The Sun. — London, England, 1863-11-14 00:00:00

OBEY 'MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCX. 'acre is a fair demand for money in the general discount market to-day, but discounters continue to eviiice great caution in all their operations, and are °ED.)" willing to negotiate three months' bills at 6 par cent. f or t h e i r spec i al customers . Since Monday last the imports of specie have been to the extent of £796,900, while the exports have reached £1,118,600. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a further upward movement in the rates on nearly all the principal continental cities except St, Petersburg, which were considerably lower, owing to the unfavourable advices respecting finan cial affairs there. The list of applications for shares in the Aus tralian Mortgage Laud and Finance Company will be closed for London, on Friday, the 20th instant, and for the country on Saturday, the 21st inst. Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co.'s agents in Venezuela advise that they have received for 55 per cent, of the import duties for one week, from the custom-house: of La Guayra 31,999 dols. Bc., and Puerto Cabello 1,146 dols. 6c., making a total of 33,140 dols. 940. At the departure of the mail they were settling with the custom-house at La Guayra for another week, but the statement was not in time to be forwarded by this packet, Messrs. Baring Brothers and Co. have received by this mail, on account of the New Grenada dividends, from the custom-house of B uenaventura, £634. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse this day, according to Mr. Reuter's telegram, the French 3 per Cant. Routes Were 67f. 25c.—Heavy. There is not much animation in the English Funds to-day, the speculative operations being con. ducted on a very limited scale, and the increased value of money prevents the possibility of any large investments. Consols are the same as at the close of business yesterday afternoon—viz., 921 a for money, and 911 1, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes are 902 ; the Reduced, 902 1 India 5 per Cents., 1084 a ; ditto Enfaced, 1051 ; ditto Debentures, 991; and Exchequer Bills 4s. die. In the Market for Foreign Securities there is a decidedly heavy tone, and business is very much curtailed. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, are 691 4 ; do., 1862, 701 71 ; do., Consolides have receded to 471 481 ; Mexican, to 381 391; Spanish Passive, to 231 34 ; do., Certificates, to 121 13 ; but Greek are rather firmer at 30a s ; while the Coupons are heavy at 141 ; Portuguese, 1862, have declined to 484 491; do., New Scrip, to 191 prem. ; Italian, to 71i ; and the Confederate Loan is 60 62. In the Railway Share Market the operations have been of a rather limited description. The dealers and speculators are occupied with the arrangements for the half monthly settlement. Great Eastern, Great Western, South Western and Midland have declined 55., and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s., 'while Lancashire and Yorkshire have advanced 108, The Foreign and Colonial Lines have been ne glected, and exhibit no change as regards prices. Bank and Miscellaneous Shares also continue in very limited request. Consolidated Bank have re ceded to 99, and Union of London to 391. Discount Corporation are flat at 101 1-, and International Financial at 81 9. National Shipping Co. are quoted sto 5 prem., and Swedish Bank from 3to 3 1 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 235 3 per C ent. Reduced Annuities 3 per 0a 9 Cent. Consols Annuities 92t i New 8 New 34 per per Cent. Annuities Cent. Annuities New 24 per Cent. Annuities.. 42,aril(i;t7teist: Annuities, Jan. 1873 Ditto for y yr rs s: e e x x p v i i r r e e th h J A a p n r . ;1 1 , 8 1 8 8 ( 8 ) . 5 _— Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 190 S — India Stock, 1874 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Eufaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 991 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO Bank Stock for Account 'onsols for Account, Dec. 3.. Iqdia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — Exchequer Bills, £l.OOO, 24 per Cent — Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent .... Ditto, 1839 and 1859 ..... Ditto 41- per Cent., 1852-58-60 . .......... 891 Ditto 1863 Ditto Scrip, 1863, £25 paid Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Ditto Account . .. Ditto 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent.) Cuba, 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Chilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent Egyptian 7 per Cent 99f 81 91 Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 3Ol Ditto Account Ditto Coupons l4 Ditto Account .. Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmatta Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) Peruvian 3 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent~ 1862 861 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account.. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62.. 49 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip, £lO paid ll pm Russian 5 p er Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent 1850 Ditto 1860 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 Ditto 5 per Cent.; 1862 Sardinian 5 per Cent ..• .. Spanish 3 per Cent ..... Ditto Deferred....... Ditto Account ................ DlttO Account ................... • -- Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded ...... Ditto Account ............ Swedish, 4 per Cent. .................. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 .............. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 185 8 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863, £59 103 Od pd. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuel a 3 per C ent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account .. Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. 62 Dutch 21 par Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — D itto Account 7lB e Dnßols Mon e y TWO 'CLOCK. ?) itto ' Account 921 911 I ex div. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. A very dull market at the openin, at Friday's prices. S ales about 3,000 bales. g WEST LUNDON SACR ED S The first concert of thele t s eason was given by this CUORAL OCIETY.— ------------ ~s at Store- s t reet Music Hall. ,i society on Tuesday evenin Anudas Maccabeus," the p r i n - Miss E. Roden, Mr. Viott The oratorio performedurgiasgss ehlyPer' noeptte Hirst, Miss M ar i on, We cannot speak too hi and Mr. S. cipal vocalists bein g ig Crowe. which they all acquitted themselves of the manner in allotted to them. The choruses of , upon the the v ar i ous pieces done, considering that it is only an amateur whole,s room was very full, and the applause freque:tclietil. The indicated that the audience were evidently deny bestowed the evening's performance. This society bids fair t e o d With attain to future eminence under the present conductor, Mr, R . C. Freeman. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 2 per mille pm,, and the short exchange on London is 25.25 per £1 sterling. o n comparing these rates with the English Mint price of 43 17 8• boo. per ounce for standard gold, it appear . that gold is about 1-10th per cent dearer in London than in Paris. 11 3 7 advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 426 k per mark and the s h ort exchange on L on do n is 134 per £1 sterling. 2tandard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about -10ths per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. tht DV. 13. lighness Royal? . rning. resterday' ov. 11. adjutant/ ou his Lo Crown . d Cuela nd. n ye3ter 3hester, at ;vented by Croxteth nfmd, the clover, an embled on 13 , Mary s ago from Hall, near [and and a town. Misses: eat in Ire- Balton, y Emily hiblin, on listricts of tt 'Willey Le Earl and of Wilton, on. Henry ier house lily seat im a. Misses Gerard at lies have en enter- Yorkshire. aufort, tho Hon. Mrs. iester, Mr. on. Albert it Williaru: Lining the d Countess dy Carew, :on. W. F. cession of . Eleanor pass a fevir and Lady Brighton, . Disraeli aor, Bucks, eries, pproaehes Le side the r last, was is, used as t to watch ge to the irt of the :0, or hay vere to be es of the d of some Riven the se of the ing taken t twelv e Empress, members id on the g by the ►tilde and d several lajesty at er as she ;, towards Lay of the 1 Empress She has DM Paris, Pok more Itherwise. fair Em lain blue as the mple in ample, a elegant :houlders, nd white ending in les. The y, had on 4, and a fringe of • fell over ,hilde had ith a ro• with rich her seat I had the pportuni- was an" acclama ; and all )ated, the )ns of the especially , and the who stood a gesture , rtainly a of intern- intenancd er of en- ie French. out when y ap p e ar 3 sent ocea" tenue iu nd at his amistake" one hour, inced the ng of the )AT SO' me of 0 0 have been , vine ship' y, 17 we n ; ier Ariouf , 4; anla c of LCsboot Lives saved, into port , alian brig f Whitby,. Snip , to signa l! a were not i id for al l Institution. ne e to en- .ds on the establish. )een. saved )1 . which.it -Benzoni e, with his Pompeii. Bulwer's SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing I Business Share Railways. Price. done. Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andbilid.ol Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 411.11• Cork and Bandon Cornwall 8 84 - - 8 1 8 1 St 81 118 119 7 7i Do A 1 A gets no div Do. B till Gp e.p an.ha been paid to B. Dublin lz 'Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. Edinburgh & Glasgow. iGlasg. and S. Western.; Great Eastern, Ord. stk 38 40 16 17 94 96 108 110 484 494 46 48 7t 84 Ditto A stock Ditto EastAnglian st GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern... Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Ireland Great Western ..... . 125 127 128 129 18 , 1 136 100 102 614 65 ... Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do t shares Metropolitan Midland 109 i 110 70 72 110 111 444 154 104 103 k 101 102 4s 49 126 127 1274 :281 11? 97 99 Do New Do Birming. & Derby dild. Gt. W. of Ireland, Do. shares Mid Kert ... Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwios Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 53 64 1 24 tG 104 101 i, 58 59 881 SS! Do York Do Carlisle ,North London IDo New . ..... 'North Staffordshire 119 121 1 2 p 77 73 11 11} 124 126 44 46 98 100 N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union .... South Devon South Eastern 61 63 32 33 94 04b 'South Wales S. York. and River Dun IStaines,Wok.,andWok. ',Stockton t Darlington 97 S 9 10 10g s 7 38 8 94 71 np l 158 16u 41. 5g I, 2 3g p Do Do New, 1866 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C llllster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pini„l aterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool. Har.&ll 1 West Midland —Oxford Do Newport, Do Hereford 86 PO 172 176 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Paid, all 100 C losing Price. GO G 3 105 103 6 1 p 6 P 6i 1 6h 80 00 103 105 10 10i 104 10 , ; 95 97 80 88 I ip 105 105 100 101 t 6 100 102 104 1(1 104 107 108 1061 1' 76 1 1 1 lip 21 22 74 76 60 63 6i 70 18 S 2 48 52 38 42 29 St 24 107 f 1081 1} liv Railways fantio & St Lawrene( Bom.,Baroda&Cen t Ind Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference Buftalo,BrantokGodricb 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, lir?, Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 18:q Clcutta..t S. Eastn . (Ling; Cape Town &Dock Seri' Eastn. Bengal gu. b p. East Indian. gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. ao. deferred...... Do. 2d Fret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deterred...... Do. 4th Pref. stock... Do. do. deferred...... (3 LlndiaPenin.gua.sp.o. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Do. January, 1852 Gt. South.of India (Lim, guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharef. Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77-8.... [ndian Branch Limited Madras. guar., 5 p. c. .. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Dc. 4A d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Meib.Corp. is p. o. Bnd.. Mel b. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. Newßrunswick Cands Class A and B N. ltl.C'das po Ist pt bds Soinde Do. Delhi I pi Do. d 0...... ' 5 Do. Punjaub Do. Do. Do. In dus.St. Flo ) 57 59 3 5 82 84 105 106 105 1054 fp 104 1(.6 101 1(3 13.14. 83.0 '4.16.4' 12.10 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Cam(' ov. 6 p.c..1 a. 42,J ut3 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 tO4 Do. 6p. c.3lar. & Sept. 100 102 104 Do. Ep. c. Jan.&.July. 100 92 84 925 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 92 94 Cape G.Hope, Bp 100 108 110 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 113 115 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 113 115 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 107 108 Natal Gov. 6 per cant.. 100 167 109 ,N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.J a.&July 100 103 115 'tDo. 6p.c Ap & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G ov. 5 p ?.., Mit 100 1015 1021 Do. sp. c.,lBii to 171 100 1011 1024 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 104 1621 102 'New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 109 111 I Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. I steriing, 1875. lOO 104 106 Queensland Gev. 6p. c. 100 1;1 113 iS.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114 1121 - NTIc.Gov. Bp.°. Ja.&July 100 108 110 Do. io sox. An.&00... 100 1091 1105 1 BRTTISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Congo!. Gold 1 5 id chflord Amalgamated.. l 36 37 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist. ) 1 550 660 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 55 GO 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. sa. Id par LI East Caradon ..... 2.14.6 27 28 East Carn Brea... . 3.4.0 I 7 5 7 5 I E. W Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 55 55 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 581 11 13 Great South o] u 5.... 17s 45 65 5 G. Wheal Vor (Helston, 40 lu 11 Grenville 6.16. r 5} 55 Elerc.d's-Foot . 8.12 39 41 El ingston Downs 4.'8.0 15 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 95 20 22 Marke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 15 5 d New Seton l9l 95 105 • North Downs 25 11 2 N.WII I I Basset (Illozan, 3.1.0 25 35 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 20 Providence (Uti Lelnt.) 10.6.7 14 46 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 15 410 120 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 11;11 R. 9 60 65 Stray Park £amarSilv.& Lead Min 45 fin Crott V 19 20 West Basset (Illogan) l5 95 105 WCs radon (Liskeard) 5 18 20 18 1 West Seton Veal Basset (Illogan) 55 774 821 Wheal Bulleratedruth) 5 225 275 Wheal Kitty (U.L e l an t ) 2 . 0 . 6 Wheal 3eton WhealLudcott -- Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) 11 2 i 1 --;Wheal Union :30 2 3 . 1 .1 18 : 7 7 . 1.8 61 6 2 01 3 058 17 0 2 238 1 5 675 - , Wheal Trel awney (Lis ) PREFERENCE S. Great Eastern, E. Anglian No 1, 5 , Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , < ; o West Midland, Oxford. 2d guaranteed stock, London Ditto and West Mid., gua. shares, 54 per cent., 1861, 51 Ditto, 7 per cent. p Brighton, s f. s p t., 155er cent tea' sto c k , N o. 2, London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref.. 99 Stockton and Darlington. B 6 per cent., 334 Ditto, 6 per cent., C, 334 .. 10 61 LINES PREFERENCE SHARES AN D STOCKS. Metrop. Ext., B , 6 per centT LEASED A FIX ED RENTALS. London, Midland Bradford Chatham, aa f ordpret: stock, 96 EIARES. ler cent. Stock, 107 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 171 Ottoman (Smyrna to Aidin), 111 Ban Paulo (lira), qua. 7 per cent., 9 Ditto (ail), 22; JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank of Lon Jan and Liverpool (Um.), 451 5i Ditto, new, 28} Consolidated Bank, Urn., Oi Imperial Ottoman, 171 London Joint Stock, At Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi (lim.), 5i Standard of British South Africa (lim)), 231 Union of London, 391 DOCKS. East and West India, 143 i MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricultural, 20 British Indian Tea (llin. ),:31 Discount Corporation, limited, !Oa Egyptian Commercial and Trading, lim,, 4;1 A Gen. Credit and 'Finance of Lonaon, lim., bi Hudson's Bay, 131 International Financial Society, lim., 9 fill Joint stock Discount, 61- Ditto, new, 2,} London Financial Association, lint, 2l; Peninsula and 0 iental Steam, Si Royal Mail Steam, 75i A GLIMPSE OF HIS HOLINESS.—At this season of the year the Pope officiates at few ceremonies, but strangers had an opportunity of seeing him the other day when he gave the benediction on the new railroad bridge across the Tiber. A friend of mine, says a correspondent of the Queen, had an interview with his Holiness lately, and de acribed him as most affable and good. humoured. IT IS RELATED OF GEORGE 111. that, on one occa sion, When he was attending Divine service at one of the 13:037e1 chapels, the officiating chaplain (a well-known poli tical person of the time) delivered a sermon, in which he iwta.113113., eulogised the character of the King. His Majesty, 1 . 8 said, was highly offended at this, and when he was r o i _ t _ t ing the ch ape l , an d t h e preac h er confronted him in the Kane °f heari ng some compliment upon his eloquence, the g rebuked him sternly, " Sir," said he, " I Came here to listen to God's praises, and not my own,': 1291 64f f 1091 10 1031 i 101 1271 llon i Business done THE SON. LONDON, SATIJRDAY EVEN/NG, NOVEMBER 14, 1863. LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) EVERY V. EVERY. This was a petition presented by the wife, praying for dissolution of marrriage on the ground of cruelty, desertion and adultery. _ The petitioner, Sophia Every, said she married the respondent in 1851 at St.',George's Church, Camberwell ; it was a runaway match. After the marriage they lived very comfortably in the Albany-road, and several other places, but in a short time the respondent's conduct alto gether altered, He used to insist on her giving him all the money she had got, and when she had none to give him, he used to insist on her going to her father, who kept a coffee-house, and borrowing some from him. For peace and quietness she did so on several occasions, but when she refused to go any more he turned her out of doors. The father eventually discovered the conduct of the respondent, and refused to give the petitioner any further assistance in the shape of money, but willingly allowed her to return home in order to escape the illtreatment and outrageous conduct of the respondent. Mrs. Every shortly after her residence with her father acted as waitress in the shop, and there the respondent was enabled to see her very frequently. The result of the meetings was that he persiaded her to return to him, he promising to do everything in his power to make amends for his past bad conduct. In a short time, however, the old course of illtreatment commenced and after all her savings had been expended he said, he was determined to have more money out of her, and he did not care how she got it. While she was living at her father's she had saved sufficient to purchase a gold watch and chain, but this the respondent soon turned to account, the money raised upon the articles being spent in dissipa tion. She was again compelled to leave him and return to her father's house. While she had been residing with her husband after her last return she had, unfortunately for herself, told him that she had some further savings,, to the amount of nearly £5O, in the hands of her father, and immediately an opportunity presented itself he made a de mand upon the father for the property of his wife. The father refused to give up the money, especially as his daugh ter stood in need of it, having but a short time recovered from her confinement. The respondent, however, issued a writ against her father for the recovery of the money, and having obtained it, he engaged some lodgings in Islington, and there introduced and resided with another female as Mrs. Every. Ulna witnesses, named Phail, Carter, and Clark, .gave evidence which clearly proved the adultery. The Judge Ordinary said the case had been satisfactorily made out, and decreed a rule nisi with costs against the respondent. SHILLITOE V. SHILLITOE. This was a petition, presented by the wife, praying for dissolution of marriage, on the ground of cruelty, adultery, and desertion. The parties resided at Wakefield, in Yorkshire, and were married in 1859. Cohabitation continued for about a year, when the resp dent began to treat his wife with great in humanity. Ultimately he left her entirely destitute, and it was shortly after discovered that he was living in adultery with another woman. The Court granted a rule itisi. The remainder of the causes on the list for to-day were either struck out or placed at the bottom of the list, as the parties engaged for the suitors were not in attendance. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) THE LAW AS TO MARRIED WOMEN-NOVEL POINT-BUR KITT V. FORSTER. This was an action to recover XlB for some furniture. Mr. Buchanan appeared for the plaintiff, Mr. Butler Rigby, instructed by Mr. Beard, representing defendant, who had paid £7 19s. into court. It appeared that the parties had been very friendly, and that defendant and his wife formerly lodged at the Vine Inn, Tooley-street, which was kept by Mrs. Moxen, who has since become plaintiffs wife. Mrs. Burkitt deposed to having sold the furniture at an agreed price, but Mr. Forster denied it, and generally con tradicted both plaintiff and his wife. Mr. Butler Rigby referred to a quantity of delapidated articles on the front of the seat, as a fair sample of the bulk, but Mr. Buchanan urged the court to remember that they had been in use a long time. Defendant—They never were used. His Honour—l fancy that the wife ought to be joined in this action. The goods were sold before her marriage. Mr. Rigby—lt appears to me that plaintiff cannot sue alone. His Honour found by the rules that ha could join the wife and did so, adding that as there was a general contra diction he must look to probabilities. The whole matter would be referred to the court broker, who could put a value on the goods. Mr. Buchanan—That 'will hardly be fair to my client at this lapse of time. His Honour—Allowances will of course be made. Referred. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN FINED FOR ASSAULTING THE POLICE. —George Williams, gentleman, of 21, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Yardley with assaulting Thos. Suther land, 179 C. The constable said that about 12 o'clock last night he was called to Lane's Hotel, No. 1, Sr. Alban's-place, where he found the defendant, under the influence of drink, in the passage. The landlord said the defendant had no business there, and persuaded him to leave, but he refused, and he (the constable) then put his hand on the defendant's arm, when he gave him a blow in the mouth, and he then took him into custody. Defendant said he had too much to drink, and did not know what he was about, Mr. Yardley ordered the defendant to pay a fine of £3, or a month's imprisonment in default. The defendant at once paid the fine. WESTMINSTER. JUVENILE THIEVES.—Three boys of the names of Townsend, Skelton, and Connor, were charged before Mr. Selfe with committing robberies at the shop of Mr. Trigg, Hudson-street, and of Mr. Watson, Brompton•road, boot and shoemaker. The evidence went to show that last night the prisoners Townsend and Skelton were seen at the shoo of Mr. Trigg, when one of them was observed to go up to some boots which were upon a line outside the shop, and with a knife cut the string by which the boots were hanging. He gave them to his fellow prisoner, after which they decamped. Inspector Rowly said that there was another charge against the prisoner, who, in conjunction with the other prisoners, stole a pair of boots from the shop of Mr. Watson. Evidence was then given against the prisoners, which evidence was to a similar effect (in this case there were two pairs of boots stolen). - Mr. Selfe asked it the prisoners were known ? Inspector Rowly said that they were, and that Connor had been in prison. The father of Townsend was called, and stated that his son had been in trouble before. Mr. Selfe said that he should remand the prisoners, and he would see what could be done about sending them to reformatories. They were than remanded. THAMES. INTEMPERANCE, BRUTALITY, AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE —Ellen Field, described as a widow,a fa ged3 e o e, years, bloated bloodshot who appeared to be more, and whose had Mr, Partridge, charged with being drunk and the demon drink, was brought before disorderly, with assaulting eyes, and palsied limbs, indicated that she given way to tem andhe r daughter,w with making ianng twoe intelligent t It appeared in evidence that the prisoner was a very hard m b m drinker, and h a d ru i ne d h er l ate h us b an d . Sh e h a d l a t e ly attempts to to called Mary suicide.y Ann Atherall, it ill-used her only child. Yesterday evening she was very drunk and disorderly in Poplar, and was frequently re quested by the police to go home, which she refused to do. Her child begged of her to come home, and she knocked down the little creature. A humane servant girl, named Mary Steel, of No. 3u, River-street, Poplar, went to the r e e d, totea station-house s given assistance of th e g i rl, and took her away from her cruel m e o m t h o v r who b w into sw cu e s e t r o i d o y g: roTerhiengp,risoner screaming,was and struggling, and followed by a disorderly mob. Soon after she was locked up in a cell. George Mountford, a police sergeant, No. 34 K, found her suspended by the neck to a piece of string, which she made fast to the bars. She was black in the face, and he cut her down, and revived her, The reserve man in the station was ordered to watch her closely, but she contrived to fasten another cord round her neck and all but strangled herself. Mountford said on the second occasion the string was fastened so tightly that he could not sever it with a knife without slightly cutting her neck. The prisoner—Yes, you cut my throat. What is the use of living ? A police sergeant, No. 32 K, said the prisoner was once brought to the Bow station charged with being drunk and disorderly, and was so devoid of shame that she stripped herself and tore up her clothes. Mr. Partridge—l shall sentence the prisoner to one month's imprisonment and hard labour for assaulting the child. She is not fit to have the charge of it. She h as given herself over to drink, and when intoxicated is like a mad woman. She will have the advice of the chaplain of the gaol, and I hope will repent of her folly and her wicked. ness. DEATH OF THE REV. DR. M'CAUL —We announce with regret the death of the Rev. Alexander M'Caul, D.D., rector of St. Magnus the Martyr, which took place yesterday afternoon at half-par, 12 o'clock. Dr. M'Caul was an eminent Hebrew scholar, Professor of Divinity in King's College, London, and author of nume rous theological publications especially directed against recent forms of doubt, The Civil Service. FOREIGN. OFFICE.--The Hn. F. Leveson has been appointed to a clerkship. WAR•OFFICE.—Mr. F. J. Culver well and Mr. A. S. J. Moody have been appointed to be civil assis tants in the Survey Department, Southampton ; and Mr. A. Douglas to 'be civil assistant in the Survey Department, Perth. INDIA -OFFICE.—A junior clerkship in the6Ac• countant-General's department has become vacant by the death of Mr. T. H. Baird. TBE POST-01 4. F1CE.--Mr. J. J. Byrne has been appointed a temporary clerk, London; and Mr. J. King a clerk at Darlington. COURT OF PROBATE.--A vacancy for a super numerary clerk has been caused by the promotion of Mr. W. J. Heard. A vacancy for two assistant clerks of searches has been caused by the promo tion of Messrs. W. H. Fleming and J. D. Willan. Mr. E. A. Wilde has been appointed secretary to Sir J. P. Wilde, Judge Ordinary of the Courts of Probate and Divorce ; Mr. W. a Middleton, third assistant clerk of calendars, has been promoted to be third assistant clerk of seat pb. to st., vice Mr. R. H. Harper, resigned ; and Mr. W. G. Vincent, assistant to the record keerers, to be third assistant clerk of calendars. CUSTOMS.—Mr. T. Bacchus has been appointed a clerk in the searcher's office, London; Mr. R. Bennett a clerk for general duty, London ; Mr. H. Brown a clerk in the tea office, London ; Mr. F. H. Candy a clerk in the imports and exports depart ment; Mr. C. P. Fleck a clerk in the examiner's office; Mr. C. B. Foot a clerk in the imports and exports department ; Mr. J. Collins and Mr. J. Palmer, out-door officers, London ; Mr. W. J. Henshilwood an out-door officer, Greenock; and Mr. C. O'Callahan an out-door officer, Drogheda ; Mr. G. Haggar, first class clerk, has been promoted to be principal clerk ; Messrs. W. H. Ashmead and W. Reid, second class clerks, to be first class clerks ; Messrs. J. A. Coates, J. Doherty, J. J. Barnard, and J. Wemyss, third class clerks, to be second class clerks ; Messrs. C. J. Hofferneister, 3. Fallon, W. H. Low, E. Fradd, J. E. Wallace, and C. S. Barnes, fourth class clerks, to be third class clerks; Messrs. J. Hort, R. H. Raper, R. H. Clarke, F. C. Ham mond, I. Roc hford, J. Chambers, H. Kirby, G. A. Page, fifth class clerks, to be fourth class clerks; and Messrs. J. F. Luscombe, G. B. Halltum, H. S. Brown, H. A. Wotton, W. John, S. Bowes, F. G. Heath, W. G. Muir, 3. H. Thomas, and P. Iruing, 6th class clerks, to be sth class clerks in the Tea and East India Department; Mr. A. Ross from the ninth to the eighth, Mr. J. Borthwick from the 10th to the 9th, Mr. T. Castello, from the 11th to the 10th, Mr. F. G. D. Cooper, from the 12th to the 11th, and Mr. J. RThertson from the 13th to the 12th clerkship at Leith. INLAND REVENUE (Stamps and Tax Branch). — Mr. F. Nicholson, surveyor of taxes, has been re moved from Rugby to Dartford ; Mr. W. Duncan, surveyor of taxes, from Merthyr to Rugby ; and Mr. H. Forder, surveyor of taxes, from Caistor to Merthyr. Excise Branch—Mr. R. Harris, super visor, Bristol, third district, has been appointed supervisor of Cheltenham district; Mr. I. Thurston, supervisor, Belturbet district, Drogheda collection, to be supervisor of Colchester district ; Mr. C. Good acre, examiner, to be supervisor, Belturbet district; Mr. G. Fletcher, officer, Glasgow, 6.h division, to be officer of Chesterfield division; Mr. J. Laidlaw, officer, Glasgow, 3d division, to be officer of Glas gow, 6th division; and Mr. D. M‘Pherson, dropped officer, Forres division, Elgin collection, to be officer of Glasgow, third division. IRELAND—Mr. R. Topham, has been appointed second clerk to the Judge of the Landed Estates Court, Ireland.— Civil Service Gazette. MARKETS—This Day, COVENT GARDEN. The supply of fruit was small, but with most descriptions of vegetables the market was well supplied. Generally speaking, the demand ruled steady at about previous rates. The currency ruled as follows : FRUIT. d. a. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 9 0 ►colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 3 () to 6 6 Foreign do 1 0 to 1 6 Melons . Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 9 to 3 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries hf Bye° 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 8. d. s d Mulberries,pr pt..o 9to 1 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, punt) oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 6 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 o.to 0 0 Peaches.. ...... 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per lisp 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 61 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 1 Horseradish, pdn 1 oto 2 Bad ditto 1 6to 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 ; Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 Cauliflowers, pdz 0 9to 1 0 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 110 0 Small salad. p. pn, 0 oto 0 New ditto, pr lb ..0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms,p ptl. 0 oto 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory.. 0 3to 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 Green peas, 0.-sv. 0 oto 6 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 French beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 Onions, doz. bn 1 6to 2 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 Spinach 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 Turnip radishes 0 oso 0 0 Seakale, per bun. 0 oto 0 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 108 Od ; geese, 4s Od to 8s 6d each ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; duckling s , Us Od to Os Od ; rabbit s , i s Od to is 2d each ; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 9d each; Surrey fowls, 8s Od to 12s Od ; chickens, Os Od to lOs Od ; barn-door fowls, 35 Od to Cs Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; pheasams, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; partridges, is 3d to 2s 6d ; woodcoeks, Os to Os Od; snipes, is to Os Od; teal, Os 9d to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to is 6d ; widgeons, Os Od to is Od ; plovers, Os Od to Os Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lid to is Od ; English, is to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 10s Od to lis Od ; French do., 8s Od to 9s Od per 100 ; leverets, is 6d to 2s Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 8s Od to 30s • cod, 5s Od to 20s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 18 to 4s Od; crabs, 6d to 38 Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 4s Od per pair; common oysters, 108 to 15s; natives, 608 to 63s per bushel; whitings, 4s Od to 6s • haddocks, 4s to 12 8 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od ; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 6s to 8s per 100 ; bloaters, Os to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 48 8d ; and lamb, Oa Od to Os Od per Blbs by the carcase. WHITECIIAPL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d; mutton, 3s 6d t o 4 s 8d ; vea l , pork, 38 6d to 48 8d p er Sib s b y the 3 e s ar B ca dt se. o 4s 8d; and M. Nadar's Geant Balloon at the Crystal Palace. Captious critics often complain that the Crystal Palace has not fulfilled the high aesthetic purposes for which its original promoters appealed to public support. It is useless to discuss the reasons for this—perhaps the public, which showed no taste for the doses of artistic or scientific edification tendered in its hours of pleasure, is chiefly to blame ; but, at any rate, the new managers deserve the credit of having thoroughly accepted the lower role forced upon them by commercial considerations, and of carrying it out with indefatigable zeal and enter prise. Not to mention the innumerable series of concerts, flower l shows, fancy fairs, and fetes of all descriptions which enliven every month of the year, it is to the Crystal Palace that we have all learnt to look for our first introduction to any of those ex traordinary " sensation" attractions, which rehearsed first, as it ware, before some distant Continental or Transatlantic audience, attain at Sydenham their zenith of fame and reward. It was in the transcen dent heights of the central transept that Blondin first displayed to English eyes that wondrous nerve and skill which had given an additional attraction to Niagara; and though M. Leotard was not new to English audiences when he first appeared at the Crystal Palace, it was there that they had the best opportunity of admiring the grace and power with which he winged his daring flights. The memory of season-ticket holders will supply many other instance of the assiduity shown in mini stering to their amusement. The latest novelty is the Geaut balloon, with which M. Nader and eight companions, at the end of last month, per formed their perilous voyage from Paris to Nicoll burg, and which all but carried the passengers to death's door. This Leviathan of the rather now floats, fully inflated with atmospheric air, in the centre transept, nearly filling the southern end ; and over and above the interest it excites from the dangers through which it has passed, its enormous yet graceful proportions will attract general admi ration. The novel car, which is, in fact, a small cottage in wicker-work—such as Robinson Crusoe would have counted almost a palace, is suspended from it, and round it are ranged the anchors, buffers, p n s and all the va r i ous r i gg i ng w ith w hi ch ts provide thems e l ves f or t h e nav i ga ti on of u the heavens. The Ge an t i s by f ar th e l argest balloon ever yet made. Its enti re h e i g ht, i nc l u di ng aeronauts e o r o o a , axes, the " compensator" —a small balloon under the large one, containing a reserve of condensed gas—and the e ar, is close upon 200 feet, and when fully inflated i t w ill contain 215,363 cubic feet of gas. By way of comparison, it may be remembered that the great Nassau balloon, in which Mr. Green made his famous voyage from Vauxhall to Weiburg, in Nassau, in 1836, only held 88,000 cubic feet. For greater security it has two skins, both of white silk —the outer coloured a yellowish white—of the finest quality, and of which more than 20,000 yards were consumed in the manufacture. All the gores are entirely hand•sewn, and the work occupied 300 men and women for more than a month. M. Nader torsi, us that the towers of Notre Dame would only overtop it by about 45 feet; but perhaps we shall give the best idea of it s magnitude to English readers by saying that it could not be got into one of Captain Fowke's great domes. It seems here almost to knock its head against the high roof of the centre transept, and, looking at its vast balk, one can imagine the mingled terror and wonder which seized the Hanoverian peasants when they saw the giant monster tearing through the air at the rate of 60 miles an hour, dashing down every thing before it, and apparently hurling its living freight away to certain destruction. It is easy to understand, too, how hard it must be to control the enormous body of gas so as to manage a safe descent, and novices in aeronautics may be permitted to doubt whether, until the valve machinery is im proved, safe voyages can be performed by balloons of such a size. M. Nadar himself attributes the unfortunate issue of his last trip more to the defi ciencies of the valves, which did not permit the gas to escape with sufficient rapidity, than to the failure of the anchors. The Geant is calculated to lift 41 tons, but the utmost it has actually done is to raise 35 soldiers, who were crammed into the recesses of the car on the day of the last ascent from the Champ de Mars. The car Will, probably, be with many a chief object of is i nterest, and it cer tainly a great curiosity in its way. In its out side appearance it is not unlike, on a small scale, one of the caravans to be met with at the outskirts of country fairs or by the side of a gipsy en campment ; and its interior may r em i nd many of th os e singular sojourning places which shippers facetiously advertise as commodious saloon cabins. It is about 15ft. long by 12ft. wide, and is parti tioned off into a captain's cabin, with sleeping berth, four small cabins with berth, wa s hi ng room, and printing and photographic operating rooms. It is fitted with wheels on moveable axles, so that there may be no difficulty in the return, supposing a descent to be effected far from ordinary means of transport. There are windows and doors on each side, but after all there does not seem much room for nine people to turn in comfortably ; and the sen sation must have been something like being slung up to the top of one of Pickford's warehouses in a good-sized wine hamper. , For thos e w h o prefer the open air there is the roof , with which a strong high bulwark running round makes a kind of airy terrace or quarter-deck. It was here that the whole party was huddled together in the last half-hour of their perilous journey, in which they w ere w hi rled more than 20 miles, clinging for dear life to the cordage, bumped violently against the ground every two or three minutes, and expecting at every bound to be crushed to death. Our readers have no doubt perused with interest the vivid account of this perilous flight which we extracted from the foreign journals at the time, and M. Nadar, though still smarting, grows quite enthusiastic in relating their hair-breadth escapes. " Apres tout c'etait beau," he cries, as a soldier might sum up the compressed excitement of half an hour' hard fight. The balloon itself, though it frequently beat the earth with its head, does not show many signs of its wild career, beyond the rent which was made by the axe of the courageous Godard, and one or two others which it received in tearing through a_ forest. The car, which is strongly built of ash, rattans, and osiers, with internal stays of inflated india-rubber, is more seriously injured, and the side which was dragged so long along the ground, hanged against trees, and finally burst through the telegraph wires, bears evident marks of its ill treatment. M. Nadar has accompanied the balloon to this country, but does not contemplate making any ascent with it here, at least for the present. In fact, he is still hardly able to move from the effects of his acci dent ; and, moreover, before trying another voyage it will be necessary to make some improvements in the machinery of the balloon, particularly in the valves. An adventure like the last would not termi nate FO harmlessly in a thickly populated country like England, as in the sandy plains of Hanover. Like our own Mr. Coxwell, Mr. Nadar presents himself to us as something more than a mere aeronaut de spectacle, whose only ambition is to minister to the amusement of the multitude. In a different way he aspires to turn his balloo nin g ex perience to scientific uses. He seems to look for ward to a time when the air, like the sea, will be the highway of nations; when the heavens will be filled with the commerce of nations, and even when, if so minded, men may build iron-plated balloons as they are now building iron-plated frigates. In a word, M. Nadar believes that he is on the high road to the solution of that problem which has baffled ingenious contrivers of all ages, from Dapdalus downwards, and that ho can give to man the same mastery over the air as he obtained over the sea. Of balloons, pure and simple, strange to say ' M. Nadar has no great opinion. It is by n adaptation of the powers of the screw,_,‘ thea holy screw" as a French saran calls it—that he ri confidently reckons on carrying into practice his theory of aerial autelocometion. The balloon is only the prologue to a more perfect flying machine which will be completely under man's control, and which will spring upwards,— I,,lonftfingthhetinwg:lewdiejeuixjapietna:t s se, and through the shock way." o nall sides round " Environed The balloon he calls a mere toy—his certainly is on a Gargantuan scale—and it is simply for the pur pos3 of raising funds to carry out his experiments that he has built and is exhibiting the Geant. Not being competent to speak of M. Nadays scientific acquirements, we can do no more than wish him better success in this important investigation than has attended his predecessors; but cool daring and undaunted perseverance are always honoured here, and of these qualities M. Nadar has shown sufficient proofs to entitle him to a hearty welcome in this count ry.—Times. The Sanson of the Reign of Terror. ---• Before arriving at this eminence, ho passed through a variety of strange experiences. He and his father, Jean Baptiste, beheaded the famous Lally De Tollendal. M. Sanson works up the story of the execution into a romance. Laily, when a young man, he says, happened with a party of friends to lose his way, and was taken in by Jean Baptiste Sanson, who that night gave his marriage supper. After the ball, having learnt his host's name, Lally asked to see the tools of hie trade, and had his fancy greatly taken by a particular sword with which Sanson promised, in case of need, to behead him. Thirty-five years afterwards he was behead e d accord i ngly. The old man came with the intention of merely looking on, but the young Chas. Henry having made a false stroke which inflicted only a wound, the old man seized the sword and cut off Lally's head himself. The present M. Sanson says that his g ran df ather told him this story. There is a difficulty in point of dates about it which makes the whole matter 'suspicious. Jean Baptiste San son, we are told, was seven years old when his father died in 1726. He was, therefore, born in 1719. But Lally was beheaded in 1766', and if Sanson's marriage took place thirty five years before—namely, in 1731 —he must have been mar ried at the early age of 12, This makes a consider able hole in the fidelity of M. Sanson's traditions. Soon after executing Lally, Chas, Henry Sanson had to execute the Chevalier De la-Barre, who was supposed to have been guilty of profanity at Abbe ville. A crucifix had been disfigured, and as it was proved that Do la Barre had on another occasion passed a procession without taking off his hat, he appears to have been made responsible. He showed wonderful courage at his execution, refusing even to kneel down, and Sanson, to make up for his mistake in the case of Lally, cut off his head so neatly that it did not fall for the first moment. The execution of La Barre was one of the last of the old aristo cratic executions. Several others which took place before the French Revolution are referred to by M. Sanson, but they are not interesting except for their horror, and the history of the crimes which led to thens is thrown into a quasi -romantic shape. He gives a long account, for instance, of the last occasion on which the punishment of the wheel was employed. A young man who had killed his father —as he said by accident, as the Court found by design—was sentenced to undergo this punishment at Versailles in 1788. The mob rescued him, and burnt the wheel and the scaffold on the spot. One of their number is represented as observing very appropriately to Sanson, " Laissons l'enfer au bon Dieu." The wonder is how so hideous a spectacle was ever permitted. The description of it makes the blood run cold. The criminal's arms and legs were smashed in eight places with an iron bar, he re ceived a ninth blow over the chest, and was then laid over a wheel placed horizontally on the scaffold till he died. This punishment was horribly common. It was, for some strange reason, the favourite punishment of the Parliament of Paris, and when they decided on appeals from inferior jurisdictions, the common result, if we are to believe M. Sanson, was the substitution of the wheel for the gallows. Such, up to the time of the Revolution, were the official duties of the Parisian executioners. Their descendent gives a singular picture of their private life. Jean Baptiste Sanson was very fond of anatomy, and had a great practice amongst both rich and poor, of whom, as his grandson observes, the first paid him very handsomely, whilst the others received advice gratis. He was a very busy man. There was a good deal of correspon dence about provincial executions, and, as he was at the head of his profession, all the young coun try executioners used to come to his house as pupils before entering on their own professional careers. The executioners formed a kind of clan; for obvious reasons they intermarried almost exclu sively amongst each other. Jean Baptiste had a large family, and hie sons became executioners in every part of France. They used to come home at Christmas, and in order to avoid the difficulties which arose from the variety of Christian names, the servants (who were assistant executioners) spoke of them as M. de Strasbourg, M. d'Orleans, &c., the head of the family or caste being " iII. de Paris." Jean Baptiste Sanson was a good deal reduced from the splendour of his ancestors in the matter of money. His ancient droit de havae was commuted for 16,000 livres a year, very irregularly paid. At one time he received from the Regent 50,000 livres in Law's notes. These were the greenbacks of the period. " I have them still," says M. Sanson, "in the pocket-book where they were put at the end of the audience." M. Sanson's own recollections of the vestiges of the old regime in which he and his ancestors played so singular a part are exceedingly curious. He recollects an old man, called Ches neau, who gave him a gun in 1803, and who was then a sort of pensioner at large in the family house of M. de Paris. This old man had been a servant of the r3onate de Charolais, who laboured (falsely according to M. Sanson) under the imputation of having shot a tiler to amuse himself, and of having been pardoned by Louis XV., with the pleasing observation that a pardon was ready for any one who liked to assassinate the Comte de Charolais. From the service of the Comte de Charolais, he passed successively into those of Louis XV. and Louis XVI., whom he served as a gunmaker. In the course of his career, Sanson cured him of a wound caused by the bursting of a gun ; and when his last master was turned out of house and home by the Revolution, M. Chesneau betook himself to his old friend the executioner. By way of paying for his board, he made him all sorts of handsome arms, and at last took to grinding the knife of the guillotine, and setting its grooves to rights. He thought the least he could do for his old friends was to have their heads cut off promptly an d smoothly. " Tuez-les," he said to the servants, Li puisqu'on vous y force, mais ne les massacrez pas." The luxurious and patriarchal position of the old executioners passed away, like other picturesque but cumbrous institutions, after the Revolution; bar, for about two years, the Sa nson put into such a position as no peopl e ev er occup i ed family were Charles Henry b e fore in a civilised country , San son kept a journal during t h e which his grandson, Wh o well Reign of Terror, of re members him, has r epublished the greater part, sameness about it w hi ch is There is a dreadful not unimpressive. Day after day comes a long list of persons —some known to all the world, ssin assistants ss completely o b scure — w h om he and his a put to death by tens, by twenties, and at last by fifties at a time. Some of the scenes Which he describes, such as the execu tion of the hinge a ) nd those of Charlotte Corday, h G irondi ns I t Anton, and Robespierre, are matters of history, but a few are less well known. Perh the most singular is the account o f t h e aPs execution of the magistrates of the old Parliament of Paris, from whom for nearly forty yeses Sanson had taken his eiders. He was, he says, horrified at what he had to do, and at the dignified courage of the sufferers. One venerable old President encouraged him in his task F aites ' la loi mime injuste est toujours la loi." The par ticular men were no doubt worthy of pity and respect, but the thought of their own sentences, the wheel, the pincers, and the torture- cha mber, recalls other recollections. There is something very im pressive in their destruction by the very man who had at their bidding performed such indescribable cruelties. Of all the revolutionary executions, th ose of Fouquier Tinville and Hebert perhaps inspir e the most disgust. The brutal ferocity of th e fi rst ruffian and the contemptible cowardice of the second are illustrations of the capacity of human nature for infamy wh i c h will hardly be surpassed. day .Recietv. William S. O'Brien and the Polish Question, The subjoined letter was read at the meeting of the Polish committee yesterday : Cahirmoyle, Nov. 9, 1863. My Dear S m i th —Allow me to ask you to hand to the treasurer of the Polish fund the enclosed order for £2 as my subscription for the in.mths of October and November. I am glad t o fi nd that the interest which is felt in d . on behalf of the Poles undergoes no diminution. In presence of the many strange manifestations of opinion which now exhibit themsel ves, I dare not undertake to predict what q w tt i l e l s be ie h t h_ehe:trifdeuretat eotflylrishmenone ofr relation to noblest n s t y c h po i r l i a t e i te triids e t t s y o to f the s lrish h erac eethatff sa e rh e thattd sesp they rthi rei a t a t uha e ss r e e d e fwt their, r c n e fl u e n x t i ble and I would f a i n h op not b e een ha en ve tirely extinguished by th e po li t i cal treating which un dergone during th e l ast 17 years. Never did w e naticn re quire aid more than the Poles now require it. I run now unwilling to use harsh terms, lest I should do injury to the cause of Poland, but, of course, it will be understood that I speak my own individual sentiments, and that I do no profess to speak on the part of the committee, when I say that the Poles have been treacherously betrayed by the diplomacy of the three powers which have professed to espouse the protection of Polish interest. The Poles have been lured to destruction, and then abandoned by those who undertook the championship of their cause. From what I saw and heard in Poland I am convinced that very many of the most eminent members of Polish society were induced to commit themselves irretrievably in opposition to the Mts.. sian Government by the language which was held by the statesmen of Europe. These statesmen have now left them to the mercy of the ruthless tyrant who seeks to eradicate every vestige of Polish nationality by confiscation, exter mination, and murder. In reference to the part taken by England, it cannot be forgotten that when the Polish out break was confined to a small number of conscripts, the Poles were encouraged by the meeting which was held in London and by the language which was held in Parliament to believe that they might count upon the support of tho English nation in case they were to risk their lives and for. tones in a struggle with Russia. The voice of the French nation seemed to be even more unanimous in their favour. As for Austria, though it has been obvious to every reflecting mind that the Austrian Government cannot desire to constitute au independent Polish king dom on its borders whilst it apprehends that Galicia and Cracow would seek to be annexed to such a king dom, yet there is amongst the population that is subject to Austria a sympathy for Poland which the Austrian Government cannot wholly suppress, and the Poles know that they can rely upon aid from this quarter even though the Austrian Government should act falsely towards then , . This state of European feeling might justify the most cauti ous Pole in believing that he could safely engage in a con spiracy which the ministers of England, France, and Aus tria had declared to be justified by the conduct of the Rus sian Government. No man of sanguine temperament could have believed that the potentates who undertook to plead the cause of Poland would calmly submit to the insult and humiliation which their remonstrances on behalf of Poland have brought upon them. As for the part taken by England, it is impossible to imagine anything more contemptible. Lord Russell, finding that public opinion was about to express itself with much warmth in behalf of Poland, undertook to represent the opinion of England by diplomatic action. In the course of a long and didactic correspondence he succeeded in establish.. ing to the conviction of all his readers the two following propositions :- Ist—That the Poles were fully justified in rebelling against Russia. 2d—That Russia had violated the cornpict which it had made with the other Powers of Europe in the treaty of Vienna. The violation of a treaty is held to be sufficient cause for war. When England has to deal with an inferior Power she does not hesitate to enforce treaties by fire and sword. She does not hesitate to exercise speedy and trucu lent vengeance upon those who offer an insult or inflict a real or imaginary wrong. Witneos the conflagration of the unoffending city of liagosima—tho most recent of a long series of unjustifiable aggressions upon weaker states. But before the powerful the flag of England is trailed in the dust I How tarnished is the glory of a nation which for merly used to boast that the prediction made by the Roman poet in reference to Imperial Rome had been fulfilled to the letter in the annals of Britain— Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento, Ha) tibi erunt artes—pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. I leave to the chivalry of England the task of justifying and upholding, or of condemning and contravening, the policy of those who thus speak and act in the name of Eng land. To my own fellow-countrymen I repeat, " Forsake not the cause of bleeding Poland. Be true and faithful to those who suffer for the sake of their country. The time will come Whoa your intervention on behalf of Poland,ho t w h - c ever feeble it may now appear, will become one of laa.. proudest memories of the Irish race;!" As forFrance,th e e ven , l guage held by its Emperor is so enigmatical the: .onabl i o alone can interpret it ; but it appears to be an unqu t : s t t, gio fact that France is prepared to allow the Poles Lr" commenced, unaided through the long winter which behsquestion " to and ajourns the consideration of the "Polish congress way some indefinite period, at which an Europeanof other possibly assemble and continue during a a tt n is season deceptions of diplomacy. Before I cles ard collaterfail be permitted to add a sentence withreg a that misunderstant subject. I observe with much regret poles s he those who ing has arisen between some leading . an. These jealousies Cireassia and the are greatly to be deplored. The eliceir interests are the same. to leattseera,s are interested on behalf of the Circaz cause of Poland are identical. noble population of the vigorous action on the part o the Circassians, and Resistance to Russia in Pola f n Caucasus forms a most importantßussian force. We, Irishmen, Poland aide in favour of the Poles by occupying have not as yet bestoweda large much attention on the questions es poused the cause of Cireassi a a a v a e s the case deserves, but we ought w ,_ o the roles rather than wrangle with to co - operate with of combination are too often lost by ‘ t v o ll :li ch tr r e e a l t a Opportunities t te ho to se Cireas h s them. OPP° the Crimean war b e t ween the western want of mutual confid e nce. Had proper combinations been. set on foot d tn P o l e s and the Cireassians,Eu ropo would not now ass This assist in expelling the Muscovite from Poland and toin be l powers,e squired the t li to a Caucasus. work might have b een completedr s i m ultaneously with t h e capture of Sebastopol. Th e task of 1554 was left un fi nished, holier aims It must be re than that with that of propping up the i,, tottcrn , domination of th e T urk over a largo portion of C h r i s tian Europe. It i s necessary for the security of Eu rope that Russia sh ou ld not only be humiliated, but dis membered. Otherwise, all the sovereigns and nations of the earth must bow their heads in reverence to the ukase of tho Czar with a humility even more abject than that with which it has been recently received, in the case of Poland, by the English people. The feeble policy which now irri tates the sensibilities of Europe will give place to an out burst of generous enthusiasm in case the Poles and the Cir cassians be true to themselves, and continue to exhibit the oaring th a t i s inspired by hope, and the fortitude w h ich springs from despair.—Bedeve me, most truly yours, . 46 WILLIAM S. 013111 EN." Mr. Phinn, has been reappointed Counsel to the Admiralty and Judge-Advocato of the Fleet, an office to which he was originally appointed by Sir James Graham in 1852, and which he resigned upon becoming Second Secretary of the Admiralty in 1855, BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 61d to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. to 721 b, 3d Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to 34 ; 641 b to 881 b, 4d to 4id • to 3;cl ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 8 01 b id to sid ; 1041 b to' 88Ib to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 061 b to 1041 b, 4 1121 b, 5d to 6d. Horse hides, 108 Od to 12s Od ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 9s OA to 12s Od ; half•breds, 7s 04 to 81 6d ; Downs, Os Od to is Od; lambs, Os Od to Oa Od; sheallin gs , Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARK2TS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 580 d •, clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; an d straw, £ 1 vs to £l lOs pgrload. Trade steady. per' load CUMBERLAND..—MeaiOV7 hay, Os to £4 8s • clover ! £4 Os to £5 Ss Od ; an d straw, 1 ,1 os to 4:1 10 8 Supply moderate. WurrEcHAFEL,—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 5s • clover, £4 Os to £5 128 Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Supply good. WATER BABIES IN THOUS AND S Aecording to the whimsical babble of the Rev. Charles Kingsley in his fantastic book all about Water-babies—All the little children whom the good fairies take to, because their cruel mothers and fathers will not; all who are untaught and brought up heathens, and all who como to g r i e f b y il l-usage or ignorance or neglect; all the little children who are overlaid, or given gin when they g-are youn_, or are let to drink out of hot kettles, or t o fall into the fire ; a ll t h e l i ttle childre n in alleys and courts, and tumbledown cottages, who dio by fever, and cholera, and measles, and scarlatina, and nasty complaints which no one has any business to have, and which no one will have some day, w h en f o lk s have common sense; and all the little children who have been killed by cruel masters, and v hiked soldiers ; they were all there, except, of course, the babes of Bethlehem who were killed by wicked King Herod ; for they were taken straight to heaven long ago, as everybody knows, and we call them the Holy Innocents. Mr. James Ellis has added a new ballet divertise• rnent to his other attractions at the Criterion Hall of Amusement, Leicester-square, the scenery and appoint ments of which are of the most magnificent description, aided by an efficient and superior corps do ballet, appro priate music, and very costly dresses. The hall is nightly crowded, and the approbation evinced by the visitors is of a nature highly flattering to the proprietor, who has spared neither pains or expecce to render it equal to any other place of entertainment in the inetropolis, SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLOcK. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. KONIGSBERG, Nov. 9. The Osideutsch Zeituny says :—"Notwithstand-: ing the storms and rains of autumn, the want et seasonable equipment, and the heavy reverses lately sustained, the Poles do not draw back from the work once begun ; and the still animated, active, and crowded life at the scene of operations tell us that much more blood will yet saturate the unhappy land, and thousands fall before this strife of despair and destruction comes to an end." THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. AUSTRI A, VI ENNA) Nov. 9, For some days past the tone of the offici a l and semi-official journals has become more friendly t o Russia than hitherto, and it is evident that serious anxiety is entertained with regard to the future. The Wiener Zeitung derives its information re specting Poland from the Ostsee Zeitung, whil e t h e General Correspondent brings certain charge s against the Poles. According to this journal the failure of the last expedition into Volhynia is only to be attributed to discord among the insurgents, which, it says, increased to such an extent "that at last no one knows who should command and who should obey." Sh art 20i 10 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock t (Ink all 100 (100 : 100 2 all 1 100 i 100 68 4 1051 101