and the intolerance of the father produced very direful results, as number "thirty-one" sadly testi fied. ABkerdale Park. A Novel. By a Clergyman. Two Vule. Maxwell. There ie a great deal of contruetivo ability LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. It was expected that the judgment would have been de liveredlin the case of the Peterhuff this morning, but owing to the judges not having conferred in consequence of the absence of Mr Justice Ryles on circuit, the delivery of the decision will now stand over until next term. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WARD AND EDWARDS V. FREEMAN. In this case Mr Freeman propounded a codicil to the will of Mrs Freeman, which was contested on the ground that the testatrix was, at the the time the codicil was executed, in a state of mind entirely unfit for such a purpose. The gentleman in whose favour the codicil was executed was a surgeon, and for ye trs had been a great favourite with the husband of Mrs Jacobs, In 1855 Mrs Jacobs was taken unwell, and Mr Freeman being a surgeon, she sent for him to attend her. At this time she told him she had long wished to make a codicil to her will in his favour, and accordingly it was executed. The testa trix recovered, but eventually died in 1862, when Mr Free man produced the codicil, which, until that moment, was entirely unknown to the executrix. The executors objected to the document on the ground above stated, but witnesses were this morning examined to show that the testatrix was a person of very active business habits even at the time of her death. The property of the testattrix, it was represented to Mr Freeman, was so involved, and in such confusion, that it was said there would not be a surplus after her direc tions had been carried out, but ho insisted on the codicil being adhered to, and this circumstance led to the present proceeding. Tho case was proceeding when went to press, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BOW STREET. ROBBERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT BY A TOWN TRA VELLEIt.--ti respectably dressed man named Devereux, lately in the employment of Mr Lawrence, of Southampton street, Strand, was planed at the bar on a remand, charged with stealing a large quantity of shirt collars from his employer, a wholesale manufacturer. The rottbery was comtnittoii stances. The prisoner, it appeared, had abstracted a quantity of blank invoices from the warehouse in the first instance, and then on supplying any shirt collars, which he also abstracted from Mr Lawrence's stock, he filled up the in voices in the regular way and enclosed them with the collars. In this manner hesupplied three dozen to a gentleman named Twining, who paid )he prisoner for them a few days after they were delivered. The transaction with Mr Twining was never entered in Mr Lawrence's book, and the prisoner had no authority to supply goods on his own account. Mr Lawrence also charged the prisoner with embezzling the sum of £6. Ackrill, the police-constable, stated that ho found a quantity of property belonging to Mr Lawrence at the lodgings occupied by the prisoner. Mr Vaughan having cautioned the prisoner in the usual manner, asked him what ho had to say to the charge of robbing his employer. The prisoner Simply replied, "Nothing." He was then fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH• STREET. ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—ALLEGED VIOLENCE OF A CONSTABLE.—Lavinia Bach, described as a lodging house keeper, of Chichester-street, Pimlico, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assaulting Po lice Constable Austin, 336 11. Austin said at half-past one this morning he saw the de fendant with a crowd of persons round her outside the Cafe Riche, Piccadilly. The defendant was quarrelling with a woman about some money and refused to go away. On his putting his hand on the defendant's arm she knocked off his hat with her umbrella, and then struck him several times on the head with the umbrella. She then threw herself on the pavement. He got the assistance of another constable and took the defendant to the station. The defendant said she had been to the Cattle Show with some friends, and had been to see one of them home and taken supper with her. As she was passing the Cafe Riche sht saw a person who owed her some money. She turned round to speak to the person and the constable came by and pushed her away. Austin said the defendant was drunk. The defendant said she was never tipsy in her lite. Mr Benjamin Clark, clerk, of 58, Great Ormond-street, said ho had been spending the evening with some friends, and was proceeding home. The police were clearing the Haymarket. The defendant and some others were coming along when the constable pushed her up against the shut. tern, and she appeared to rebound. The constable then lift d his hand and struck the defendant violently twice, as if striking a man, and while falling the constable struck defendant again. The defendant raised her umbrella in falling, and ne doubt the constable thought she was about to strike him. Austin denied striking the &fondant, and said the last witness was one of a number of persons who followed and bustled the police as far as Swan and Edgar's. Henry Dawson, 301 A, said the► e was a great crowd, and a number of disorderly prostitutes and men shouting and pushing the constables about. Mr Tyrwhitt asked Dawson whether ho saw the com mencement of the affair, and ho said he did not. Austin said the constable who assisted him was not in attendance. The defendant exhibited a mark on her eye, where sh said she was struck. Mr Tyrwhitt said he would venture to discharge the de fendant. He did not, however, believe that the constable had struck her—constables were too prudent for that. He had no doubt the defendant had received a blow from some one, but it might, perhaps, have been from one of her own friends. As for the witness from Great Ormond-street he did not believe his evidence. Tho defendant was then discharged. THAMES. A HARD CAtilE.—A poor man named Wilson, a rigger, name before Mr Paget for the second time this day to make a complaint against the magnates of the Whitechapel and Stepney Poor-law Unions. The applicant's wife died on Saturday last in the London Hospital. She had been very ill for twelve months pre ceding. He applied to the relieving officer of Shadwell in the Stepney Union where ho was born, and where he had lived all his life, and where he lived now, to bury his wife, and represented that ho had not the means of defraying the expenses of a funeral. He was referred to the Whitechapel Union in which his wife died, and where his wife's body was lying. lie went to Whitechapel, and was told by the relieving officer that, as he belonged to the parish of St. Paul, Shadwell, that parish must bury his wife. He went back to Shadwell and was laughed at, and directed to go back to Whitechapel. Last night he attended the Board of Guardians of the White chapel Union, and was ordered to go about his business— " bury your wife, indeed; we ate not going to bury her, go away with you." That is what they said. He had been going backwards and forwards between the two unions for the last three days, and the body of his wife was unburied. He had received a notice from the hospital authorities to remove the body. He had no money to buy a coffin, and knew no one who would advance him the money. Mr Paget said ho had no control over the Guardians or officers of the two unions, and could not interfere. He had no funds at his disposal to carry out the wishes of the poor man, and could give him no redress. Wilson, who was deeply affected, left the court wiping the tears from his eyes. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet. Sales, probably 6,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South- West; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF. Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Satellite, for Singapore. OFF POOLE BAY, Dec. s.—Arrived —Bombay, from Lon don for Auckland. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Polly, for Singapore. _ BRISTOL CHANNEL, Dec. s.—Arrived—Robert Bristow, from Portland. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 6.—Arrived—Amalia, from Liverpool for Cuba. NEWPORT, Dec. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Emma, from Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, Deo. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Centu rion, from London for Sydaey—Trevelyan, from London for Calcutta. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, 'Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Scotia Queen, from Kustanjah—Maas, from Rotterdam. _ _. . DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Diadem, of Sunderland, from Taganrog for :Lerwick'. THE REV. DR. GUTHRIE AND A BOAR.—At the Edinburgh Sheriff Summary Court on Monday, Sheriff Hallard presiding, Alex. Dods, gardener, Greenend, was charged with culpable conduct endangering life in not keeping a boar belonging to him under proper charge. Dr Guthrie deponed that he and his son were driving in a gig at Greenend, when an enraged boar attacked and wounded the horse. Thinking that the horse was not much hurt they drove on till they came to Liberton Manse, when they saw that the horse had received a gash in the thigh tour inches long and an inch and a half deep; ant there was also a wound on its belly of some length. The doctor said that the attempt of the boar was manifestly to rip up the horse ; but the force of the stroke had been spent on the thigh. lie considered it a great wonder that he and his son were not killed. Other evidence was led both in sup port of the charge and in exculpation; art) ultimately the char! Vbe4 fonnd not proven: LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening, FOREIGN OFFICE, Nov. 23. The Queen has boeu graciously pleased to appoint Eneas DI. Gifiard, Esq., now British Vice Consul at Chagres, to be her Majesty's Consul at Vera Cruz, ADMIRALTY, DEC. 2. Royal Marine Light In,antry—First Lieutenant Robert Frederick Tayler to be Captain, vice Pritchard, decease:— Sec and Lieutenant Alfred Close Cassell to be First Lieu tenant, vice Tayler. BANKRUPTS, The following are the only bankrupts o" commrcial im portance in the Gazette : James Baylis, carver and gilder, Chester Thomas Chester, baker, St Leonards Edwin Shaw, painter, Oldham William P~ ke, grocer, Swansea William Reynolds, ironmonger, Gloucester John E wart, surgeon, Leeds Thomas It.)binson, innkeeper, Leigh, Essex Nathaniel Ramaden, innkeeper, Bristol Francis Richardson, miller, Benenden, Kent Matthew Pound, chemist, Leather-lane, Holborn John Chambers, licensed victualler, Biggleswade, Bed fu rdshire John Thomas Shayler, furrier, Clerkenwell BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Christopher Vant, tailor, Mile End -road William Barrett, coal merchant, Sevenoake, Kent Alfred W. Treater, printer, Railway -place, Fenchurch street. John P. Grain, wine merchant, Highbury Charles J. Ablict, licensed vict ua ll er , G reat Y armouth James H. Beecher, farm bailiff, Tisbury, Wilts SCOT CH BANKRUPTS. Alexander Currie, house furnisher, Glasgow John T. Fraser, conveyancer, Glasgow John M`Ghie, farmer, West Kilbride James Millar, J. W. B. Millar, and Margaret Miller, E.linburgh William Wilson, shoemaker, Stirling Course of Exchange,—Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 12 191 Autw. p — 25 571 `Alf; 00 Brussels — 25 67} 25 65 Hamburg — 20 6 13 81 Paris . . Short. 25 15 25 :c,5 Ditto Marseilles — 25 GO 25 65 Frankfort on Maine — 1201 1201 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 301 301 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — 47 44 Leghorn , 26 70 25 77/ Milan — 25 70 26 77/ Genoa Naples Palermo — 26 75 25 80 Messina — 26 75 25 80 Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) .... .. per oz., £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars .... TIIE QUEEN.-It will be seen that Mr and Mrs Wigan had this week the honour of reading before her Majesty at Windsor Castle. It is flattering in the extreme to these artists that they have been selected as the first who have been permitted to appear before her Majesty.—Court Journal. Mr John Richardson has received a letter from General Garibaldi, of which the following is a translation: —"Caprera, Nov. 18, 1864. Most esteemed Mr and Mrs Richardson,—l have to give you my most hearty thanks and gratitude for all the great kindness so generously be stowed on me by you, ever since I first set my foot in your land of liberty until you send me the yacht.—l pray you will believe me as your friend at all times.—G. LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT TO A LADY AT THE CROYDON STEEPLECHASES. Yesterday morning W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Railway Tavern, on the body of a fine young woman, aged 19, who met her death by falling from a horse at the late Croydon Steeplechase& Deceased was well known in the neighbourhood of South Belgravia. George Grey said he was a groom in the job-yard of Mr Whakerley, Lupus street, Pimlico. The lady he had seen dead that morning he had known during the past 12 months, and during that time ho had occasionally gone out with her as groom and coachman. He had always known her as Margaret Hills. On Wednesday afternoon he accompanied her on horseback to the Croydon Steeplechases, the deceased riding a mare. She was not accompanied by any Gentleman, but she spoke to several there. About half-past three on that afternoon, deceased directed him to jump the horse he was riding over a gap in the hedge. Witness did it, and she was to follow him. He did as she directed him, and as soon as he landed he looked round to see her coming, and she came directly. As he looked he saw the mare " land," and with that de ceased dropped the reins instantly and fell out of the saddle on the off-side. The deceased fell on the upper part of her back. Witness jumped off his horse and went to her, and she said, "Oh, George, lam hurt." They cried out for a doctor, and a gentleman came who they said was a doctor. A cab was called, and she was placed in it, and brought to the house. Witness remained in the house for about an hour and a half, and then left, but before leaving he saw her. She was quite sensible at the time of his leaving, and made no statement affecting any one. She was quite sober at the time of the accident. Witness could not account for her falling off, as she was a good horsewoman and of high courage. She had a fall previously, but she did not com plain at all of any injury, After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Aocidental death." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On Monday Mr C. S. Burnaby, coroner for the East Retford district of Nottingham, held an inquest at Ranskill, a village about six miles from Retford, into the cause of the death of Mr Richard Russell, civil engineer, of Bawtry, who was killed on the Great Northern Railway on Saturday night last. Mr Russell, who had had experience as a civil engineer, both in this country and in America, had lately received the appointment of engineer of the new line from Doncaster to Gainsborough, had been to Doncaster on business connected with the line, and missing the last passenger train from the place at six o'clock he, unknown to the officials there, got into a coal train, expecting, it is thought that it would stop at Bawtry. This train did not stop until it reached Retford, and the deceased found him self as much to the south of Bawtry as he was to the north at Doncaster. Anxious to get to his home the same even• ing, and there not being a train for passengers, he walked into the goods yard, and ascertaining that a special goods train was about to be despatched, he got into the van. The guard reported this to the clerk in charge at the station, and Mr Russell was informed he could not go. Nothing more was seen of him until he was found on the engine of another train, from which he had to be ejected. He then left, went to the Queen Hotel, and ordered a conveyance to take him to Bawtry. Before this was ready he left the hotel, and walked on the Great North-road as far as the Bawtry-moor crossing of the Great Northern Railway, when he took the railway, and from footmarks on the down four-foot it would appear that he walked along for a distance of two miles and a half, 'when he was overtaken by a down special goods train from Retford at 11.10 p.m., and killed upon the spot. The deceased's brother, Mr Samuel Russell, surgeon, of Blyth, stated to the jury the nature of the injuries, and further that the deceased was in good circumstances, and had no possible motive for committing suicide. The jury returned a verdict, "'That the deceased was accidentally killed." s. sonL,AaTnEdR Co.'sFßolll e J t JAPANe r t ß o y n Ms Messrs Jardine, arrived at 6hMh Shanghai n a g t h on the 18th, the dates from Yokohama, via Hakedadi, are up to the 12th of October. The fleet had paid the visit to Yedo and returned. No particulate published es to the official interviews which took place. We may judge, how ever, that the visit had produced a good effect, as 1,000 bales of silk were expected, or had arrived, at Yokohama, and there was an inquiry for foreign manufactured goods. The Rona brought over a quantity of silk.—London and China lilegraph. LuM PIiNSATION CLAIMS.—Mr Commissioner Kerr and a special jury sat at the Lord Mayor's Court, yesterday, for the purpose of hearing two compensation claims. The first was " Buck v. the Metropolitan Railway." The plaintiff is a collar maker, Cradle court, Red Cross street, and claimed upwards of £2,000. After the case had occupied some time. the jury by consent awarded £730. In the second case, "Bragg v. the Metropolitan Railway." damages were laid at £1,330. The claimant is a house fur nisher, Finsbury-pavement, where he only had an office. It was complained by Mr Lloyd, for the company, that this was an attempt to extort money for a mere tenancy, for a business which could be carried on anywhere in the neigh.. bourhood. The jury gave £250. The King of the Hellenes has decided that four officers of the army or navy shall proceed to France and England to inquire into the military and naval organisation of those two countries, and make a report to the commission formed at Athens for the reorganisation of those services in Greece. Not fewer than six churches are at the present moment in course of erection in Paris—namely, at Mont rouge, at Meuilmontant, on the Boulevard, des Invatides, and the churches of Ste. Augustine, the Trinity, and St. A►nbroise. Toe General Correspondence of Vienna states that a percussion cap burst on the earriav of the Emperor of Austria as he W4B returning from richtsiabrunn in the morning of the Ist inst. the care which the Ministerial journal takes to state that no person was wound e d would almost lead one to suppose t h a t t he affair was nut that of a mere harmteaa cap, but or some kind of projectile. A mettauring eight feet between the tips loarrge "g ttteo :t i i n t o, was shot a law days ego at Bruin . ; Item - Berne. This bird had, dutteg the last few years, caused eunodelabie lose to the tanners, hating carried oil mule than 2tal lawbs i and even lititto goats and sheep. --~