The Sun. — London, England, 1863-09-24 00:00:00

lIONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. , The Money M ar k e t continues w ith ou t th e tightest alteration of moment, either as regards the demand or the terms upon which it is met. The best three months' bills are charged 3i 4 per cent., and the Bank of England authorities, who keep their minimum at 4 per cent., are obtaining a fair Share of the current business. A further sum of £40,000 in gold was taken into the Bank yesterday. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as un l d B e 6 r 3 : 1862. Gf orth- 1 1 1 V re e s e t t e e rn rn 103,996 99,26.5 so uth_ Western Brighton , . 23,209 24,920 Midland 49,277 46,487 S outh -Ea s t ern 29,636 29,920 Great Eastern Great Northern J-. aneashire and Yorkshire 39,163 36,530 Bristol and Exeter North Eastern North British /:dinburgh and Glasgow These returns are in some instances of an unsatis factory character. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £1,703, on the South Western of £B2O, on the Brighton of £1,711, on the South Eastern of £284, and on the Great Northern of £9O ; while the North Western shows an increase of £4,731, the Midland of £2,790, the Great Eastern of £BO3, the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,638, the North Eastern of £3,120, and the North British of £786. A special meeting of the shareholders of the City Club Company was held to day, for the put , pose of passing a resolution empowering the capital to be increased by £50,000. Mr. J. T. King OC2U• Pied the chair, and stated that the preliminary arrangements had all been completed, that the site had been obtained and a plan of the building decided upon. The club when finished would afford great comfort and convenience to its members, and the only difficulty which the directors anticipated Was to admit all the applicants. The directors expected that about £25,000 of the £50,000 now Proposed to be raised would be opened, and the necessary half left as a guarantee for credit, &:c.necessary resolutions were carried. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's tele gram, the 3 per Cent. Rentes were at 67f. 80c. the pro gress o f b us i ness i n th e English Stuck It arket to-day has been devoid of any special fea ture of interest, the limited number of transactions r ., l.° corded h av i ng l e d to scarce ly any alteration, `' oll sols being 931 d for money, and 93Z I for the lice°u ", viz,, 1-16th per cent. higher th an the y v yesterday afternoon ; the tendency appears a little more f avoura bl e . The New Threes and Re duced Annuities are 919 92 ; Exchequer Bills, Deb entures, to 3 s . prem. ; I n di a 5 per Cents. 108 1 2-; the -uebentures 100'• and the Bonds, 17 s. to 20 s. preen. 4 A. farther slight downward movement has taken plac e in th e F ore i g n Market, and business is not Turkish 6 per Cents., 1834 , are 941 95; do ac tive. 'sl2t 1851, 701 ; do., 1862, 711 ; do., Consoli d e s, 4 ; Mexican, 461 47 ; Greek, 371 381; do., °apone 18 1. Spanish Passive, 35 36i ; do., cer tificates, 13i 14k; Italian, 721; Portuguese, 49 I ; the Confederate Loan, 31 to 29 d ie. ; and the "olunabian Loan, to 11 prem. The operations in the Railway Share Market 441 'e not been very extensive, but, in some instances, prices have slightly improved. Gre at Western and 'Midland have advanced 55., ; North Western, 10s. ; tad South Eastern, 15s. ; while Great Easterns l 'ave receded 55., and Great Northern IL In the Foreign and Colonial Markets there has b een no change of importance. Recife and San rancisco are quoted 181 19; Great Luxembourg, ; East Indian, 108! I; and Great Indian Penin ' 4l a, 1084 1694. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares, in some in :u- t ances, are at slightly enhanced quotations. Char tered of I India, London, and China realise 70 72; A lliance of London and Liverpool, 401 41 ; Union of Australia, 58 1 591. General Credit shares ars quoted 4; 5; In ternational Financial, NI j; Lon (°4 Financial, 141 ; and National Discount Com- Paray; BRITISH. FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Ba tik Stock 3 , Per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu iti es Tiller Cent. C onso l s A n nuities 931 5 r' 3 per Ce n t. Annuities S" p w 3 5 per Cent. Annuities w 2 i per Cent. Annuities ~-' annuities, Cent. Annuities .. -- 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880.. Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. ... D itto (Red S ea T e legraph), Aug. 1908. Amis. Stock Ditto 5 pet Cent lOBl I Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent — Ditto 6 per Cent Ditto D l ebentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 1 Ditto Bonds El,OOO — Ditto under £1,000 Bank Stock for Account Oct,.kionols for Account, Itldia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — 46 xehequer Bills, £l.OOO, 21 per Cent par 3 pm Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent .. Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 1839 and 1859 Ditto 1843 .. -„Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Chili an 6 per Cent. — Ditto 45 per Cent. .. Danish 4 per Cent., 1863 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1825. D utch,, 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 G u ild ers ''.'clllador New Consolidated. 1 per Cent — ~ Ditto, Provisonal Land Warrant rgYptian 7 per Cent . ._ lO2 Ditto. Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-6, ex-Coupons: — Ditto Account 3B 1 71 Ditto Coupons Ditto Account lBl 18 Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada l7l 17 1 Ditto 2 per Cent. Ditto Deferred lO5 Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 ~ Ditto Account 4 "ertuguese 3 per Cent. , 1853 - Ditto Account..... . . . • . • ... ; .• •• 6 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, 9, ' 6O, 2 4- 1 i Russian Ditto Account ........... ..... _ 5 per Cent., 1 822 , £ St Ditto 4% per Cent 1850 ............. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 __ W - , 1 Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 ............. I S ardinian 5 per Cent ............•••••• Ditto Account 'allish 3 per Cent nitto Account 55 Ditto New Deferred - Ditto Account 49 Ditto Passive Ditto Account 36/ 51 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded .. — Ditto Account l4 1131 Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.. 941 Ditto 6 per Cent. 185 S Ditto Account Ditto £.lOO Bonds .• • Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 D itto Account .... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £l9 16s 8d pd — ...Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — venezuel a 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 11 - r ,elgian 4} per Cent., Ex. 25f. "Itch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — , Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Fren c h R entes, 3 per C ent., E x. 251 Itali an 5 per Cent., 1851, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account Console, Money TWO O'CLOCK. Ditto 93* 1 Acco un t live/13001 Cotton Market—This Day. Stron g (Itt UTER'S TELEGRAMS.) Sales, about 10,000 bales. Imports, 5 ,279 ; .previoasly, 62,660, . - SHARE MARKETS—This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOk S. ' Paid. Closing ,Business Share l R a ilways. Price. 1 done. . 13.14.1 1 131 r— Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 flost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all 8} 81 at Bristol and Exeter at Caledonian lOO 120 121 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall all 71 8 beentiiltip p c a .p id an t . o lia li s i A -rots no dig 1 10 Do A ....- r all 10 Do. B 1 all . 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 39 10 25 IDun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16/ 171 et !Edinburgh & Glasgow. 1 100 'JB 119 st iilasg. and S. Western.; 100 110 112 at G reatEastern, Ord. stk . 100 501 511 501 at Ditto A stock ! 100 49/ 50t lat Ditto East Anglian st, 100 16/. 'al st GreatNorthot Scotland ! 100 et Great Northern...... •. 1. 100 125 126 125 st Do A stock st Do Bdo at Ct. S. an iW. of Irelann 100 100 112 at Great Western st Do Str Val ;ft:a. stock i 100 et Lancashl.'e & Yorkshire 160 1121 113 st London and Blackwall 100 73, 741 7n i St Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 113 114 st Lou., Chat., and Dover 100 42 43 st Lou. & Nor' h Western 100 101 101} 1011 / st Lon. & So'.th Western 100 100} 1011 1011,. st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 441 151 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do } 5hare5........ ~ all st Metropolitan all 123 125 at Midland 5.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 100 06 98 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 25 MM Kent 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 26 27 et Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 101 101} 1011 } d 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 1 .136.4 . .„ 1 8 at Do Leeds lOO 57 58 88 881 at Do York at Do Carlisle .......• • • 100 '— 100 117 12) st North London 10 I Do New .2.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 11} 100 123 125 at Scottish Central 44 46 at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 101 103 st Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO _ 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all 60 62 at 'Shropshire Union .„ lOO 100 31 93 at South Devon 100 941 06 9.11 6} st South Eastern 100 70 72 st ,South Wales at 'S. York. and River Dun 100 99 101 20 Staines,Wok.,an I d Wok all 9 s 0 25 'Stockton & Darlington all 361 371 26 Do l7 81 91 o 25 Do New, 1866 8 71 8 p 100 15u 155 at Taff Vale. 10 Do B 8 4 1 i 6} ~ 10 Do C 3 2/ 3} P all 50 Ulster 25 IDo 2O —— p 5f 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO 159 162 st ' Waterford & Kilkenny 100 et ;West Cornwall lOO 26 28 at 'W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO et 'West Midland -Oxford; 1 00 43 44 at I Do Newport; 100 39 41 at Do Hereford 100 105 107 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing share Railways Patd. Price. Business dons 100 "Itiantio &St Lawrence all 60 62 ,tk 5 ,lom.,Barodatt.Cent Ind 100 1075 1084 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New . ... 8 1 IA p 20 Do. E. Shares .. 75 15 15, p .A./4 Buffalo and Laxeliurun all 55 65 65 10 Do. Preference 5 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich (00 10c , I p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 iOO Do. do. July 1, 1875 100 100 Ito. do. Juue 1, 10;4 100 at ,:acutta.,TS.Eastn. , ; 100 1074 1084 at t;apeTown Dock Seri' 100 107 109 stock Eastn. Bengal go. sp. c 100 1094 1105 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. too 108 1 9 1082 it 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 15 15p 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada lee 204 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 72 74 100 Do. no. deferred-- all 59 i3l 100 Do. 2(1 Pret. Bonus all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred.— all 51 53 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred all 36 28 100 Do. 4th Pref. sto..k all 27 29 274 1 100 Do. do. deferred— all 23 s 5 stock Gt.lncliaPenin.gua.sp.c 110 1081 1094 1094 81 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 15 11, 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 107 108 205 Gt. W. of Canada Sharee all 104 10; 204 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 95 97 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 89 91 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 ft 5 p stock Madras guar., sp. 0. .. 100 tO7 a 8 stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 1015 102 stock De. 44 d 0........ 100 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- stock Itelb.Corp, ap. a. Bnci., too 50 Gelb. & Hoboon's Bay. all 57 18 100 Do. 7p. a. Hoeg. Bds. all 20 Newßr ur.swick a Cauda C i l t l l. itsc,assdAan (I B .. all 3 5 N. 18 t bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde (100 107 108 at Do. Delhi I 100 107 108 t Do. do • V.. 2 2 f4p 20 Do. Punjaub .... _cE: all ——p et Do. Do. ........ , - , luu 107 108 .cock I Do. Indus. St. Flo.) l O2 104 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. n p.c.J ,t.. 1 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aun. 100 101 (13 Do. 6p. c.Mar.at Sept. 100 (01 1( 3 Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 83 914 2 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 5 , 0 o 2 Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1877, 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 112 114 Do. 1891 100 113 115 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 11l 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 'Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 130 110 112 iN.8.G0v.6 ul) 100 100 102 101 I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - IN. S. W. G ov. 5 p 18., 100 1005 101/ Do. sp. 0.,151 to 1-',"i( 100 1011 102! Do. d0.,1888 &now& 100 102 103 1025 New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 111 113 ,Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 1:1 113 S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 111 113 - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 108 110 , Do. io 6 n.c. An.dsOot.. 100 114 114 1141 BRITISH MINES. 2 i cambrian Consol. Gold I I Id Amalgamated.; 33 55 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist.) 1 555 9(5 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 81 63 , 1 'East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. 5d pail 'East Caradon ..........I 2.14.. , 28 29 284 I East Cara Brea... .. . 3.4.0 74 71 E. tirl Russel (Tavistk.) 8.6.6 34 3,2 - IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) iB, 13 15 Great South Tolgus.... 178 44 43 G. Wheal Vor (llelston 40 9 10 Grenville .. Elerc.-d's-Foot wt . ( S 8 4U 11 ingston Downs 4.'8.0 2 25 Lady Bertha R a rgaret (tiny Nlarke Valley 4.3.0 6 65 4 Slyndy Iron Oro (Lim : 24 15 t New Setun -- North Downs .. N. Will Basset (111.04a.ti 2.17.0 24 35 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (R. Blazey. 15 4 E, 20 I Vrovidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 52 44 SouthCaradon(SECleer, 15 415 425 1 5 81 5 - .6 1 60 2 65 54,..wCahren. IBlr,craan(l.l(lioitca)n Stray Park 37 39 famar Silv.& Lead Alin, 44 4 fin Croft 9 194 205 West Basset (Illoon) l5 9 10 1V C 5 radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West Seton ... ... 4711 215 125 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 55 75 80 Wheal Buller(liedruth)l 5 25 SO 25 Wheal Kitty (11.Lelant): 2.0.6 WhealLud(ott Wheal MaryAnni,:ilen ) 8 9 11 Wheal ficton 584 210 220 wheal Trelawney (Lis ) 7 16 18 Wheal Union 1 3,17 . 24 34 21 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties, Ext. No. 2, 111 Great Eastern, E. C. 6 per cent. pref., 1301 Great Northern, 4. per cent., red. at 10 per cent. pm., 1038 Ditto, 5 per cent. red, at 5 per cent. pm., 107 i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pl., 105.1 LINES LEASED Al FIXED RENTALS. Great Eastern, Newm., etc., 5 per cent., 109 London, Tilbury, and Southend, 99i FOREIGN RAILWAYS; Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9} Bahia and San Francisco (lim.) gua. 7 per cent., 20; Great Luxembourg, 141 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 12i Recite and San Francisco (lim.), gua. 7 per cent., 18} 19 Sambre and Meuse, 66 per cent. pl., 10 San Paulo (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 9i South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 22i FOLtEIGN MINES. Alamillos, limited, 1 JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Um.), 401 I Australasia, 12 Ditto, new, 391 Bank of Queensland (11m),15}_} 16 Bank of Wales, 71 Bank of New Zealand, 111 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim , 5i British and American Exchange. (Um.), la Chartered Bank of British Columbia, 12 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 391 i Chartered Hier. of India, London, and China, 71 69 70 2 City, 118 English and Irish (11w.), 101 Hin er ial Ottoman dustan, china, 19 1 / and Japan aim.), 281 1 Imp , London and Brazilian (lino, 50 London Chartered Bank of A ustra li a, 28 Lon don and County. 50 London and South African, 2R/ London, Buenos Ayres, and Ri ver Pl ate, 51 50/ L on don and Northern (lim.), London and Westm inster, 79. i 80 antile and Exchange. Um., Ili National of Liverpool, limited, 1 15 Oriental Bank Corporation. 61 60 Scinde, Punjaub , and Delhi (lima, 6g : S outh Africa (limy), im. 9 BSotauntphdiaAtrtodu,sonttr i e a r , a i;t B i Union of Austral ia, 581 gi British Union of I+;ngland a nd France (1 ), Union of London, 401 MISCELLANEOUS. AustralianA nglo-Il c gr a c hi! t n u t i. Berlin Water Woras, t Bombay Gas, limited, 21 3 Gen. Cr( dit and r inane of London, um., 5 4; General Steam Navigation, 28 Hudson's Bay, 91 International Financial Society, 101, ; Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), .i a t t to, k 6 Dpeirsecoeunutt.,B7oinidsird. ~870 issued 90, 891 ) stock Joint London Financial Association, hua., 141 London General Omnibus Company National Discount Company, lim., Peninsula and 0 , iental Steam, 80 Ditto, new, Di Christopher North," otherwise the Great CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT,--This Day. STATE OF TRADE. Professor. Charmingly describcd in racy prose by an ad miring fellow-countryman of John Wilson's, the author of certain Poems and Songs, one Hugh Mac donald : OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Byles.) THE FATAL OMNIBUS ACCIDENT ON HOLBORN-HILL. George Langley, omnibus driver, surrendered to his bail on an indictment charging him with manslaughter. The facts of the case have already appeared in ne Sun, from which it will be recollected that the deceased was an omnibus conductor, and during the time he was putting on the "skid," or locking the wheels, the pole or horses of another omnibus which was following knocked the poor fellow down, and death resulted from the injuries he sus tained. After two or three witnesses had been examined, The jury inquired of the learned judge whether there was any cause for them to hear further evidence, as they had quite made up their minds. The learned Judge said he did not like stopping cases, but he must confess at that momenta thought was passing in his mind whether there was any case against the defen dant. The Foreman—We have quite made up our minds; it was a pure accident, but we wish to know whether it is competent for us to add a kind of requisition to our verdict.? lhe learned judge told the jury they were quite at liberty to add anything they pleased. The Foreman—They formally returned a verdict of not guilty, and said the jury trusted the company to which de ceased belonged would make some recompense to the widow for her loss, as the death of her husband was caused solely by his aLsiety to serve his employers. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) CHARGE OF STEALING TURPENTIVE. John Smith, 24, sawyer, and Joseph Pemaerthy, barge men, were indicted for stealing one cask ant 50 gallons of turpentine, the property of Sir Charles Price and others, and Joseph Charles Harrison, oilman, Queenhithe, was in dicted for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen. The case was proceeding when we went to press. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergean:.) Frederick Tell was indicted for stealing a watch and chain, the property of James Horner, from his d welling house. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO CAIIMEN.—For a long time past great complaints have been made of the number of cabmen loiter ing and causing an obstruction is Coventry-street, &0., and several of the offenders have been summoned to this court by the police. At first Mr. Knox fined the defendants 3s. and 2s. costs, but, as the number of defendants summoned rather increased than diminished, Mr. Knox raised the fine to ss. and costs. The increased fins failing to check the nuisance, Mr. Knox imposed a fine of 10s. and costs, and now the worthy magistrate has expressed his intention, finding that things are going on just the same, to fine all defendants 20s. and costs. This will be a great boon to the honest and well conducted cabmen, who ara prevented getting off the stand on which he has been for hours, sometimes owing to the other cabmen, who go creeping about, picking up all the fares. STRANGE STORY. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER, 24, 1863. DUNDEE, Sept. 22.—Flax, tow, and cedilla all keep quiet, the demand being entirely consumptive, and the prices of all qualities, excepting some of the higher marks which are scarce, in favour of the buyer. With these exceptions the market,wal remarkably buoyant to-day, and the inquiry for linens beyond all precedent. The consumption of jute is now very extensive, and still increasing. Stocks in sellers' hands are light, with prices tend ing upwards, and the demand active for all quali ties; but fine is much sought for, and 10s. to 20s. per ton higher than last week. Yarns were again a little dearer, and all qualities greatly wanted. To d y a considerable quantity was sold, but not to the extent of putchasers' wants, spinners being quite unable to book so many orders with any hope of executing them this year. The American ad vices received yesterday report a large business in hesGiaos at advanced rates, and linens generally in active demand. Many of the hessians sold there are for corn sacks, the grain being now shipped in bags, as it is difficult to be got insured in bulk. These large sales imply an extensive shipment of grain to the United Kingdom during the winter, and low prices on this side. Large transactions in linens ivere entered into to-day for delivery through out the remaining months of the year, and Ameri can buyers were pressing operators. Several home-- trade buyers were also in the market, but it was not possible to place half the orders they had to give out, either for Dundee fabrics or for those made in the district, LEICESTER, 23d.—The hosiery trade has been very active during the past few days, and manufac urers continue well employed with orders on hand. In the country districts business is without much change. Yarns hold up in price, and spinners are fully employed to order. There is no material alte ration the in price of wools; the market is firm and rates are high. NOTTINGHAM, 23d.—There has been rather more doing ill lace goods during the past few days than for some time previously, and more is expected to be done in October. Some few orders for muslin quillings have been completed this week. In other descriptions of plain goods there is not much doing. Black silk laces are rather ltss in request, but more is expected to be done when the harvest is con cluded. Narrow edgings are selling telerably well. In hosiery there is not much change. Yarns are realising very high pricEs, and the tendency is still upwardh. At the Birmingham Police•court, on Tuesday, Mary Ann Jones, who was charged at the court on Monday with threatening to commit suicide, was again brought up and placed in the dock. On Monday ehe had made to the court a strange state ment, to the effect that she had been enticed away from her home at Burslem by a young man named Wm. Dean, drugged on the way to Wolverhampton, and afterwards seduced and robbed. This she after wards altered, and her amended statement stood thus :—Dean, who had worked with her at a pot tery at Burslem, had been courting her for some time, and by him she was enciente. On Saturday morning he advised her to start with him for Wol verhampton. On the way, and when within a very short distance of the town, he pulled from his pocket a powder, and urged her to take it. She did so, and afterwards became unconscious. On coming to her self she found that Dean had left her, and also that, while in a stupefied state, a small sum of money, which she drew from her employers before leaving Burslem, had been taken from her. Upon this evidence, involving, as it did, charges of offences of serious magnitude against Dean, the bench ordered a warrant to issue for his immediate apprehension. The young woman gave his descrip- tion and address to the police. In the course of the day an officer, armed with the authority of the law, was sent down to the Potteries in search of Dean. " And now I must say I felt rather afraid to ven ture into the presence of the redoabted Kit North, my heart beat rather thickish when I thought of my hardihood ; however, there wa s no drawin g back now, I must go on. * * In going up the stair to the great man's study, his sanctum sanc forum, the palpitating symptoms threatened to re turn on me ; but the moment I was in, and saw his noble intellectual countenance brighten with a smile of welcome, as he shook me warmly by the hand and led me to a seat, saying at the same time that he was very glad I had c flied, I felt myself' quite at home. He was in his workshop among his books, which were scattered about in all directions in glo rious confusion, none of your gay glittering binding ranged for show, but mostly scuft,' and bearing the marks of having seen service.' He sat in his easy chair, with a good stout cudgel in his hand. Fillan's bust is very correct ; I would have known him by it, although I had never been told who I was speaking to. His long yellow hair, now silvered and thinned by time, hanging carelessly over his neck—his fine manly features, and broad high dome-like head, would have pointed him out at once as the mighty Christopher. He is becoming rather fat and corpulent ; and when he threw himself back, during our conversation, in his chair, with the one leg resting on the other, he brought Shakespero's worthy Sir John, who was not only witty himself, but the cause of wit in others, forcibly to my mind. Indeed, I felt above myself, as if he had not only genius himself,but that for the time he had inspired me with a portion of his glorious spirit. He said that from my letter and poetry he had looked for an older man; that I was still a very young man, &e. Enquired very kindly after my circumstances ; was very sorry to hear that I had lost a wife. Said that a great many young men sent him verses, in general the greatest trash—that they either would not or could not think for themselves. Said that he bad been pleased with both my letter and verses. * * Said that he had mad e u p hi s mind at once, on readi▪ ng them, to see me; and again said he was proud I had called. He then read over the birds,' verse by verse, making remarks on each. The lark that sings the stars asleep :' Did I mean to say that the lark sung aft e r the stars begun to shine ? I sai▪ d no : but that this bird rising in the early morn before the stars began to fade, and continuing to sing while they were one after the other disap pearing, might in a poetic sense be supposed to sing them asleep. Said it was beautiful, but did not strike one at first. ' The merle that wakes their beam :' He had often admired the song of the merle while he was wandering in the saft simmer gloamin'. The wagtail by the forest-spring or lonely waterfall Said that he had been once taken to sea a painting of a waterfall, by a very clever artist, one Harvey, that he had noticed a bird sitting on a stone at the bottom of it ; ho had turned to a friend and said, this must be a wagtail. His friend, who was a naturalist, said, No; it is a waterpyet or ousel; and that this bird was more fre quently found in these situations than the wagtail: I would not agree to this ; said that what I had written was from actual observation. That the ousel was a comparatively rare bird, but that it was always to be seen walking about the margin of the lonely limas; and that I saw several last time I was in Killoch Glen. Said he knew that sweet little glen, and he was glad I had stuck to my point, as his observations and mine were in accordance with each other. The red-breast wailing sad alone :' He did not think the robin's song a sad one. When he lived last in the country, one came morning and evening, and sung sitting on the top of his pig -house, and he always thought it a very lightsome and blithe song; he used to be quite charmed with it, but singing, as it did alone, at the fa' o' the leaf, there was no doubt but it excited melancholy feelings— this was wholly owing to the associations, however. I said it was probably so, but it appeared sad to me, and I wrote as I felt. I said I had been to see poor Ferguson's grave that morning ; and while musing there, a red-breast had burst into song on a poplar tree in the churchyard, and that it had struck inn as a very sad song indeed. He as sented. ' Familiar as a mother's voice:' He was not quite sure of this—there was familiarity in a mother's voice, but there was a great deal more ; it might pass,however. Matchless mottled breast Thought it would be batter without matchless.' Wells of glee' was a strong phrase, but beautiful, applying both to throstle and merle, and he thought there was strength enough without matchless.' * * * These are the principal remarks he made on the piece—it was well worth the pains of polishing, and all short poems should be attended to in this respect. When he had read it he folded it carefully up, placed it in a small rosewood box lying on the table, saying at the same time, I must take care of this.' He asked what part of Paisley I worked in, and said he was sorry to go to that place now — the old familiar faces were nearly all gone, even the houses, he scarcely knew them now. There were cnly two families that he knew—the Lonses in the Sneddon, and some old ladies named Orr, somewhere in Causeyside. He minded the Looses, they came from England when boys ; and he re membered very well that he envied their roast beef and plum-pudding dinner, when he only got his parritch and milk. When he was last in Paisley he went to see the garden outside the town, where ho used to go for gooseberries, and to look for birds' nests when a boy. He had gone into some old haunt of his childhood (a garden), when an old woman came out and looked after him, as much as to say, I'm no very sure about you;' he said he was glad to walk off. He had known very little of Tannahill until very recently. He said ha had left Paisley when a boy, before Tannahill's time, and was in England for a lengthened period; and somehow, even when he came on visits to his native place, his friends bad never spoken to him of the Weaver bard. Talking of Wordsworth, he said that he had met him when a young man in England ; Wordsworth's poetry was then very much ridiculed, even his most beautiful productions, I said that Wordsworth was much indebted to him for the high degree of popularity he now enjoyed ; that it was, for instance, almost altogether through his writings on 'Wordsworth's poetry that I knew auything of it. He considered this great poet had been unfairly treated, and he had done what he could to place his writings before the public in their proper light. He did not think that Wordsworth would ever be very popular, it was only the few who could devote a considerable portion of thought to his works, who could perceive the peculiar beauties of his poetry. * " So we shook hands, and I came a way with a heart rinin' ower wi' grati tude, prid e , an d l ore to the greate st mind I have ever met, or i n a ll lik e lih oo d ever ina y meet in this world." Richard Wagner is gone to Pesth, where he will conduce a series of concerts. THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH ARMIES in 1863-4 showed by a series of elaborate returns, under the respective military budgets of the two nations that the total effective English army is 147,118; that of the French, 355,187. The cost per head of the effective and non-effec tive English, numbering 147,118 men, is £94 ls. while that of the French effective and non effective forces of 400,000 is £43 Os. 4d. per head. ADVERTISEMENT.]—Avoid medicines: they always aggra vate chronic complaints, but Du Barry's Delicious Health Restoring Revalenta Arabica Food, which saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restoring perfect digestion. strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, pure blood, refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy ti the most disordered or enfeebled. We extract a few out of 60,010 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 or the Marchioaess de 'Brehan, Paris, of a liver complaint, wasting away for seven years, debility, with a nervous palpitation all over, bad digestion, constant sleeplessness, t he most intolerable nervous agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, Lord L:eut. of Waterford, of many years' dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, spasms,yCpepsia, nervousness, ast'ama, cough, constipation, sickness, and vomiting.—Maria Jolly." —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, of Frunley, Surrey, of thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derange . ment, and partial deafness. —Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of extreme nervousitests, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.- Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. Jas T. Campbell, Fakenham, Nod* ilk, " of indigestion and torpi dity or the liver, which had re slate i all medical treatment.' 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A constable, named Henry Hayward, 401 K, was despatched with the poor fellow to Bury's court, Well-street, Poplar, where he found Mrs. Driscoll quarrelling with a neighbour, The constable charged the prisoner with wounding her husband, and she said she had only given him " three slight taps on the Lead." She was taken into custody. The poor fellow, her husband, said when he came home " his old woman" was drunk and quarrelling, and when be expostulated with her she " bullyragged him and bate him wid a poker, and he was kict quite. The evidence of other witnesses went to show that the prisoner had committed a violent and unprovoked assault on the complainant, who lost a good deal of blood, and whose head was covered with a surgical plaister. The prisoner, in defence, said her husband threatened to rip her open with a knife, and she took up a poker to de fend herself, and gave her husband some taps with it. Mr. Partridge was satisfied the prisoner was a very vio lent woman indeed, and that she had wantonly and mali ciously beaten her husband and done him very serious in jury. He sentenced her to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. THE CAPTAIN ON A WRONQ TACA.—Matilda Purdy, a tall and strapping wench, aged 2b, of No. 2, Sarah-street, Poplar, was brought before Mr. Partridge charged with stealing L 3 10s. in gold from the person of Captain Edward Hood, of Time-street, Newcastle, and master of the ship John, lying in the river. It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, a red faced, weather-beaten north country mariner, that he ar rived here on Sandey last with his ship. Last night he came on shore for a cruise and met with the prisoner. He treated her with grog and a supper. He was a "little by the head," and he agreed to stop all night with the priso ner. They went to No. 2, Sally•street. The prisoner —Sarah-street. The captain—Well, it was Sarah-street, Poplar ; and before I went to bed I stowed away my gold in a piece of old newspaper, and put it in my pocket. This morning my e ight sovereigns an d h a lf sovereign were gone. Mr. ap tivn Partridge—Andood__No, she e e prisoner stu ck by m e all night andg one too ? C never left me. _ _ The prisoner said the prosecutor declared when he missed his gold that he had put it under the carpet of the room in which they slept all night, and caused the carpet to be taken up. She never saw his gold, A police constable said the prosecutor stated to him that his gold was deposited under the carpet, and after a search was made he said he stowed it away in his pocket. The Captain—l am sure it was stowed away in my pool et. Mr. Partridge said the prisoner was intoxicated last night, and he could place no dependence on what he said. He advised the prosecutor, who was the master of a ship, and ought to set a better example, not to pick up with such compa ny as prostitutes in future, and to avoid a place like Sarah-street, Poplar, when he came to this port again. He discharged the prisoner. NARKE TS —T his Day. MARK -LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY A VERAGES . —Wheat, 44s 9d ; oats, 20s Orl; ry e , 32 3 7d; beans, 39 s Od ; T H E SIX WEE KS ' AVERAGES. -- Wheat , 458 2 d; barley, abnaidiep)e',9,33s,s326ds ;9d. 33s 5d ; oats, 228 3d ; rye, 3313 4d ; beans, 39s 8d ; peas, 35s 11d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LASTWEER.—Wheat, 107,763; barley, 21,657 ; eats; 9 1 935 ; rye,ts23; beans, 1,796; peas 1,092 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE. To-day's market was well supplied with beasts as to number, but their general quality was iaferior. Prime stock sold steadily at full price s ; otherwise, the beef trade was heavy, at barely late rates. The show of sheep was only moderate. Powns and half-breds were qui,e as dear as on Monday, with a good consumptive inquiry. Heavy breeds were dull, but not cheaper. A few very inferior Dowim sold at 55 4d per 81bs. Calves, the supply of which was moderate, moved off slowly at harely stationary prices. Pigs, however, were in fair request, and rather dearer. Milch cows supported previous rates. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d• s. d• Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 8 5 0 Secondquality do. 3 10 4 4 Pme•S'thdowndo.s 2 5 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Large orse. calves 3 6 4 2 Prime Scots, ore. 4 10 5 0 Prime s mall do 4 4 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 4 0 ' Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Small porkers , 4 64 10 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 12s to 20s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 21s to 29s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. i FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ... Cows l4O Sheep and lambs .... 1,600 Sheep and lambs Calves Pigs . 412) MEAT MARKETS. NEWOATE AND LEADENNALL.--The supply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 45 2d , mutton, 3s tid to 458 d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 45 4d ; and pork, as 10d to 4s 10d per Blbs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Sept. 23.—The supplies of fat stock were seasonably extensive, and the trade, generally, ruled in active, as follows : — Beet, from 3s 6 d to 4s ilia; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per Ms, to sink the offal. ltomFouo, Sept. 23.—Prime beasts and sheep com manded a steady sale, at full prices. Otherwise, the de mand was heavy. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5a 04: mutton, 3s 10d to 55 4d ; lamb, --s Oct to — s Od ; veal, 4s Od to 45 6d ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Blbs ; suc kling calves, 12s to 20s ; quarter -old store pigs, 20s to 275; and much cows, £l5 to £lB Os each. HAY MARKETS. SmunriELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load. Supply but moderate—trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow nay, £3 Os to £4 1.5 s ; clover, Os to £6 Os and straw, £1 8s to £1 15s per load. A. sioady demand. IVIIITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £1 15s ; clover, £4 Os to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to 41 15s per load. 'trade steady, On arriving there he found out that the girl bad made a statement having not the slightest founda tion in truth, and that she had imposed on the credulity of the bench with lies trumped up for the occasion. No such a person as 'William Dean was known in the locality, but the girl was known to the police as being a notorious impostor, and addicted to vagabondish habits. /laving made these disco veries the officer quietly returned to Wolver hampton, bringing with him a witness who was well acquainted with the girl's antecedents.—Police- sergeant Steel, of Burslem, said that about two years ago the prisoner was found lying in the road, at Trentham, by Mr. Adderley, M.P., of Barlaston hall, to whom she stated that some person had robbed her of a purse containing 4s. 6J., and also committed a rape upon her. Mr. Adderley, in con sequence, tool her in his carriage to Stone Work house. A man was arrested oa the charges, but her statement proved to be untrue, and she was severely reprimanded by the magistrates who heard the case. She admitted that she had made a false charge. She was afterwards taken to the work house at Chell, whence she absconded, taking with her some clothing belonging to the union. On this charge she was sentenced to a month's imprison ment. Shortly after her release from gaol she was found sitting in the road at Trentham, at night, and told a policeman who found her that she could tell who the men were who had been con cerned in the recent poaching affray on the Duke of Sutherland's estate. She named a lodging-house where they could be found, and the house was searched,but this story turned out to be untrue. She was brought before magistrates at Longton, and sentenced, he believed, to a month's imprisonment. The prisoner—Nothing of the kind, sir. Witness —A short time afterwards she was in custody of a police-officer, Blurton, charged with disorderly conduct For this offence she was sentenced, he believed, to two months' imprisonment Soon after her liberation from gaol she was found at Eccles hall, in an apparently dying state. Police-sergeant Robinson took her to his house, and she informed him that two men had taken her into a toll-house near Salop, and committed a rape upon her, and afterwards gave her poison. Two magistrates were fetched from church to take her declaration, as it was thought she would die_ The declaration was signed by her, and she stated her belief that she should not recover. Upon inquiries being made as to her character, she admitted her statement to be false, and was sentenced to three months imprisonment. After her release from gaol she was again found at Longton, but she was then in company with a man, and she was brought before the magistrates, and sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment. Her term expired last Saturday. One of the bench asked if she was a prostitute. Witness—She is a notorious prostitute, and one of the greatest liars in the world. Superintendent Povey had received com munications from almost every town in England where she had practised the same kind of dodges. The prisoner—You have told an untruth ; I have only been to Stafford three times; the first for seven, the second for fourteen, and the last for twenty one days. Witness--On applying to the gaol more than half a dozen convictions can be produced of her. Prisoner—As to my going to Chell Work house, I never did, for my mother took me home. Tho Mayor (to the prisoner)—He says you came from Stafford on Saturday. Prisoner —It was not on Saturday I came. I was at home on the 19th of September, and my mother knows it too. In answer to the bench, the witness added that there was no such person ss Willi a m Dean living at Bursletn. The Mayor (to the prisoner)—Do you adhere to the statement you made to Dean ? The prisoner said she did, and it was true she was three mouths advanced in the family way. The Mayor said she would be examined by a surgeon, and re manded far a week, and in the meantime further inquiries would be made respecting her. He added that this case showed the necessity of there being a public prosecutor. It must be p laced in the hands of an attorney, s o that a p ro p er inquiry might be made, and the case presented to the bench nest Tuesday in a connected form, for if the statement of the police-sergeant were correct the prisoner ought not to be at large.—Birmingham Gazette. GAS LAMPS just placed in the Champs Elysees resemble in shape an antique vase. The light springs from an imitation candle, and at the top it a white porcelain re flector. They give a much more brilliant light than those opt the old py,,tera. LITERATURE. Les Institutions Politiques, Judiclaires, et Adminis tratires d'Angleterre. Par Charles de Franque ville, Auditeur au Conseil d'Etat, Avocet ala Cour Imperiale. 1 Tome, pp. 559. Paris: Hachette et Cie. A distinguished Frenchman has, in this singularly interesting and exceedingly able work, taken not only a very tolerant but a most generous view of our English Institutions. M. de Franqueville is a man of note amongst our Gallic neighbours. This his very position indicates. He is Auditor of the Council of State, besides being a barrister at law in practice and a man of letters with some repute. tion. He has enjoyed the advantage of mixing in English society as well as in French society. When he writes, as in the volume under notice, about our insular institutions, "Political, Judicial, and Ad ministrative," he writes, no doubt, after the accu mulation of large stores of knowledge in regard to those institutions from books, but he writes also, it should be especially borne in mind, from his own vigilant, sustained, and thoughtful observation. The treatise here presented by him to our consi deration—for in a philosophical sense the work is a genuine treatise in its character, a treatise we:l - throughout, ample in its scope, and having the broadest, and, so to speak, the most massive principles for its very foundation—the treatise here submitted to our examination by M. de Franqueville has been quite manifestly from beginning to end, a labour of love with the writer of it, Like his illustrious fellow-country man, the Count de Montalembert, in these particu' Lars, if in no others, M. de Franqueville, besides being an earnest, a conscientious, and a devoted ultramontanist, is, with the whole fervour of a most generous nature, in his political sympathies, a thoroughgoing Anglo-maniac. A time was when the cultivation of a frivolous and besotted Anglo mania was the passing passion of the hour among a certain class of French politicians. Outwardly it manifested itself, this tendency towards the imita tion of English ways and methods of doing things, by the adoption of some of the more flagrant absurdi ties then prevalent on this side of the Channel in the way of costume, as well as in the adoption of some of our most conspicuous social and domestic habitudes. These extravagances, occurring (it Play be recalled to mind by even the most superficially instructed student of modern history), during the evil days of the first, that is, of the Great French Revolution. While yet in England the vulgar notion of a French man was almost identical with the idealised cari cature of that personage painted in Hogarth's picture of Calais Gate, a caricature afterwards exaggerated to the most grotesque extravagance of ridicule in the Frog-eating Spindle-shanks r,our trayed in the gaudily-coloured etchings of Gilray and Rowlandson—multitudes of people on the op posite side of the Channel, prominent politicians many of them, were acting, it may be, in a not less mistaken, but certainly also in a far more generous spirit : wearing among other things the buckskins and top-boots, then forming a portion of the ordinary garb of Englishmen; carrying in their right hand a bulbous-headed walking-stick ; having at their heels a tamed, though ferocious-looking specimen of the genus bulldog ; in their hours of conviviality, it may be, some of them exchanging the savoury ra gout for the tough beef-steak, or the nip of absinthe for the equally nauseous flavour of gin-and-bitters. It was not that these earlier and merely superficial Anglo-maniacs hated us less (that is to say, than Englishmen and Frenchmen were then mutually taught, idiotically to hate each other) but that they hated their own rulers, their own institutions, their own Government more. There was a malignity in that Anglo - mania, though the evidences of it were nothing short of the ridiculous. In noble contrast to the Anglo-mania of past days in France, is an intellectual and philosophical Anglo mania, if such it can justly be called, like that manifested by a rarely gifted man of genius like the Count.de Montalembert, or, again as the work to which we are here desirous of directing the attention of our fellow-countryman, admirably well evidences, by an enlightened and accomplished ob• server like M. de Franqueville. Subscribing to Buffon's famous axiom, "la style c'est l'hoinme," we I would here, before adding another syllable in regard to the goodly volume before us, give in the way of illustration at leasnone brief extract, as an average exemplar of the way in which M. de Franqueville's work is written. Remarking upon the ex traordinary difference discoverable at a glance between the French and the English administrator our author goes on to remark :—" Li quelques rares employes, d'un flues facile, d'une exquise politesse, d'une inepuisable complaisance pour les citoyens qui, par le plus grand des hasards, ont affaire a une administration publique. Point de cerbere ran gorge dans une cravate blanche, le con orne de la ctiaine d'argent traditionelle; un simple gentleman en redingote fait fonction d'huissier ; it parait sur prise, mail non pas mecontent, d'apercevoir nu etranger, et it s'empresse de se mettre a see ordres. Il est assurement plus facile de voir un minister d'Angleterre qu'un chef de division franeais. Les bureaux sont propros et nets. Oa y voit peu de dossiers, encore moins de cartons. Une petite cor beille d'osier contient trois ou quatre feuilles de papier etoneees de so trouver ensemble, et destieees i etre pliees le soir, puffs entourees d'un petit fil rouge [how delicately the red tape is hinted at l], avant de retourner i poussiere qui les attend. Presque tontes lee admi nistrations sent reunies, i Whitehall, dans un metric e eeiment dont la vue seule est plus eloquente que tous lee discours, Point de ces etiquettes ma jestueuses, sur lesquelles le mot bureau aime, chez nous, a staler sa toute-paissance ; de petites plaques de cuivre bien discretes se desputent la partie in ferieure de trois portes etroites, et indiquent les noms des ministeres, dont Biles annoncent l'entree- Le temple de la bureaucratic anglaise est moles grand que lintel parieculier de l'un des ministres Peris." Time will come, however, M. de Pranque; vine, when in regard to that last p eculiarityo l ours, we are all cherishing the hope of being able to say with Moliere's Medecin Malgre Lui-- a Meanin e have changed all that" completely ! g the restricted character and unimposing ap pearance of our publi c offices. As our author himself might learn any day, when next he happens to be over here in London by s trolling down in the direction of Whitehall and remarking the extent of the clearance there made to the west of Downing-street. Excellent though the arrangement of this work of M. de Franque ville'a undoubtedly is, in the way of affording its reader a comprehensive and comprehensible survey of our English Institutions — our institutions at once political, judicial, and administrative—it is upon the liberality of the whole tone of it that we would here particularly be understood to pro nounce our opinion --not carelessly, or casually, or out of mere idle compliment, but with an emphasis of approval to which, according, to our thinking, that same liberality of tone so eminently entitles it. Divided into four books, the volume considers, in the first, The State and the Church; in the second, Justice and Legislation; in the third, the Central Administration; in the fourth end last, the Local Administration. Than which division of his theme, into four quarters, none could by possibility ensure to the treatise more in stant lucidity or more ayeun etrical completeness. a Subdividing the first book a gain into four chapters, M. de Franqueville comments in the first upon our Constitution in its entirety. In the second, he con siders the Executive Power under halt a dozen sections—l, the Sovereign ;2, the Royal Family; 3, the Royal House; 4, the Civil List; 5, the Privy Council ; 6, t h e Cabinet. Chapter three relates in five sections to-1. The Parliament; 2. The Nobility ; 3. The House of Lords ; 4. The House of Commons; 5. The Bills introduced into the Legis lature, and there by " passing" transformed into enactments , Chapter the fourth and last of the first book relates, in its turn, under two heads, first, to Protestantism, and, secondly, to what is natu rally of especial interest to the writer as a Catholic, to the Catholic religion in the United Kingdom, nay to a certain extent even it might be said, in the whole vast area of the Bietish empire. A couple of chapters, he finds sufficient for hi s second bo,:,k cr diTizion. The earlier of the two re- . _ _ lating to Justice, the later- to Legislation. Three chapters make up the third - Book : the first having regard to the Home DepEs.rtment ; the second to Foreign Affairs, as well as to the Army and Navy; the third to oar Financial sys.te m. Finally three chap ters are the subdivisions of thi 3 fourth book—having reference, the first to countierkthe second to parishes, the third to municipalities. Having recounted all which, the scheme of th.o whole treatise may now very readily be comprehended. And it is tcortk comprehending when it comes to be examined into—we hardly know which we would say by preference, whether of more worth in France or in England. Through it, the English reader;may leax n, with advantage to himself, how magnanimously and appreciatively a truly liberal -minded Frenchman can survey the whole complicated fabric of our English Institu tions. Through it, moreover, the French reader may learn, with advantage to himself, how much real liberty is fostered here in England under cur political, judicial, and administrative institutions—as the reigning Emperor, his Majesty Napoleon 111., took bccasic,n to remark hardly twelve months ago, when pronouncing a panegyric upon our English institutions in wor d s that M. de Franqueville has, in this book of his, unconsciou s ly, it may be, but most effectively enforced —words that (some of them at least) even M. de IVlontalem bert himself might have articulated as the cham pion of true Liberty and the admirer of a strictly Constitutional form of government. SECOND EDITION. bUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BRESLAU, September 23.—The Gazette says : All the inmates of the Palace of Count Andre Zeimoyski have been arrested. Among them. are Count Lubrenski, Prince Lobomirski, and Professor Paplonaki. The two hotels Za_ rnoyski have been confiscated and converted into barracks, A search has been made in the neighbouring church of St. Croix ; even the coffins were opened and the bodies thrown out. During the night a convoy of prisoners left the citadel for Siberia. Charles Mathews' Continued Success at Paris. M. Nestor Roqueplen, the theatrieal critic of the Constitutionnel, has the following remarks in his last feuilleton : " Here we have another feat which has its merit —an Englishman playing a French vaudeville at the Varieties. The French vaudeville is bad, the English actor excellent ; at the first representation a part of the public hissed the piece. The hissers were but clumsy ; the experienced and delicate hissers of the Odeon would not have failed to treat the foreign actor handsomely, and to detach him from the piece to which he puts his name, and which may have been originally good, but spoiled ' by some subsequent patching. However that may be, the English press testifies a good deal of ili humour at the reception given to Mr. Mathews, a charming and distinguished artist, who takes his Place on the same line with our most subtle and celebrated comic actors. The English papers are right, for it would be impossible to say with what refinement of hospitality our artists are received in London. At this very moment some French de serters are there, murdering the English language at a rate that might well make the three kingdoms tremble; they, are, nevertheless, listened to and encouraged by a polite public, which seems as if grateful for the efforts made to please it. If the conduct of our hissers has been taken amiss, on the other hand it has done no harm, and Mathews is drawing crowded houses. The Anglais Timide has resumed upon the bills the rank of which the theatre had thought it right at first to dispossess it. The reparation comes, then, entirely from the public, which of its own free will adds an adjective to the title of the piece, and calls it, `l'Anylais tinzide et applaudi.'" Upon this - the Times' Paris correspondent remarks as follows :—I know not what part of the English press was angry at Mr. Mathews's reception, or imagined there was shown to him on ac count of his being a foreigner, but nobody who was present at his first performance at the Varieties could fairly have said that such was the case. A few persons—" fastidious outsiders," (mil of the Paris papers called them—hissed and shuffled with their feet, but their dissatisfaction was manifestly with the piece, and not with the actor. In its French garb the little farce was too long, and hung fire; it was cut down between the first and second performances, and has gone well ever since. A Ladlefull of " Punch," PICKED UP FROM THE BEACH.—OId Salt (who has got sixpence apiece out of the children)—" There, my dears, you've got a kitten for a shillun' as had ought to a bin sevin and sixpence at least; and if you 'll meet me here to-morrer at the same time, you shall have such a boat for a half-a-crown as you couldn't got at a shop for five bob 1" DIPLOMATIC ADVICE TO RUSSIA ABOUT POLAND.-- Bear, forbear I SCIENTIFIC.—A Magnetic Mountain has been discovered in Swedish Lapland. It is creating a great sensation, and, as may be expected, is drawing immensely, FOREIGNERS IN FRANCE.—First Foreigner—" This is could w a' sworn it warn 't `Nelltuss e t „ h i e s r n e ' See d Foreigner— "on beef nor m utton." h A a i t ie t t h o e o y se c i a s ll it a p la MOTT O Fon AN IRRITABLE SCHOOLMASTER.—" Nisi a i ci f e glt ulam, prava non corri ges ."— is impossible to Correct what is. wrong L w i i b th . o L n E t ruler. SCRAPS FROM ~ FUN.,• MODERN GEOGRAPHY.—itaIy ; chief town, Paris. NOT GENERALLY KNOWN. — B e fore the conference—at which the Ki ng o f P russ i a did not attend — broke up, its members, in a ll us i on t o th e fact, B ang "Oh I Willie, we have missed you!' CON. BY AN INSURANCE OF FICE CLERK.— Why is Professor Pepper's life a rem arkabl y g ood one ? — Because there is no prospect of his giving up the Gh os t. A SECOND NATIONAL DEBT.—A debt of gratitude most justly due to those brave fellows who " Man the Life Boat." A FIT or THE BLUES.—Trying on the police clothing, SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Sept. 24—Wind this day at noon—South. Wester ly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with 'wa vy showers. VARYMOUTII, Sept. 22 . —Arrived—Prince Alfred, from R a ngoon ; Skimme; of the Seas, from Colombo. FALMOUTH, Sept. 23 .—Arrived—Relen, from Africa; Beppi S., from Alexandria. Tnoorr, Sept. 23.—Sailed—Silver Bar, for St. John's, N. 8.; Freedon Wilson, for Demerara. OFF FALMOUTH, Sept. 23.—Arrived—Southerner, from Rangoon. SHIELDS, Sept. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Burge meister, from St. Nazatre ; Lorenz Peter, from Schiedam ; Dorothy, from Alexandria. CLYDE, Sept. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Oder, from Maceio ; Wm. Connal, steamer, from Bordeaux ; Susan, from Sulina. KINGROAD, Sept. 23.—Arrived—William and Edward, from Oporto. NEWPORT, Sept. 23.—Arrived—Carrabell, from Glou cester for Singapore. BY N.AGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Sept. 23--Reiorin, from Al4oa 13ny ; Chase, from Calcutta; Brinds Carl, from Quebec; Whitehaven Lass, Iron! Jamaica; Frank, from Boston; Lissie Bi . i B st from Rangoon ; Speedwell, trorn Jamaica ; from Bahia ; Gipsy, from Dieppe ; Poictiers, from ii.ur rachee ; International, from New York; Times, from Guatemala ; Viceroy, from Belize; Isis, fro m Lemanos; Eagle, from Jamaica. Arrived, Sept. 24—Ludovic, from Algiers; Racer, from Porto Rico ; Albion, from Berbice' ; Wilhelm, from Ha. venue ; Hermino, from Oporto ; GuadMa, from St. Peters • burg ; Bathorp, from Leghorn ; Prince Rupert, from Jamaica ; Dart, from Lagos ; A nn , front Cionstadt ; Anna Johanna, from Quebec. Sailed—Assey, for Bombs. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed—Melita, from Antwerp, to Havannah ; Cambria, from London, for St. Helen's; Etteries, from London, for Gefle. Anchored—Little Nell, from the east, for the north. 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