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.Deafness Practically illustrated. By J. Yearsley, M.D. Sixth Edition. John Churchill. In the preface to this editiolf the author explains the dif ficulties he has encountered in h is career, and refers to many plans that he proposed which w ere denounced as impracti cable at the time, but which ar o now very generally recog nised and practised. He thus l'amarks on this important subject After 25 years' experience, I emphatically say to the aural surgeon and to the , aural writer—look to the mucous membrane, for on your 1 •estoring that membrane to a healthy condition by local and. constitutional treatment, will mainly depend your success in restoring the impaired sense of hearing to your patient. The author states that when he first devoted himself to this' branch of surgery it was left to be the prey of empyrics, greatly to the injury of the unfortunate sufferers; and many thlnk that there should not be subdivisions made in the profession. Still he argues that while such undeniably exist, those best serve their fellow-men who study to make those parts as perfect as possible, and then, if all the branches are ever again united, the whole may be more cle ar an d compre h ens i ve. There is great truth in all this, and in no improvements of the pre sent day has there been greater enlightenment than in the science and practice of medicine, which at one time was kept as awful a mystery as the secrets of the dark ages. When men of education, skilled in their vocation and its practice, devote their time to the compiling of their extensive expe rience for the benefit of society, they deserve appreciation and encouragement. No great things are achieved by mystery, and the most simple treatment in itself is often the most efficacious, if only the laws of nature are borne in mind, and the special peculiarities of each individual taken into consideration. --- The _lonian Islands during the Present Century. By Captain White Jervis, M.P. Chapman and Hall. This little volume gives an account " of the various politi cal phases through which the lonian Islands have passed since they ceased to form a portion of the Venetian posses sions." A book of this sort is generally welcome, and the present one is especially so, inasmuch as there has been so much excitement felt about these islands, and the question of the desirability of giving them up has engaged so large a share of pubic attention. Referring to the lat ter subject, the author quotes a passage from the speech of Mr. Gladstone in 1861, in which that gentle man observed that it would be " nothing less than a crime ' against the safety of Europe if the protectorate of those islands was surrendered." This book will b-.? found inte resting in its perusal from its varied information, and there are few readers who do not require some information on such points as are referred to, and, at all events, they can refresh their memory by a glance at its pages ; they only can rightly understand the present condition of a place and a people who are well versed in its antecedents and have read its annals of the past, Tropical Fibres ; their Production and Economic Extrac tion. By E. G. Squier. James Madden, London ; Scribner, New York. This author was formerly minister of the United States in Central America, and while there he made the best use of his time. He explains the great deficiency that existed in regard to the means of extracting fibres. Fortunately, however, a machine has been invented that promises to in crease greatly the supply of tropical fibres. By the aid of a machine one hand can extract in a single day a greater quantity of fibres in better condition than 100 men can ob tain through the primitive modes now in use. This is a great improvement ; but it is only those who like the author have been eye-witnesses of thesoenesdescribed who can best appreciate the incalculable advantages that accrue from such an arrangement. The necessity for its introduction is best described in these words :—" The traveller will ask why the countless agaves which sometimes surround him like forests, and the myriads of wild pine plants which throng the woods, and invade every abandoned field, are allowed to send out their fibre-stuffed leaves to flourish and decay, while the world clamours for an in creased supply of fibrous materials." It is posi tively amazing to learn in how many ways these plants arc applied. They not only supply articles of food, drink, and oils, but they are the source of fibres which are fitted in their various degrees for every kind of strength and fineness. For instance, the hammock is made of a stuff like silk. It is formed from the leaves of the wild pine apple. The boats are rigged with cordage which has been taken from the agaves. In Mexico your passport is pre sented to you on paper of vast durability made from the leaves of the magney, the juice of which supplies the place of beer, cider, and whi>ky. In the East Indies the traveller can purchase a handkerchief like gossamer, made from the fibre leaves of the pine -apple plant. In Manilla the vessels of all nations fill their cargoes with balls of fibres similar to hemp and flax, but which are extracted from the stalks of the plaintain. Surely no study can be more interesting than this, and all additional information should be eagerly wel comed, especially when it is afforded by one combining the advantages of observation and experience, joined to that love of his subject without which it is impossible that the writer can be attractive in his style or the reader engrossed in his study. ktnes, Saxons, and Normans. By T. G. Edgar, auth or o f "Boyh oo d o f Great Men," &c. Beton. Mr. Edgar has given our juvenile readers many p and instructive works, and h e h as now collected in opular this elegant volume all the information, anecdotal and histori cal, which he can obtain about our early ancestors. " Saxon and Norman and Dane are we," sings the laureate, and consequently w e are b ound to fami liarise ourselves with the doings of the sturdy Vikings from whom the bold barons of Normandy traced their descent, to less than with the exploitalof the fair-haired Saxons who 50 often encountet ed them in battle, Edward and Godwin, Harold and Tastig, Duke William and Matilda of Flanders, are all celebrated in these pages, and the chronicler carries down his narration to the death of Henry Beauclerc. We wonder, however, that, among his numerous anecdotes, he has not included the touching story of Henry I.'s grief for his drowned son, after whose loss no smile ever visited the father's face. The work is profusely illustrated, and would form a very pretty a nd acceptabl e gift book. Speaking Fables in French, By L. p, F. De Porquet. Simpkin and Marshall. The name of M. de Porquet is a bufficient guarantee of the practical excellence of any work designed for the in struction of beginners in the study of the French language. The present little volume is constructed on a very excellent plan, by which an ease and readiness in French conversa tion will be acquired by young children, The only diffi culty in the way of its general adoption will, we fear, be met with on the part of the teachers—few persons who pro nounce themselves fully competent to finish pupils in French being really able to undertake the task here as signed to them. The method is, however, simple enough and if its adoption conduces to the cultivation of a more ready French and practical ac quaintance with th e principles of conversation among teachers as well as learners, it will be all the better. &all we Register Titles? By Tenison Edwards, Esq ,of the Inner Temple. Chapman an d H all. The author of this little ;volume has undertaken to answer the objections brought against the registry of land and title, and has been induced to do so by the fact that great numbers of solicitors, more especially the provincial mem bers of that body, have refused to make use of the recent act. NIL Edwards considers that the act in question meets and avoids every one of the objections to a general registry of titles so strongly brought forward in Lord St. Leonard's t t 0 1 !_ a ndy Book," an d th at t h ere f ore th e genera l an tip a thy he act cannot be based on his lordship's argument. We commend the work before us to the attention of all con cerned in the registry oi property and title A .11 interestin Mr Red g disco very h as recently b een ma d e b y . grave, at Hampton Court, to the effect that one o f the pictures formerly attributed to Pordenone, a Madonna and Child, is really the work of an artist whose works are extre resc ia mely rare in this count r y, v i z., Girolanio Savoldo, of Vasari, B, styled Giangirolamo. by Ridolfi, G. Bre sc i ano, and called by THE FUNERAL OF MADASIE DR: LAM ARTINE. — The mortal remainsof Madame de Lamartine arrived at Macon on Saturday last, at 6 o'clock in the morning, and at 8 o'clock the where the body was funeral be precession sot out f or S a i nt Point, interred. All along the line of route the population came forth to s h ow their respect for the dead, and in many places the emotion of the country people broke forth in audible sobs. The body was deposited in the tomb where the mother and daughter of M. de La- Zaartine are buried. PRIVATE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.—According to an official list, just published, 316 petitions fQr private bills have been presented in the present sesoion, aad only 35 oeal acts have received the royal assent, -- of the thoughtless and unlearned. Mr. Young has filled the office of Professor of Mathematics in Belfast College ; it cannot, therefore, be said that ho is a credulous or impres sionable partisan, since the study of the exact sciences is always considered to encourage a rigid adherence to matter of fact and logical reasoning. That great science, without whose aid the conjectures of the most learned would be *worthless indeed. does not favour credulity or prejudice, and the author is enabled to meer, his antagonists on their own ground, and by his familiarity with the works and dis coveries of foremost philosophers, to use their own weapons against them. :It is a work of true and thought which is well worth rea ding by all, and should especially be care fully studied by those whose faith in the Scriptures hae been shaken by 111 istaken teachers. Incidents in _My Life. By D. D. Home. Longman. The name of M r.. Home is nearly as well known in Eng land as in America, although happily the mania for sph it rapping and table turning has never reached so great an extent in this count rv. In the volume before us he relates the story of his life .;2.i a calm, quiet manner, of course nar rating a series of ext r aordinary spiritual manifestations as simple facts. Into th.,3 merits of such a work it is scarcely necessary to enter. It w ill most probably find many readers among the curious and the credulous ; but the plain common sense and straightforward piety natural to the English character are too decidotlly opposed to such a science as " spiritualism," for us to tsar that it will greatly increase the number of its votaries. ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The amou3t of specie to be taken out by the Ddta to-morrow is £192,360. About 50,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from he Batik yesterday for shipment to Constantinople. At the annual meeting to-day of the shareholders of the Malta and Mediterranean Gas Company-- Mr. Hawkins, jun., in the chair—a dividend was declared at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re main dull, at about previous quotations. The shares of the International Financial Society are quoted 5 to 51 prem.; the General Credit Society, 2 prem.; the London Financial, 11 1 4. prem.; English and Scottish Mirine Insurance Company, 2 1- prem. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK, Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities per3New 3 Cent. Cent.t.Cons ie o A ls n A n n u n it ui s ties ...... ;t l 3l .tamities, 30 yrs, expire bth Jan., 1880— Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. New 21 per Cent:Annuities... . 2 India Stock 3ll k Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct„ 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 Dit Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £l,OOO 9 , 1 Consols for Account, June 9 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2i per Cent 1 5 dis FOREIGN FUNDS —ONE O'CLOCIL Brazilian 5 per Cent ....... ... . ..... 95 Ditto 41 per C en t., 185 2-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent .............. 951 I Ditto Account... .................. Equador New C onso li dated, 1 per Cent.. . — Egyptian 7 pet ..... 10 0 Cent .................. Ditto, Second I ssue 100 ........ . .. Greek 5 pe r Cent., 18241-5, ex-Coupms.. 32......... Ditto Account ............. 32a Ditto Coupons ...................... Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent ................. Ditto Account. ..................... 36 New Granada ............... . ........ Ditto Deferred„ .................... 9/ PDitto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... oruc,an 4/ per Cent. ......... ..... Ditto 41 per Cent. 186'2 • .......... 88i Ditto Account ...................... —} Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62 491 60 49/ Ditto Account....... Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St., — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 59 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 Spanish 3 per Cent 541 I t . to Account Ditto New Deferred .. Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account.... Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 VDitto Guaranteed, •4 per Cent — enezuela, 3 per Cent Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs 72 j ll Consols Money .. TWO 0'CL0CK..................... 93 Ditto , Account 1 Liverpool Cotton Ma r k e t-- --This Day, I 4 (REUTER'S TELEGRAM) Strong. Quiet. Sales, about 5,000 bales. I m ports, 5,600 ; previously, 7,910. The executors of the late Mrs. Ann Catto, of the Old Kent-road, have promptly paid to the National Life boat Institution £l,OOO, being the amount of that lady's munificent legacy to that important and valuable society. With its large fleet of 124 lifeboats to keep up in a state of thorough efficiency, the institution requires all the help a benevolent public can extend to it. ROYAL DRAMATIC COLLEGE.—The annual meet ing of the members of the Royal Dramatic College was held this afternoon at the New Adelphi Theatre. The report was unanimously adopted, the retiring wardens re-elected, and everything passed off with the greatest satisfaction. We feel great pleasure in the great prosperity of this noble institution. " PUNCH" FOURTEEN YEARS interest " sa AGO.--" With a ead ,ys a writer in the London _Review, turning over an o ld vo l ume of Punch, "we count up in t o ile political c ar i ca t ures the faces that have long since dropped out of contemporary history. Fourteen years must needs make a difference in the working life of any nation, and our losses in that period have been many. Here is Sir Robert Peel, bland, smiling, and watchful, always with a prodi gious aspect of being master of the situation.' Here is his lieutenant, Sir James Graham, impassive and know ing. Here is Hume, massive and stern, Here is the Duke of Wellington, looking no older than in caricatures of the days of George 1V.,---with the same odd little round mouth, as if he were about to whistle, and the same expres sion of mingled slyness and senility, which made Hazlitt, in a moment of savage sarcasm many years before, call Dim ‘ A. ‘ the great General with the foolish face." Here is Prince shapeslbert bef or e o f buffoonery. h evcas bald. ud Here is Sibthorp in a thousand when bearpclinsiwogeriencesli e e r r e e d is t 1 prodigies.o nz , with Hero, a beard too,si nLdoanyi Louie and pleasant t. find hoe. Philippe oscriagrcely On the other hand, it is curious then t remain s : m e manyr. of our working politicians OurWvio work in politicians now. Of Pal ntthough he was Foreign S m e e c r r s etary at the timea;nybint ur i r l i. of the page. We Lord Brougham, and Lord berr y b d y t , j a o n lua d and activ e looking so old Cobden, and Bright meet us at ever vigorous, are almost startled when we find Brou in 1849-50, and reflect that he is still to be spared, let us hope, for some years of w e o a r n k d Mr. _Punch at the time used to treat his lord:hi ev en yet. thin g but a respectful way. lie was the bad bP oy ni of an th y. satirist. always being scolded or made fun of and it moat be admitted that his irritable eccentricities laid hi,: open to sharp instrument. ' What he must do next,' is the title of a cartoon in which he is represented standing on his head. On the whole, the caricatures strike us a s having been more amusing at that time than now. Perhaps it was because there was more political activity —more per sonal collision —more of the stimulus of party strife; per haps because Punch himself had the gay audacity of youth ; i but, whatever the cause, it appears to us that the large were characterised by a greater vigour and freshness, a more abounding spirit of fun and frolic, a more defiant boldness and larger breadth of genial humour, than those which we see now from week to week. Mr. Leech was then the principal caricatutist ; and some of his poli tical sketches are so admirable that we regret his having given up that species of work, notwithstanding the graceful fancy and masterly drawings of Mr. Tenniol, who, we be lieve, is now the only artist who does the large earieaturts ' for .Ptcnob CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The mon e y market presents a very quiet appear- 1, ance, and although bankers and brokers are enabled to find full employment for their resources ; the con- cession made with regard to first-class bills of three months' d a t e on l y represents f per cent., 3i per I cent. being the lowest rate at which discounts can e be effected. The exportation of specie being tem- 2 4 porarily l arger than the arrivals, no doubt in- s duces caution on the part of capitalists, who, if gold should again accumulate at the Bank of Eng- 13 land, would n o d ou b t spee dily offer increased fact- 8 to the mercantile classes. Two o'CLo CK. At Paris this morning, according to Mr. Renter's ,elegrarn, the French 3 per Cent. Rentes were 69f 45c. 69f. 50c. The English stock market continues to present the same dull but steady appearance as for some time past, the dealings, both real and speculative, being conducted on a very limited scale. Consols remain a: 931 for money, and at 941, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes and the Reduced Annuities were 91/ ; and Bank Stock wss buoyant at 235. Indian Stock remained at 2311 ; the 5 per Cent, do., 1091 114; the Deben tures, 100 ; and the Bonds, 12s. 15s. prem.. Exche quer Bills are ss. to ls. dis. There is no new feature in the Foreign Market, and business is rather quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, 71* 4 ; do., Consolides, 51* ; Greek, 321 *; do., Coupons 141 15/ ; Spanish Passive 331 34; do.' Certificates 12*; Portuguese 49/ 50 ; R uss i an 911 ; Italian 711 72; Egyptian 100; Mexican 36 ; and the Confederate Loan 1 dis. to par. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and in several instances prises have shown a slight upward tendency. Cale donian, Great Northern A Stock, and South- Westf-rn have improved ss. ; Midland and South- Eastern, 10s. ; and North-Western, Ll. In the F ore i gn an d C o l on i a l un d ertakings there ihlo has be en a very li m i te d i nqu i ry, and quotations are ,tk unaltered. TiE Sti IN, LONDON. ',/ V. E D N'ES OA Y .t;,... V !IN - LNG, MAY 27, iB6' SHARE 'his day. LAW INT. Busines, done. This Day (LICE I NTELLIGENCE—This Day. THAMES. IMPUDENT ROBBERY.—LUCEN ESCAPE OP A RATCLIPP HIGHWAY GlRL.—Eliza Lane, alias Dandy Lizzie, a girl of the town, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, on remand, charged with stealing a gold watch and chain, valued at 20 guineas, from the person of Lewis Lawrence, in Ratcliff highway, on the night of Tuesday, the 19th inst. The prosecutor, a seam an , was passing along Ratcliff highway, betwe e n th e h ours o f 11 and 12 o'clock on the night of the 19th, an d th e p r i soner and two other women commenced hustling a n d playing tricks with him. Th e prisoner fastened her arm round h is neck and very adroitly managed to possess herself of his gold watch and chain. He fortunately missed it directly, and seized hold of her, and at the same time he called for the police. She got away from him, and rushed to the other side of the street. Ho pursued her, and cvertook her, and continued to call out most lustily f or th e po li ce . Sh e then handed back the lciucetosrergeant named Sti mpson , and begged o f hi m not to watch give a h n e dr inc h aoi chain a t r o g e t h . e p A r o p s o e No. 21 K, apprehended and took the prisoner into custody. The other woman ran away. The prisoner said she took the watch and chain out of a lark, and had no intent;on to steal them. Mr. Woolrych said he feared the sailor would not have een his watch and chain any more if he had not clung to the prisoner, and called for the police. The prisoner had been in custody eight days, and Scimpson said he knew no.. thing against her honesty before, although she was very disorderly. As the sailor had recovered his property and did not appear against the prisoner, he would allow her to be discharged . AN ADVENTURE IN WAPPING CHURCH.—John Young, alias Dyer, a tall, heavy, and remarkable -looking man, apparently about 30 years, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being secreted in the parish church of St. John, Wappiig, for an unlawful purpose. On Friday evening last there was Divine Service in "Wapping Church, and the congregation were not dis iniqiEci by the officiating clergyman until 9 o'clock. Soon afterwards, Mr. John Stock, the sexton, extinguished the lights, and was preparing to leave the sacred edifice when he heard a very peculiar and unearthly noise. He listened and it ceased. He proceeded down the middle aisle, and could see nothing unusual. He looked over the pews, and was advancing towards the porch when the noise was repeated, and ho was somewhat alarmed. Anther search and inspection of the church proved fruitless, and he left, closed the doors, and locked them. The noises he had heard continued to haunt the sexton's imagination for an hour afterwards, and he then returned to the church with a police constable named Gun field, 495 K, and made anothe r search. On opening the door of the churchwarden's pew the prisoner was found concealed there. He was lyin g on the floor with a cuir mat over him. He had turned over the hassocks and cushions of the pew, and displaced the books and Church Services from the shelves, and made un a bed of the whole, The pew is a very high one, and the sexton believing that no one would dare to invade the sanctity of the churchwar_ den's pew, had not looked into it in the first instance. The prisoner on being taken into custody said " Don't touch me, I have got the smallpox." He was asked to give some account of himself, and he first said his name was Young and after wards said it was John Dyer. The police- constable Greenfield said he had made in quiries since the prisoner was last before the magistrate and could find out nothing about him. , Mr. Stock b e li eve d the prisoner was insane, although there was meth o d i n his madness on Friday night, for he had selected th e most comfortable pew in Wappi ng C hurch and made up a t o l era b ly good bed of the mats, hassock; and cushions and a pillow of Bibles and Church services. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had con ducted himself most strangely and in a violent manner, and was not lit to be at large. Mr. Woolrych directed Greenfield to procure assistance and convey the unfortunate man to the new workhouse of the Stepney Uni , n at Bromley, and call the attention of the (Beers of the Union to th e case. H e h a d no doubt the man was der tnged, an d wanted look i ng after. COURT OF PROBATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) IN THE GOODS OF WILLIAM COULTHARD. Dr. Slinks applied tor probate of the will of the testator, who was the master of a trading vessel. On the sth of January, 1862, the brigantine Excelsior, of which Coult hard was the commander, left Cardiff for a voyage to Por tugal, at which pert she arrived in due time. She after wards left on her voyage home, but had never since been heard of, and he therefore made the present application to the court. The owner of the ship had paid the claims on the vessel, he being of opinion that she had been lost at sea, and the insurance comp,ny, with whom a policy had been taken out on the ship, had also paid the money for which the vessel had been insured. The Judge Ordinary granted the application. MORTON V. THORP AND OTHERS. Mr. Pritchard applied for administration in this cause. A document had been lodged in the registry, but with the consent of all parties he made the application irrespective of the document. The learned Judge said such a course was not in con formity with the rules of court. The will must either be impeached or administration would be taken with it. Th , - learned counsel said the parties had agreed to the course he propo,ed. The learned Judge said the consent of interested parties amounted to nothing, and it was not because the whole of the parties had agreed that therefore the application was to be granted. The consent, therefore, of the parties went for nothing, and the learned counsel could not, by any magni fying power, make nothing into something. CRISPIN V. DOGLIONI. His lordship delivered his judgment in this cause, which occupied the court so many days in its argument. His lordship decided in favour of the plaintiff—his judgment in effect confirming the decision of the courts in Portugal. MARLBOROUGH- STRE ET. COMMITTAL POR TRIAL FOR ASSAULTING THE POLICE. —Edward Powley, a rough-looking fellow, wearing a badge but having no licence, was charged before Mr. Mansfield with assaulting police constable William Moore, 187 C. Moore said—At a quarter-past four this mnrning I saw the prisoner drunk and making a great noise in the Hay market. As soon as the prisoner saw me he called out, "I'll do for your -- carcase." I walked down Jermyn 4reet as far as Market-street, when the prisoner came up to me and said, "You --, I'll do for you," and then threw me down in a violent manner, hurting my arm and hand so much that 1 can scarcely raise my arm. The pri soner then tried to kick me in a delicate part. Three months ago I charged the prisoner with a similar assault, and hav ing been to prison he has entertained a spite towards me since. I found a cab-driver's badge in his possession, but how he got it I do not know. Mr Mansfield--By a mistake in the Police Act, lam not able to give the prisoner more than a month, but as he is evidently e dangerous fellow, and has assaulted the con stable before, I shall send him for trial. MARKETS—This Day. MARK LANE. A limited supply of English wheat was received fresh up to this morning's market, in good condition. Owing to the favourable change in tho weather, sales progressed less freely than on Monday ; nevertheless, that day's currency was steadily supported. The show of samples of foreign wheat was large, The amount of business transact e d was very moderate, yet prices ruled firm. Floating cargoes of grain were i n fair request, at late quotations. Barley, the supply of which was very moderate, ruled firm, at quite previous rates. In malt about an average business was transacted, on former terms. The market was well supplied with oats, chiefly of foreign growth. On the whole, the demand ruled steady, but at Monday's decline in prices, Beans fully supported the recent improvement in value, and peas realised extreme rates. The market was scantily supplied with both articles. Most kinds of flour moved off slowly at late quotations, Fine barrel qualities, however, were decidedly firm. ARRIVALS THIS Nv i4Bii. Wheat. Barley. Malt Oats. Flo ut . English.— 720 ; 750 Irish • • - -- I 480 -- i 29,650 1 -- Foreign...—. 3,830 I 1,32-0 1 N sks. brls. BOROUGH HOP. Upplies of foreign pro duce moderate business is passing in most kinds of hops, andp a r r ic e e o s n ru o l ff e e fi r r . m, Full average s WHITECHAPEL. The supply of meat is only moderate, and the trade rules firm, at the subjoined currGncy 5s Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 4d t o 4s 4d; lamb, 48 ° 4 d d per 8 s 1 b ° s d b ; y v t c h al e , c 3 a 3 re fi as l e. to 4s 6,1 ; and p or k, 3 s 6 c l to cha F si u n l g l H b o e r n n e i fi ni t an o ,s f p re u d re uc T e e d a dvue(ti.rbyy choic e a t 3 8 4d. and r obtained iy 4s. Bd. b ) y , is p u t h r e - Agents in every t4oaw.n' strongestuHp Hi yhn and roost t nn n o d sp a ta r e d dkee ' sc a i t 4 u s s 4 im d. ported. SINGULAR FATAL ACCIDENT. --On Saturday, Mr. Edward Derbyshire, farmer and omnibus proprie tor, of Flixton, went quail shooting with a friend. As they were returning at 8 o'clock in the evening they passed through the churchyard, and stopped to listen to the ringers. Mr. Derbyshire rested his gun, which was loaded and at full cock, on the ground. A favourite dog which he had with him was frolicking. The dog - jumped agains: his master, and it is supposed one of the dog's feet knocked aga nr.t the trigger, causing it to explode. The charge lodged in Mr. Derbyshire's neck, and death was instan taneoust—Mancheeter dian. ORDINARY SHARE: 4, AND STOW , 3. ~harei RAilwaye. Paid. Closing '1 Price. 14. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. al, 5 Blythe and Tyne. 0 :;ost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all it Bristol and Exeter it Caledonian loo i 0 '.2ork and Bandon all dornwali all A i;ets no di', all l 0 Do. B 10 Do A ~ c.p an.ha, r, been paid to B. 10 Dublin & Belfast June. all i 5 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all it Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 it Glasg. and S. Western. 100 ;t Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 it Ditto A stock it Ditto EastAnglian st 100 it GreatNorthof Scotland 100 it Great Northern • 100 1204 126 it Do A stock lOO 127 128 it Do Bdo it Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 102 104 st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 it Lancashize & Yorkshire 100 st London and Blackwal 10( st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 10( it Lon., Chat., and Dover 10( st Lon. & North Western 101 st Lon. & Str.th Western 10( it Man., Shef., & Lincoln, 10 , 50 Maryporf and Carlisle. al 12i Do a shares , al 10 Metropolitan al st Midland .4.0 Do New . 5. , st Do Birming. & Derby 10 50 4id. Gt. W. of Ireland a] 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line it North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 10 st Nth. Eastern—Berwtei. 10 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.1 st Do Leeds l O, st Do York st Do Carlisle.. ..... 101 it North London 10 Do New .16.4 North Staffordshire . • al 10 JN, and S. W. Junction al 8t Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stock 10( st Do Scot, Mid. stock., 10( 10 Shrews. and W e l c h pool al lit Shropshire Union 10( st (Sout h Devon ...... 101 it (South Eastern ........ 10 st ;South Wales st 'S. York, and River Dun 10 20 Staines, Wok.,andWok al 25 Stockton & Darlington a' 25 Do 25 Do New, 1866 it Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 10 Do C 50 Ulster 25 Do I !.10 Do it Vale of Neath . , it Victoria sta. and it Waterford & Kilkenny I it West C0rnwa11....... it W. Hartlepo o l Hat &R ,t West Midland Oxford Do Newport 1 t Do Hereford 11 8 Si 8 9 84 S 6 11511 1161 6 7 13 14 91 93 108 110 52i 63i 47 49 24} 25i1l .0 110 i 111 O ?s 79 O 117 119 O 40 41 0 1011 101 0 1044 lts 0 444 454 11 lli Ii )0 1281 .29 1.0 14 lb )0 97 00 511 &24 24i 25} 102, 158 i 691 891 go 0 115 117 5 lk II 11 16k I 6 11 1t )2i 0 11S 120 0 45i 16i o 98 ICO .1 , 10 60 51 82 23 1 0 9 . 2 y _O2! 21 7 017 11 7 8 11 3 7i 38 i 15 9) loi t. 8 7i 84 P 100 153 INS 8 5 64 all 3 3 3 i P, 20 ——P 79 82 154 158 28 30 44 15 38 4) 99 101 Railways Pi &St Lawrence a Ro m. , Baroda&.Cent Indl 0 Do. New . . 20 Do. E. 5hare5........, 104 Buffalo and Lam) Huron al 10 Do. Preference ...... al Do Bufralo,Brant,&Godrich sp. ct. bd s. Aug. 1,1872 L " 00 Du. do. July 1,1873 101 00 Do. do. Jude 1,18:4 10( st , J l cutta.&.9. East!). ( ) 10( at l apeTown & Dock Seri' 10( ,ock Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10( ock Last Indian, go. 5 p. c. toi 20 Do. do. G Ext..... 20 Do. do. H do. . f ock Grand T run k of Canada io( 00 Do. Ist Prot. Bonds.. al 00 Do. co. ceferred.... al 00 Do. 2d Prei. Bonds.. at 00 Do. do &ler , ed.... • • at 00 Do. 3d P ef. stock ... al, DO Do. do. deferred...... al DO Do. 4th Pref. s at )O Do. do. deferred al )ck Gt•lndial'enin.gua.sp.c. lot 10 Do. New gua. sp. c... 20 Do. January, 1862 .. )ck Gt. South.of India(Liin) guaranteed 5 per cent. 10( 104 Gt. W. of Canada Shares at 104 Do. New )0 Do. 6 p,c. '73 with't opt al )0 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.. 10 Indian Branch Limited >ck Madras guar., sp. o. tot >ck Do. 41 p. o. Extensior 101 )ck Do. 44 do 10( V) Do. Fifth Extension >ck Nlelb.Cori,. Ip. o. Bndr lot i 0 ~lelb. & Hobson's Bay at 10 Do. 7p. o. Hong. Bds al 10 Newilzunswick Candy Class A en t B. al N. Rl.C'da6 pc Ist pf bds ock Soinde .... • • .• • 1 , t I Do. Delhi Do. do 10 Do. Punjaub ta . ... It Do. Do. •• I 1 'ck Do. Indus. St. Flo. J Closin.y add Price. ll 60 63 NI, 1(84 log, 2 p 5 bi 54 i" 1 * P 11 11 7 84 1(8 109 109 110 110 112 1091 1091 5 . 1i tip i r , , 194 .04 II 63 65 I 1 48 51 Ii 55 68 [1 43 ,7 [I 37 41 1 33 16 il 25 27 11 22 25 10 1091 1101 [2 1 2 , 4 1 la 107 108 11 11 11] ,8 9 81 11 97 100 11 89 (2 21 ; p )0 107 'u s 10 1 01 103 0 48 100 El 150 53 11 ) 3 6 [ O O 84 88 0 0 1( wi 00 107 108 2 15 11 CO 107 108 lOf 106 COLONIAL GOVERNAI iv r SECU .n.(iov. 6 p.c.J a. &-,J oh 1877-S4 ..l0 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & A u;... 10 Do. Do.d p. c.Mar. Sept .c. Jan.dkJul. 10, Do. 5 Ipn scribed stock y lot Cape G. Hope, 8 p 0.187: 101 Do.Ap & Oct 1881, 101 Do. 1815 101 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. DI Ceylon, N0y.1578, 6p c lot Mau , itius 5 per cent .. 101 'Natal Goy. 6 per cent.. 131 'N.B.Gov. 0 p.c..) a...tJul3 101 Lo. op. c.Ap. & OCL. 101 N. S. W. Gov. 5 p x. , 18 101 Do. f; p. c.,18, to 1 I 10( Do. d0.,1888 &upwcii, 101 New Zealand 6 p cent. lot INova Scotia Gov. 6p. c , sterling, 1875....,,,, tOL IQueensland Gcy. 6p. c. 100 Aus G6p.c.1876.8z up.. 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. JaJtJul) 100 Do. to 6U.c. AnAtOot.. 100 v., 106 107 9 , tuS 6 )0 103 Ice )0 06 97 )0 95 97 11 il3 10 112 114 /0 112 114 O 115 117 w 113 115 '0 10 9 ILI 10 ic9 111 10131 1(1 )0 102} 1034 10 103 104 /0 103 104 10 112 114 [o6i to : 3 115' 13 115 10 li e 10 i 1111 BRITISH NES, Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 i fd chtlord Amalgamated.. 21 23 100 525 23 10 6 3 E D a e s 7n ßa G s . s t,, e ' t o t n ( T ico r g a a v n is l t , 30 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. id tp 'East Caradon `) 14. , 3'l 331 East Cam Brea 3 . 4 . 0 7 * 7 3 E. tV'l Russel (Tavistk, 8.1.6 4 44 Gam.ctSt.Aubyn(Gwen.; 571 11 13 Great South Tolgus 17s 46 5 G. Wheal Vor (lielsten' 40 64 7 Grenville - 51 51 Eler6d's-Foot 8.12 47 49 Ilingston Downs... Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelaet !13 23 30 ilarke Valley.. I Myndy Iron Ore (Lim 2/ 1 4 d New Setun l9l 110 120 , North Downs 23 11 24 ,;. WWI Basset(llio_fau 3.17.1 , 31 44 !forth Wheal Crofty • 2,4.9 41 5 Par Consols (St. lilazey 14 44 51 i'revidence(Uny I.eLnt. 10.0.7 i 1 43 'South Caradon(St.Cleer 14 400 410 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.15.5 3 .. 4 31 ~ Wheal Fran. (Mogan 18.1 -.9 80 85 Stray Park 5 Tamar Si lvniz Lead. Nth, 44 — Tin Croit 1 West Basset (Ill ogun) 1 9 i 12 13 : F' 1 s r, e sCtstret°ll" .( L . ... i 8k e a d 4 5 71 23 2 24 26 28 6 Wheal Basset. (Illogan 51 G 55 W heal Bulleratedruth) 5 50 70 55 Wheal Kit ty (U.Lelant) 2.0.6 Whe alLud , ott .. -- Whe a l Mar . . -- Wheal yAnn (Men.) 8 154 164 Seton ....... .. . 581 +4O 250 ki' heal Trekawney. (Lis.; 7 16 17 -- Wheal 'Union .....—...._...._______::L 70 2i PREFERENCE SHARES. Lancaster and Carlisle, 44 per cent. pf., 103 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 101 Midland 4i per cent. irrd., 103 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 41 per cent., pf., 961 London, Ch a th am, Sm., Metrop. Ext., B, 6 per cent., 101 LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Nottingham and Grantham R. & C., 95l Shrewsbury and Hereford, 137 64 Antwerp and Rotterdam,FOßElGN 81RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 17 Grand Russian, gua. 5 per cent., 20; Sambre and M euse, 101 South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, 221 JOINT-STOCK KANKS. Alliance Bank of London and Liverpool (Urn.), 311 1 Bank of Egypt, 29}. Bank of Que( nsland (lira), 84 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 29 English, Sco ch, and Australian Chartered, 221 Imperial Bank (11m.), 21,1 London, B. Ayres, and R. Plate (Rm.), 224 London and Northern (Lim.), 4 London and So u th African, 24 London and Westminster, 791 National of Liverpool, limited, 91 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 371 8 Ditto, new, 241 Union of London, 3511 DOCKS. London, 62 St. Katharine, 63 2i MISCELLA NEOUS. National Discount Calmly (li ra .) , Oriental Gas (lim.), 11 Peninsula and o,lental Steam, 77 6 7 Ditto, new, 47 Royal Mail Steam, 62i WRECK. OF THE VIFREDO STEAMER. —Letters received yesterday from Lloyd's agent at Wexford report the total loss of a large iron-built screw steamer the •Vifredo, Capt a i n A rnat, trading between Liverpool and Spain. The shipwreck took place on Frid a y n i g h t last, to the eastward of the Saltees Islands, off the coast of Ireland. The Vifredo left Barcelona on the sth inst., and afterwards put into Corunna, where she took a quantity of cattle on board, besides about £12,000 of silver ore. When disco oßffaerrreedl tore ockr; dtehrrhe e e i as miles sie t e a a n s co t o , f but c Salters, ap ra A i n passing Arnat vered ashore she was lying on what is called the Brandy or although he allowed two or three head of cattle to be taken off. The Vifredo's crew numbered, besides, her officers, 31 de s c t e l in n : d e r , hands. Early the following morning she broke in two, and her fore Compartment slid off the rock into five fathoms of water, No lives were lost, as the men escaped in the boats. The vessel has become a total wre--kk, but there are expee• tations that the mast valuable part of the cargo will be recovered by divers. An agent from Lloyd' s Jett London on Monday night to take immediate steps towards saving the silver ore. no i I SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, Betting-5 to 4 agst The Clown, 4to 1 apt The Cardi nal, 5 to 1 agst Sir Watkin, 6 to 1 each agst Poetess and Ureenland. Won by three lengths; two lengths each between the second, third, and fourth. Winner objected to. The Scurry Handley of 2 cove each, with 25 added; open to all horses running at this meeting, but to which each winner must subscribe. T.Y.C. Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7st _I2M (H. Grimshaw) 1 Mr. Masterman's Honest John, 3 yrs, 7st 81b.. (Metcalf) 2 Mr. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Midgley) 3 Mr. T. Cliff's Queen of Cl .bs, 3 yrs, 7st 4lb (Williamson) 4 Mr. Coburn's Captain Knight, 6 yrs, Bst 41b .. (Lomas) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Queen of Clubs, 9to 4 agst David Ann. Won by three lengths ; a length between second and third; the rest close up. WAY TO THE DIGGINGS. One of the greatest diffin.lties of the search for gold in new fields is the danger of the road. The Nelson (New Zealand) Examiner thus describes a part of the way to the rich discoveries on the Buller river, on the west coast of the province of Nelson :—" For about half a mile the road is nDt very bad, as there are flats on either side of the river, and by crossing the stream some half-a -dozen times from one flat to another, the first half-mile up the Buller can be accomplished. Then comes the tug. After this half• mile the river is confined by a gorge the very appearance of which is fearful, and it is most marvellous that no serious acc;dent has before this occurred there. In a few places this gorge contains shingle bars, which render the mode of travelling, when compared with other portions, tolerably easy, because you can cross and recross the river from bar to bar; but there are many places where you cannot, from its great depth, wade the stream, and these are very dangerous, because, in addition to very deep water beneath, the rocks are excessively precipitous, and along their almost perpendicular faces you have to scrami le with a heavy load strapped tightly to your back, hanging on, as sailors say, by your eyebrows,' with your foot upon a narrow ledge of rock. It is most dangerous ; many persons, in fact, would declare that these were no means of passing these rocks, but the diggers do manage to get along them, though several of the juts of rock along which they scramble are but about an inch in width. If your foot slips you are gone, swag and all, into a deep hole, and, if no assistance be near drowned you positively must be. Accidents have happened several times, but assistance being at hand the unfortunates were saved. It is no joke, I can assure you, to chop into about 20 feet of sunning water with 501 b. or GOlb. strapped on your back. In other places diggers have to climb up. sailor fashion, in order to cross some steep spur, and then drop again to the river. This sort of travelling lasts for about Iwo miles, when the country again opens in places." But open country has its own dangers, as may be seen from the warnings to the miners to retrace their steps too soon rather than too late. "We do not desire," says an Utsgo paper, 'to give currency to unfounded and exag gerated fears respecting the severities of the winter in the Lake country, but we may reasonably anticipate that in a country so rugged and broken, with few or no roads, and solitary bands of miners scattered about in lonely and sequestered gullies, at a considerable distance from depots, serious distress, if not disaster, will be experienced during the forthcoming winter, unless due precautions are taken All accounts agree that, although in the valleys the winter season entails no inconvenience, the elevated districts are exposed to extreme rigour. There may be, and no doubt are, miners working in distant parts of the country unsus pected and unknown. The greater the success of these outlying parties the greater the temptation to them to incur risk and danger. Fearful of attracting attention to the scene of their workings, they prefer to stint themselves in supplies, visiting the townships as seldom as possible, and then taking care not to excite remark by laying in too large a stock of provisions. Between the distant mountain gully or torrent's bank where they are reaping their golden har vest and the nearest depot many miles are placed. Roads there are none, and the only tracks are those left by their own footsteps. They have to climb rugged and precipitous cliffs, to slide down dangerous precipices, and swim rapid streams on their way. Their only landmarks are perhaps solitary trees, or peculiarly shaped rocks. With all their dread of exciting suspicion, they find that even the limited supplies they do take with them are almost too much for Choir wearied limbs to carry. During such weather as has prevailed for the last two or three months this fatiguing journey is at any rate tolerable, and not entirely without enjoyment. The first grassy bank affords a camping ground where the travellers can rest their limbs without pitching their tents, and their pack horse can pick up from the nu tritious herbage an invigorating meal; but in a very few weeks this will be all changed. If provisions sre required a journey of 20, or 30, or even more miles through such country as we have depicted will be a perilous task. The tracks will be obliterated by snow. The keen, biting south wind will come howling down the mountain sides, driving before it the frezen snow, blocking the path, and benumbing the limbs of man and beast. On the plateaux the whole country will present the same uniform aspect. Landmarks will be lost in the snow drifts, and perhaps after wander ing about in hopeless dismay, the miserable traveller will My himself down till sleep overpowers him, a sleep from which in this world he will never reawaken. Such may be the fate of many during the ensuing winter." The Old Scotchwoman's Cry against Crinoline ! Janet Hamilton, the daughter of a shoemaker, and afterwards the wife of a shoemaker, never went to school, but her mother taught her to read the Bible. Through this doorway she entered the vast library of English literature. What range of read ing she had we are not told, says the Athenceum, but phe writes English verse with ease and elegance. The genuine nature of the old lady gets fullest and fittest expresion, however, in the racy Duric which she writes, Here we find the shrewd keehing ob servation, the quaint pawky humour, and the sly Scotch wisdom in full force. The true flavour of her book is indeed Scottish, while the facts of the life are universally enjoyable. Here is her laughable picture of Crinoline as it appears to her in her own neighbourhood, where the lassies—though they may be barefooted and barefaced, are still devoted followers of the fashion : CRINOLINE. Auld Scotian' gangs yirmin and chanerin' alane ; She wunners whaur a' her trig lassocks hie gane; She's tralupit the kintra, an' eocht thro' the toons, An' fan' the Lula hizzies—blawn oot like balloons! Can they be my lassocks—ance cozie and cosh, Weel shapit, weel happit- 7 .sae stumpy an' tosh ? Twa coats an' a touch, or a goon, ye may weer, Were lsoukio aneuch, we what nature had gi'en. They're aye i my o'e, an' they're aye i' my gate— At the kirk I am chirtit waist oot o' my seat ; When cauld, tee the ingle I necdna gae ben, If Kate an' her crinoline's on the fire-en'. When a lad wi' a lassie foregathers yenoo, It's no her bricht een, or her rosie wee mote, Her snod cockernony, waist jimry are fine, That first tak's his e'e—it's the big crinoline ! Tao say that he likes it would jistbe attracts aye lec the lee—. But ye ken that the big thing An' the lass that cares nocht 'bout h er heart awen'e-- 'Yak's care that her crinoline's weal s her held, An' say, if dame Natu re wad pread a b reed, Tao ilka wee lassi e th at ' s g i' e at her birth, born on th e y i rth, Ye'd no be me A bouk o' her ain, that a , grew bigger ilk yea r , P ro° o the giltie I fear. R A.r CLIFFE RACES. —TUESDAY. The Radcliffe Plate of 50 sops, for all ages, winners extra. About half a mile. Mr. Osborne's Flytrap, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (inc. 101 b extra) (Whiteley) 1 Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 7 s t 21b.. (E. Foster) 2 Mr. H. Owen's Antipodes, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Midgley) 3 Mr. Ambery's Black-eyed Susan, 3 yrs, Est 4lb (W. Britton) 4 Betting -5 to 2on Antipodes, 4to 1 each agst David Ann and Fly Trap. Won by half a length; a length between second and third. Black-eyed Susan beaten off. The All-aged Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 addei ; two-yr-olds, 7st 2lb ; three, 9st; four lOst ; five and upwards, 10st 61b; selling allowances. 6 fur longs. Mr. Whittaker's David Ann, 5 yrs, 9st 51b (£2O) . Foster) 1 Mr, T. H unt ' s Trentham, 3 yrs, Bst 2lb (£2O) (E (Huby) 2 Mr. Ba r b er ' s Gertrude, 2 yrs, Est lib (£20).... (Carroll) 3 Betting --7 to 4 on David Ann, 5 to 2 agst Trentham, 4 to 1 agst Gertrude. Won by two leng hs ; a bad third. The winner was bought by Mr. Grimshaw for 33 guineas. The Stewards' Cup (Handicap) of 50 sovs in specie, added to a Sweepstake s of 6 soy., each , winners extra ; the se cond to save his stake. Once round. Mr. Masterman's Honest John (late Robber), 3 yrs, Get 31b Tomlinson) 1 Mr. J. Osbo rne ' s Fanfaron 3 yrs, E s t 121 b ( (Whiteley) 2 Mr. T. Cliff' s Q ueen of Clubs, 3 yrs, 6st 9lb (Widiamson) 3 Mr. Kenyon's Lord Dundreary, 3 yrs, 6st 71b.. (Carroll) 4 Mr. R. Walker's Colonel Crockett, 5 yrs, 7st (in. 51b ex.) 5 Betting- -Even on Fanfaron, 3 to lagst Lord Dundreary, 5 to 1 agst Honest John, 6 to 1 agst Colonel Crockett. Won by a short neck ; half a length between second and third ; a length between third and fourth. The Grey de Wilton Two-year-Old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added ; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b; winncrs extra; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C., about half a mile. 12 subs. Mr. Barber's The Clown, Bst 101 b (J. Snowden) 1 Mr. R. Goodlass's Pretty Girl filly, Bst 71b (Midgley) 2 Mr. Saunders's P oe t ess , B s t 71b (E Foster) 3 Mr. J. Merone's The Cardinal (late Abdul Aziz Khan), Bst 101 b The following also ran :—Hartford Hill, Good Advice, Sir Watkin, Wildman, and Greenland. 1111 10; 7 "11 1171 18 lu2l 1; 2 1051 45! 59 i 84 12i I Business don( loot i 9 110 9 62i I 1(1'1'1 M. 96 i 7 1.03 f 4 1141 311 21 iIEALTII OF LONDON. -0- temperature was 4.9, The mean degree of humidity of the air was 83, complete saturation being repre sented by 100. The wind was the south-west on Sunday, but afterwards blew from the north-east. Rainfall was 0.73 in., nearly all of which fell oc Tuesday and Wednesday. The mean of the highest temperatures of the water of the Thames was 57.2 deg, ; that of th e l owest was 55 deg. Extraordinary and Mysterious Death, The neighbourhood of Millwall was on Monday last thrown into a state of the greatest excitemen: in consequence of the discovery, in the back room of a small house, of the body of a woman lying in a pool of blood, with her throat cut from ear to ear. A rope was also found by her side, and her neck bore strong mules of strangulation as if a rope had been used for that purpose. On examination it also appeared that the throat had been cut from right to left, showing that unless the deceased bad been left-handed it was at least improbable that the wound was self-inflicted. On the discovery of the body search was made through the house, and in rho yard the deceased's children, who were all of a tender age, were found locked out, On further inquiry it was found that the unfortunate deceased was the wife of John Brown, a foreman ship wright at Messrs. Snook's yard, Mil!wall, and that for some time past, the deceased and her husband had led a most unhappy life arising from intemper ance on her part, and intemperance, coupled with the most extreme violerce, on his. It iu also rumoured that a third party, a young and handsome woman, had taken some trouble to induce the unfortunate deceased to drink, and when intoxicated had fetched the husband and shown him the state his wife was in. On other occasions great violence is said to hays occurred, even to the extent of several stabs having been inflicted on the deceased, but no complaint to a magistrate was made, as the deceased refused to give any evidence which might criminate her husband. The husband's account of the matter is, that he left his house, 12, Thomas-street, Westferr3 -road, Millwall, on Monday morning, at nine o'clock, after having had a serious quarrel with his wife, during which he had informed her that it was his intention to leave her, and did not see her again until she was discovered by her son. On examina tion of the body by Dr. M'Andrews, of 6, Limekiln hill, Limehouse, it was found that there were seve ral stabs on the body, which must have been inflicted ',bout a week previous, and that although there were signs of strangulation, yet death must have resulted from the cut in the throat. From inquiries instituted on the spot it appears that John Brown, the husband of the deceased, has been dismissed from the Messrs. Snook's employ ment, and that the greatest excitement still exists in the neighbourhood, crowds congregating rouna the house and discussing the act committed, with the rumours current concerning it. It would appear that the poor woman's death could not have been immediate, as the floor of the room was literally co vered with her blood, having the appearance, as the police described it, of a slaughter-house. The man's own cceount of the discovery of the body of his wife is that he came home at 1 p.m., and, not finding her, sent his eldest son to seek her ; that he being unsuccessful, he (the father directed him to go to the top of the house, where she was discovered; a razor was also found, which he (the husband) at once smashed, cursing it es the instrument which had done the deed. The body is now in possession of Mr. Mills, the coroner's officer, and the police have charge of the rope and the razor which were found in the room. PICCADILLY,—In Aggas's map of London, drawn in 1.591, the present Piccadilly as " the road to Reading," which is apt, at first sig d h . t, i t n o give us the idea that it was a sort of topographical thate ion is simply describcd of Mayor's spelling, but, on calm reflection , we see . denotes the road leading to that Berksaire paradisen.oDur ing the reigns or Elizabeth and James I. we find men that there was nothing to mention; but in the time of the tion of Piccadilly—a circumstance accounted for by the fact unlucky Charles I. the name of Piccadilly crops up for the I first time as a gambling house, where, however, the playful- UnsePttled nests of visitors did not result in exactly innocent gambols. is unsettled a flower How the name Piccadilly arose has been a cause of much contention among antiquarians—a cause in which the üb iass rde reLl n a m v e er s d a i y ct it of en ‘ m ‘ neosefffreocmts,'p' ifeokraditii which grew wild on the banks and hedges about to ilo this this suggestion seems as wild as the flower, there ; but draw on those banks for the derivation. Th and we decline to opinion, however, is that the name e generally-received kind of starched collar or ruff, originated'without in piecadil,'a man's toilet in the reignout l' high no gentle of much worn by the frequentersof Charles I. was complete, and perhaps, accounts for their Piccadilly-house; this, being often fought there, c choleric propensities, duels bling, we cannot be onsidering their love of gam • A tailor named Hog, ~n surprised to find these gentry with rutr-; these, built th: house, i .: a , wh od . was celebrated for making received the nieknat.le of a Piccadilly.—Fora. the nick of time, this place CRICRET.— rim ALL adillY.—Fun* ENGLAND ELEVEN AGAINST THE UNITED ALL ENGLA ND ELE VEN _The c on t es t be tween these t wo great eleven s soon much resumed yest er d a y morn ing, at L or d' s ground, soa f u ter h l . 2 t o'clock, a n d th e resu lt was looked f orward to pre sentwioth on th e ground no less than 5,000 s r p e e s e t t , a t t h or e s re b A ei l n i g Eng land in th e i r second i nnings had to go in a ainst 167 but although H. H. Stephenson, g Daft,' ' Tarrant, Hayward, and Parr showed much skill, the United defeated them by 70 runs, the total on,y reaching 97. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mille pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of XS 76. mid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold Jo n :anly 1-10th ker cent, dealer in London than in Paris. (From the .Registrar-General's lreekly Return) Tiny duAtin in .Lontiou decpned to 1,250 in the week that ended Saturday. Till last week the num ber has not fallen below 1,300 in any week of the present year; and the deaths returned last week are fewer than they were in any previous week during a period of more than six months, namely, since Oc tober in last year. The average number of deaths, as derived from the returns of weeks (in 1853-62) nearly corres ponding with last week is, with a correction for in creasing population, 1,219. The mortality of last week was therefore still above the average, but the excess was not more than 40 deaths. 'The births is last week exceeded the deaths by 629. There were 68 deaths in the week from small pox. During the last seven weeks the mortality from this disease has shown little fluctuation. The sub-districts in which fatal cases of small-pox were most numerous last week, are the following :—St. Margaret, Westminster, which returned 3; the Rectory, Marylebone, where there were 3 ; Camden Town, 3 ; Islington, East, 4 ; and St. Peter, Wal worth, 5. While the deaths from measles declined to 37, those from scarlatina rose to 94. The latter com plaint was very fatal in Islington and Clerkenwell; and in St. Botolph, where there wete five deaths from it. A remarkable case of longevity is recorded which shou:d be authenticattd, if possible, by a reference to the parish register of baptisms, or other evidence in % hich confidence can be placed. A❑ in-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital is stated to have died on the 19th instant at the age of 109 years. A man, aged 28 years, died in King's College Hospital, under " chloroform properly adminis tered." (Inquest.) Last week the births of 961 boys and 927 girls, in all 1,888 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1853 62 the average number (corrected) was 1,902. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.813 in. The barometrical reading fell to 29.67 in. on Sunday, rose to 30.04 in. on Thursday, and fell to 29.68 in. on Saturday. The mean tem perature of the air in the week was 48.3 deg., which is 5.2 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day after Sunday ; and on four days the deficiency was from 6to 9 degs. The thermometer in the sun rose to 105 deg. on Monday and Saturday. In the shade the highest day tempe rature was 66.5 deg. on Monday. Tke lowest night temperature, 35.7 deg. on Saturday. The range of temperature was, therefore, 30.8 deg. The mean daily range was 16.8 deg. The range on Saturday was as much as 26.4 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air THE ELECTIONS IN PRANCE -----,---- The following is the luit tent of the article i . the Constituteonnel, signed Pau in Limayrae, a sum ' mary of wiper' has already appeared : " When a Government has succeeded to a series of other Governments whose adherents have been deprived of their posts or of their influence, it is a natural conse quencewaitennhhovdeaioclshekeoseccfsrle secret nngt h odraoebst great noble his againstl 1 ipsriitself sentiments,tirn.e cgtiropAQ individualprinciples malcontents feel inclined to sees everything. and d h d c ob a fr n oh n ai o ds t reasons, s o o r r im, disappointments, publict a h n e d alI enh o o. f deavour to deceive the electors by a display of fine doctrines ry t h ib in e g rt . y is lh a e sonorous en.g,es word,. vota within and without, who have learnt nothing by experi ence, and who imagine that all the past has been forgotten —the men of 1815 , of 1830. and of 1848 the enemies of all liberty in th e past as well as the enemie's of all order in the present, cling without a blush to that grand word. They clamour loud f or lib erty, as if France ever could be a . slave. But let us puss over these outbursts of ridiculous professions of faith. In what is actually taking place there is a great fact upon which we congratulate the Government; it 13 that henceforth all equivocation is at an end. Hitherto, former parties had confired themselves to attempting to undermine the ruling power by those under hand intrigues in which they excel, working their way into the centre of the Administration, by means of their former relations, they endeavoured by a thousand petty arts to vitiate the principle of the Government in attack ing it in the detail of its management. The tendencies of a popular and vigorous Government, full o f sap and energy, full of love for the masses which created it, full of sympathy for the popular classes who were the first to hail it, were often distorted by men of another stamp, who had slipped into humorous posts under the false semblance of devotion, corrupting what was good by instilling the poison of bygone influences. In their ignorance of this under mining work, public opinion was often astcnished at acts and occurrences opposed to the interests of the Government. ' How comes it,' has often been said in the provinces, ' that Mr. So-and-So, a known enemy of the Government, has so much influence upon the resolutions of the Administration ? Behold functionaries appointed and dismissed by his in• fluence— such a favour grantLd or declined at his bidding.' It was enough to puzzle and mislead public opinion, Many devoted friends of the Government became alarmed at these intrigues. But others, on the contrary, approving and justifying this state of things, from an interest of concilia tion, turned these petty eats of treason into a State doctrine. Thanks to Providence and the mistakes of former factions, all this will be put a stop to. Urged by their impatience, and by a sort of frenzy, they unmask themselves before the Government and the country. The enemies of universal i s n u ffe ag ideas e , theyeven than attack it. in years,Under h y leadershipattempt t n o f stormrn olderne the Government with their ancient weapons and worn-out ar mour. All these follies of old age will encounter the fate all such follies meet with. Bat what a great service will they not render to the Government in putting an end to the system of equivocation, by unmasking false friends, by showing up false devotion and false services I Placed face to face with declared enemies, the task of the Government will be free from all the obstacles which impeded its action, and the genius of the Empire will be strengthened in pro portion to what the spirit of intrigue will have lost." THE POLISH QUESTION. The following is the text of the despatch sent by the Government of the Netherlands to its Minister at St. Petersburg relative to the Polish question : " The Hague, April 28th, 1863. " Monsieur le Baron,—The events which are actually taking place in Poland have created a sensation throughout all Europe. Various Governments, fettling more serious complications, have addressed themselves to the Govern• ment of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, appealing to the magnanimity and benevolence of which his Majesty has given so many striking proofs during the whole course of his reign. The Gdvernment of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has received communication of the Notes which have been presented to that effect to his Excellency Prince Gortschakoff by the representatives of the Courts of France and of England, and it entertains the conviction that they were only dictated by the interest which every fr;endty Government must take in the prosperity of the reign of the Emperor Alexander. The relations of friend ship which have always happily subsisted between the Cabi net of St. Petersburg and that of the Hague impose upon us the du y, M. le Baron, of acquiescing in the requests of the Cabinets of Paris and of London to communicate to that of his Majesty the Emperor the views of the Government of the King as regards the painful events in which all mankind takes an interest. We think we cannot better explain those views than by asso ciating ourselves to the ideas suggested to the Govern ment of his Majesty the Emperor of the French by the state of affairs in Poland, and taking our ground upon the spirit of conciliation which animates us, we flatter ourselves that this step will be fully appreciated by the Go vernment of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander. The Cabinet of Cue Hague has thought it advisable not to Ce lay making •Ws communication, which is a new proof of the good relations existing between the two Courts. The recognised benevolence of his Majesty the Emperor Alexan der gives us the certainty that these considerations will be agreeable to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg at a moment when, in his high wisdom, his Majesty purposes taking measures necessary to assure the happiness and the pro sperity of his subjects. " You are requested, M. le Baron, to read this despatch to his Excellency Prince Gortschakoff, and, if requisite, to leave him a copy of it —I am, &,3., " P. VAN DER MAESEN DE SOMBREFF." The Memorial Dtplonzatique publishes the fol lowing as the substance of an autograph letter ad dressed by the Pope to the Emperor of Russia. The full text has not yet been published "According to information we have received from our private sources, the letter of the Sovereign Pontiff, which bears the date of 16th of April, was presented to Prince Gortschskoff a few days after the Notes of the three Powers, through the intermedium of the Austrian Charge d'Affaires —the Holy Father, as it is known, not having an official representative at the Court of Russia. If we are rightfully informed, Pius IX. says in this letter, which is elaborately written, that considering the terrible spectacle now offered by Poland, he should be wanting in his most sacred duties if, as Father of the great Christian community, he did not raise his voice in favour of his children, plunged into the deepest misery, and a prey to all the evils con sequent upon war. That the duty to do so was the more binding upon him, as the evils which have now be fallen that unfortunate people are to be attributed solely to the Russian Government itself, which has never kept the promises contracted by treaties; therefore, he followed the example of his venerable predecessor Gregory XVI., who, in the secret consistory of the 22d July, 1810, ad dressed to the Sacred College a very explicit allocution on the odious persecution then suffered by the Church in Poland, in which that Sovereign Pontiff reminded the Czar of the Concordat of 1847, the prescriptions of which have never been observed. His Holiness concludes by appealing to the sentiments of humanity, of justice, and of clemency of the Emperor Alexander, and urges him to restore at length to the Catholics of Poland freedom of religion and of their faith as the only means likely to put a ter and term to th e effect actual troubles, to stop the effusion of blood, reconciliation between the Poles and the Russian a Govern- menl LONDON GAZE T TE—Yes terday. t a a t tor Ed_ FOREIGN OFFICE, MAY 18. round deebi t e c e h n graciously Fa la e E sEsq., pleased to a Attache Majesty's Legation at Teheran, to no a Third Se • Douglas Queen V her Majesty's Diplomat►c Service. BANKRUPTS. P or T n e g G a a r z e: t h te e : o_nly bankrupt s of commercial im- John 1 , 1118, joiner, tahneefeo ! I.lll7thi • • er Pendleton William Sever, cab proprietor, Bury Thomas Palmer, wheelwright, Manchester James Gilman, tailor, Berwick. street, Oxford Street Wm. R. Rhodes, painter, Hampton, James Co st i n , plumber, Hampton, Old-t Middlesex o John C. Ch ute, theatrical wn mansg,er, Birmingham Stephen Smith, grocer, Birmingham James Smith, builder, Liverpool Is•ac Evans, shoe maker Llandidlo, Carmarthenshira Amine Howsi, horse dealer, Leeds Thomas Kemp, innkeeper Cardiganshire Richard Blackburn, warehouseman, Bradford James Robinson, fishmonger, Bradford Robert Kendall, grocer, Doncaster Robert Yeates, cutler, Hackney -road -ro n adil \ J \a, Williamnm James J J . V, flag Neil, illia m commission m a s n w u t he c t e t r u l a w r v e r e r i i g , t h R e r t N N k V i e n e w g s t i :C l e r j ,ony_ Suffolkt Chas. Gilder, builder, Hitchen George Trought, taller, Dalston SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Risk, merchant, Glasgow Alexander Macdonald, writer, Greenock George Sanderson and Thomas Scut/Isr, cutlere, Duris e Robert Dubie, lather, Glaspw James I'. Renfrew, grocer, Glasgow Thomas Stewart, C ewer, Ceres, Fiteshire Course of the Exchange--•yesterday. --- • --v.- - Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam .......... 11 171 11 15 Antwerp ......... .• • 25 .15 25 50 Brussels ............ 25 45 25 50 1-1 am burgh .......... 13 71 13 71 Paris ............. Short. 25 20 25 27/ Ditto ............ 3 Months. 25 45 25 50 Marseilles ......... -- 25 45 25 50 Frankfort on W h ine.. ..... 119 114 Vienna, .. — 11 0 Trieste Pe te rs —35 A 40 35i Berlin M a drid t)aclia Leghorn N Ilan i ienoa Naples 49 491 49 . 1 4 2 5 47i 254962} 25 471 25 :52i 25 471, 2(5 52t 25 471 25 521