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

0N B v MARKET AN r) t iOIdiUZIICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. , L dgeided and f a vo u r a ble chang e has come over . 1 "e aspect o f mone t ary a ff a i rs . Wh ere s t r i ng ency before prevailed, there reigns now comparative easiness. This alteration has been due to the ces. B ition in the shipments of gold and silver to the Continent, and the knowledge that some large con elginents for this country are on their way from America. The discount houses have therefore at once evinced a laudable readiness to afford the com ,ll"cial public monetary facilities directly they be. 'laved that less uncertainty regarding the future existed. First class bills have therefore been nego. ! l ate(' to-day at 61 I per cent., showing within 24 hours a reduction of about f, per cent. in favour of trade. The report of the Crystal Palace Company, Just issued, shows ka balance in favour of re venue of £52,550 98. 4d. After payment of all Preferable charges there remains at the credit of the general revenue account the sum of £20,812 ss. 3d. available for division among the proprietors of Ordinary capital. Out of this account the directors I leuultnend the payment of a dividend of 2 per c!nt. (2s. per share), which will leave a balance of 4 10 8 15s. 3d to be carried forward. There were no bullion operations of importance EA the Bank yesterday. In the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon there was a slight tendency to advance, bills being Iu less demand. At the half-yearly meeting to-day of the African Steamship Company, the report stated that, after Paying all charges, there remained a balance to the credit of revenue account of £4,731 13i 9d, out of Which the directors recommended the payment of the usual dividend of 8s per share, free of income tax, for the half•year ending 31st October last. This Payment would absorb £4,403 4s and leave £328 94 91 to be carried forward to next half-year's account. Two O'CLOCK. At Paris, this day, according to Mr. Reuter's Teleg ram , th o 3 p or cen t. French Routes were 66 . 00 . Firm, The same causes which have led to the easier c ondition of the Money Market have likewise affected the quotations at the Stock Exchange. A *al and buoyant tone was everywhere apparent during the earlier hours, and a rise of / per cent. l ees was recorded in the English Funds. Some few sales to realise profits have, however, left Prices where they stood at the improvement of last evening. Consols, less the dividend, were 891 for „, lc cney, and 891 for the January account. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 8811; the 21 Per Cents., IS9I, 71 / ex. div.; India 5 per Cents., 103 1 ; Debentures, 98 ; and the Bonds, par to ss. Prem. General firmness has prevailed in the Foreign Market, but there has been very little animation. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 71 1 1; do. C onso. Tides, 46; 471, ; Mexican, 29! ; do. New, 271 ; °reek, 228 23k; Spanish Passive, 311 32 ; do. Cer t.ficatee, 14 ; Portuguese, 471 ; the Confederate L oan, 67 5 9' ; the Egyptian, / d prem. ; and the "anubian, die. to par. Business in the Railway Share Market has !entinued rather quiet, but prices have in some 11 !atances shown a slight improvement. Gr eat Northern have advanced £l, do. A Stook l i , S outh Lantern 1, and Great Western, Lancashire and Y orkshire, and Midland each I. rile Foreign and Colonial lines remain at about Previous rates. For Bank and Miscellaneous Shar es there is a eery limited inquiry, and quotations remain with• ent ohange of importance, Alliance Dank being dealt in at 39 k, Imperial Ottoman at 161, London 4 . 14 Buenos AyrAs at 53, General Credit and Finan ;l44l at 68 7, Hudson Bay Company at 16 / , and ondon Financial at 24k. , BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 2 ‘.OVERNMENT - Per Cent. ConsolsFUNDS. B9k i 9 I a Do Account, Deo. 8 .... & 81 Per Cent. Reduced hi ew 2 tl ew 3 per Cent BB t i I "i per Cent. Jan. 1891 . 1)0 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 — An unities, 30 yrs, expire hth Jan., 1880 — . 1 )0 for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — 1)0 (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — March. Juno. .eq are 1, uer Bina, £l,OOO, 4 & 31 per Cent, Do £5OO _ Do £lOO and £2OO ........ • ___. _ ta nk England Stk, 51 per Ct........... 2 . 1)0 Account 3 7i t 'NOU N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES• _ 4114 ia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1871.... 220 Do Account 1031 3 5 per Cent. July, 1870 .... bo Account — be 4 per Cent.,Oct.Oct 1888 , Do Certificates " - ", s o 1 per Cont. (Deferred 3 per Cant.) " 1 , 6 4 / pet Cent. 1 ; 0 Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. - "'- i -,° 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 — - h ° 6 i per Cent., May, 1879 _ -- ' 1 , 6 4 per Cent. Aug. 1866 •-•,,J bonds.Cl.4 5 pm '''' o tnider .Cl,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 1 3 b t rian Bonds, 5 per Cent 'razilian. 5 per Cent 1)0 4f p er Cent., 1852-58-60 1 1 ,. Do 1863 8 3 . 11 1 ) 4°1100 Ayres 6 per Cent — (.4411? ACC01.11.11.. • • - . ' -• I b itt a 6 per Cent. — 0„, ° 4 l per Cent O Goa'''otabn per Cent — Ilua, ...• • - - . 1) per eent. _ D Deh ~,,, per Cent. 1864 _ 4 15 34 3 per Cent., 1825 4 0 6 per Cent, 1864 ' tatter New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — C. 0 , Pro v i sona l L an d Warrant _ osa Cg 7 per Cent 96 1 ,0 4100 Bonds (ir4-10, Second Issue - eek 0 C nt 1824-5, ex-Coupous.. ..... b o per e ~ `LI, Account 111.11° Coupons 0,..0 Account 9,1 ' 4t ete 1 5 U a a per Cent. 4 11 9 1839 an d 1859 ........ ('' - , ; 4 t) per Cent.(Maremmana Railw a y ) can 3 Account Cent D 0 Aceo u er e b bo 1864 die 0 G per Cent. Anglo-French die I, erip, £43 paid die x d /4 0 ° / P reach Scrip, Ex. 25f 20e 4 0 , °118 h Imperial 5 per Cent .... b''' Uranada o 2 , por Cent. — 1,0 beferred GI .1j ) Land Warrants (Hectares) — ° Debe n t ures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 .... r ov . l - ) 0 do Aug., 1866 li n .!,'4l 41 p er Cent — b„" t Per Cent. (Uribarren) ... — b„ - 4 } per C en t., 1862 0,,c 4.C CUILIIt • • • I.),, Li gPese 3 per Cent., 1853 D o - Account — b 3 Per Cent 1856 '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 — It:i4ecount " ' 1.) 5 ` 44 6 per Cent 1822, £ St., • _ o II b o z Per Cent., 1850 • • bo .., 1860 — 11 0 7 Per Cent 1859 . 52.1 D o : Iter Cent, 1862 • I ) o 41nglo-Dutch .. .. — 44 44 8 ; (4113, £66 paid A 4 0 41 6 Per Cent ....... --- ° Gat,Z l Folint ..... b 3 per Cent .. • • .• . ......... IP teeeunt 4Bl .1)60-,ew Deferred U A ccount 0 Pasiiv kl Do Ae ' ° N l ' h count 3ll I t li o `' 4. -- c, Cert. of Coup net funded *0„ smunt 1 , 1.),M 1 4 re l . C ent o ”; Per Cent. 1854 b o reount d 0 '', Per Cent. 1858 ." --- 'eount lto° e 4lOO Bend s b Per"A Cent 180° IP ~?•ceeunt . - 7 l/ 7l/ • • ° 4.100 tends.. I) Do b° (11 1 ,, r , 1863 .. V e i 5,,,, •tr..4 . :ed, 4 per Cent..." • %ric zot `l 4 Scrip, £4O paid -do 4 ' ft 3 Per Cent. be •., et 'ourit l9l .1 )0 4%, - e l " . Cent., 1862 u 0 6 c0,,,, it .... ll: eent., 1861 b ill t ,klli k - j i lends on the above payable in London 13 'Ni l ' 4 ,° Per Cent„ Ex. 10 Florins. .....- 4 ,4 2i Per Cent., Ex. 25f lo r ki e 4 p Per, Cent., Ex. 12 Guil — I t se oh ,r Cent. Certificates '`'ento a 3 . h 11, 5 , per C0nt..... . p - uo At Per Cent., 1801, Ex. 25 francs.. p!'llivi r c ount ... ' iv 1) _ 1 ........ _ t oi , , . _ 4N41 ordo 86 , 6 per °l iar oCnden,t 41 per 25f x Ct. Ex. 4 S. . .4 01 .) E D o 1 ke 00) , 1 14 t ... THREE O'CLOCK. 89/ I ................. ••., "Ii SHARE £tARKETS,—This day. Share Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. raw. Closing* Business l'rice. done. I3ir.. \VoI., and St.r. Val i;:y the mid 'Tyne. Sriktol ant I,;_,!ter Calertenilo ~:ork ltandca I Cornwai , I Do A A gets no div 11 ()imp an. has Do• 13 been paid to B. Dublin Belfast June. Oun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. Edinburgh & Clagg•ow: Glasg. and S. Western. 'GreatEastern, Ord. sth Ditto A stock Ditto EastAni;lian 81 GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern...—. •• Do A stook Do B do Gt. S. and W. of lrelan , I Great Western,Original. Do Str Val frua. sto,k I Do. South Wales I Do. West Mid. --Oxiord Do Newport Do Hereford Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blaokwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So , .th Western Man., Slid., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shares Metropolitan Midland. Do Binning. & Derby Vid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwiot Do, G.N.E. purchas , Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle...... • • . • Do. Stook. & Do do 1855-5 S Do do Is6c.Gl North London Do New _ _ _ Do New, 1804. North Statrordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stook Do Scot. Mid. stook Shrews. and Weichpool Shropshire Union ••••, South Dev0n........• • South Eastern Staines,Wok.,andWok Taff Vale. . Do C Vale of Neath 1 Waterford Az Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.,',N;lt 87 60 130 131 34 $6 16 17 90 9'2 1t) 108 4711 48i 71 8/ 132 134 154 /55 130 132 90 91 77i 78 67 69 57 59 44 46 100 102 1141 351 81 83 10i 100 ' 37 39 118 1181 97 99 66 07 120 %21 130 Inf 105 107 65 67 25 t 7 11311 1141 71 7:4 1 , 3 104 88 39 11 12 9 10 e, 123 126 ii 2 p 1 1i 79 iOf 1 , 1 138 142 58 00 40 42 85 91+ 8 9 163 ICB 3+ 4+ p lk 110 38 40 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Sallwaye Ltlant!o S.: St Lawrenc. ora., Baroda&.Cont In , Gu. krwr cent.— ..... Do. E. ...... tin:lulu and Laze 'arm: Do. Preferunce ..•• • • iurralo,llrant,At( lodricl p. ot. tads. Aug. 1, IS7 110. do. July 1, 18;" .)o. do. Jute: 1, 16: lapeToem e !) 0 01. Demerara 7 p.O. per. pi v.asta. Bengal gu. a 1.. I,:ast Indian. irn• 5 P." Do. do. J Ext.. •• brand Trunk 01 Ca.m.h. Do. Equip. Mort. Bonds 1 charge 6 per cent Do. Ist rret. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred..." • Do. Id Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred....• • Do. 3d Pref. stock ••• Do. do. deferred..... Do. 4th l'ref. stook... Do. do. deferred...... Ot.lndtal'entn.gua.sp.c Do. Gui. 5 per cell •• Do. New gda. 5 p. 0. • • South.ot India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent Do. 41 per cent .... Do. it. W. of Canada Sharer Do. New .. Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt . Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.. •. Indian Branch Limited Hadras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 41 p. 0. Extensioi, Dc. 4y do.. • • Do. Fifth Extension. el?). Corp. 6 p. o. Brids .Siel & 1 obson's Bay. Niewßrunswiok & Candi. Class A and 13.. S. Itl.C'dafi po Ist pi bdf• Soinde .......1 1 1 Do. Delhi 00. do •• >4 Do. runjaub • • • Do. Indus.St.FloN) to( 10 all Paid. Closing Price. 59 61 1021 1c , 31 idle 5 51 75 80 96 100 8) 90 103 104 1031 Ic4§ 21 '2Z 90 02 70 72 61 61 66 68 56 68 53 :54 47 50 3) 32 28 30 lt3i aO4 pr 4P pr 4p 101 103 81 8 11i 11 83 tIO 80 E 2 Id 104 103/ 98 08 91 03 104 82 & 63 62 stock all 100 (100 1100 < 2 ' 1,0 'lOO otock et oCk E 6 82 S 4 10: 103 102 i dn i 131 i 1024 1031 95 07 --------- ..)OLONIAL UOVERNMENT SECCItITIES. -- -- - - -- - , British Columbia 6 per - ' cent., Dec. 31, 187 2 .... I 100 1 - - -- Do. do. 1883.-1 100 - - - %,n.4 iov.6p.e.Ja .V.. Jul " , -W 1877-81 Do, ap. c. Feb..t Au l .. 100 08 1 0 - Do. 6p. 0.Mar.,16 Sept 100 93 10.) - Do. sp. o. Jan.&July. 10C 87 89 835 8 - Do. 5 Inscribed stool, 100 87 90 - 'ape o.llope, 6 p c,187: 100 104 106 - Do.Ap &Oct, 188( 100 105 107 - Do. 189 , 100 106 108 - Do. Jan. & July. 1891.. 100 100 111 - i_7eyion, N0v.1863, 8p c 100 10a 105 - Do. 1878, do. 100 , 9 112 - llauritius 6 p.cent.lB73 00 05 107 - Do. 1878 103 106 109 - Do. 0382 100 107 110 •••• Nratal Gov. 6 per MIL. 100 1 , .5 107 - Nl.B.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&Jul) 100 92 102 - i. S.W. G ov. 5 p a., 18. 100 97 90 - Du. sp. e.,18 'n to 1871 100 95 97 - Do. d0.,1888 ctupwth 100 04 96 80 - , Zew Zealand 6 p cent 100 105 107 1001 - soya Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - sterling, 1875. lOO 100 102 - /ueensland (I cv. 6p. c. 100 04 103 - 3. Aus Gov. 6 p.c.1t68-* 100 - -- - Do. I'7o •.1 tii,Ward i... 100 07 109 - Vle.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.ctJuly 100 - - 1021 - Do. lo 8 p.o. An.b.001.. 1 100 1064 10741054 4 - --- -------- -- - BRITISH MINES. -____,---------«-----7-,--.. 2 • 'am brian Consol. Gold 1 * I - (Atherton .. ... 3 65 5 Jairlortl Amalgamated.. - 334 315 - • )(Ton G. Corm.(Tavist. 1 580 600 - Drakewalls.• . - r.ast. Bassett (Illogan) .iu 50 65 - East Caradon ..... - 4'.11f4t Call Brea.. - East Grenville ... , 2.7.0. 51 6 - East Lovell 14"11tussel (Tavistk. 8.13., 54 51 - fiamASt.Aubyn(Gwen 60, 5 7 4 Great LaXey, 1itn...:... all 174 185 - heat South reigns.- 17s 14 2 - ;. Wheal Vor(llclston 10 34 36 1354 6 - irenvillc 7B. c• ifl 6 - Ileri...d's-Foot 8.13 T 5 37 - .lingston Downs 4.18.1 4 41 - dargaret (tiny Lelan t . 1 8 0 - N a rks Valley.. 4 .tynth iron Ore (Lim. 21 14 fc: N a nglles• • .... . l9 18 !..0 -Jew Settni 2ll CO 70 - • .ort,ll I)owns!.. - North Roskear.. ...... , 29f ' 17 19 - .. v% W I liasect (111o4Tal 3.1 ,, ,6 1 2 - N'orth Wheal Crotty Prosper United.......• 7.1.0. - , lovi denee (Guy Lehi'. 10 6.7 ' 34 36 - iouth Caradon(St.Cleer 14 20 540 ;.Wheal Fran. (Illogan ,18,i 33 36 - Stray Park - fin Crolt r 16 17 - ,Vest Basset (Illog - au),. 15 7 9 - A' Cr radon (Liskeard o 5 5 - West Chiver ton - West Suton ...... ..• •.. I/ 105 215 - W h ea l Basset (Mogan, 5 90 83 - Wheal Buller(Redrutli, 1 9 11 - WhealLudcott ,Beal MaryAnnPlen , 8 13 15 Wheal Oet.on . 58! r 195 200 - Wheal Trciawney (Lis., 7 19 21 - ‘Vheal Union 4 4 4 rfiEFERENCE SHARES. Great Western Orig. 4i per cent pf., 97 Great Western, 4 per cent. irred sot Great Western, Chester gua. stock, 80 North British 5 per cent., 106 PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London and South-Western, 4a per cent., 93 London, Chatham, .tc., Metrop. Ext., B 8 per cent., 93k LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 93i FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Great Luxembourg, 11i Sambre and Meuse , 5i per cent. pf., 91 FOREIGN MINES, Port Philip, 11 $ BANKS. Alliance (iim.). 39i 9 Ditto, new, Ditto, issued at pm., of which 10 is pd ,21 Anglo Austrian, 7k Bank of London, 166 j 6 Bank of New Zealand, 151 Bsnk of Wales, Um., 17 British North American. 49 Chartered ger. of India. London, and China, 61 Commercial Bank of India and the East, Lit o, issued at 10Ipm., of which 10 is paid, 33 Consolidated Bank, Bin., lok 11 English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 21 Imperial Bank 34 & Imperial Ottoman, 161 London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate, 53 London Joint Stock, 491 South Australia, 37 Union of Australia, - 65i Union of Ireland, lint., 20} DOCKS. London and St. Katharine , 72 _ „ INIISCELLAN E O US. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 181 171 Commercial Union, Insurance, 8/ Credit Fonder and Mobilia* of England, 81 Ditto (X 2), 51 Credit Foncier of Mauritius, lint, 6/ East India Irrigation and Canal, 6,1 6 Er , glish and Australian Copp er, 11 English and Scottish Marine, lint, 4 Fore-street Warehouse, lint, 9. Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11M., 6/ 7 61 Hudson's Bay, 16/ Imperial Mercantile Credit Asso., lim., 81 International Financial : ociety, Um., 7 i International Land Credit. Um. 0 5 Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour,, Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, rodent. 1870, !Salted 90, 85 Joint Stock Discount, lim.. G London Financial Association , lim ., 245 t a London General Omnibus Company, 2; M ,dras Irrigation and Canal,A Ditto (all), 201 North British and Mercantile Insurance, lim„ 19 Ocean Marine Insurance), 261 Ottoman Gas, lira., ei I?enlnoula and Oriental Stow, 831 stook 77.1 1151 1 15 821 1 2 a 1051 98 118 } _ . _ WI i 8 121 i 201 138: i I) 70 41} Sti Business don, 104 i 3i THE MiN, LONDON, WEDNESDA .EVE 1. DECEMBER 7, 1864. NEW NOVELS. The Queen of the County. By the author of " Mar garet and her Bridesmaids." Three Vols. Hurst and Blackett. The authoress of " Margaret and her Brides maids" and " The Valley of a Hundred Fires" is a favourite with many readere. Her style is sin gularly pleasing and vivacious ; and if her charac ters are almost too charming for real life, and her descriptions almost too couleur de rose, the result is, nevertheless, sufficiently attractive, and the novel-reader who seeks to he agreeably enter tained is not likely 'to be disappointed. " The Queen of the County" is, in every respect, as graceful and as charming as her predecessors. The fair Dulce Mallerdean is the narrator of her own history, the very opening lines of which remind us of one peculiarity in " The Valley of a Hundred Fires." In that novel, if we are not mistaken, the very excellent hero and heroine become the parents of some sixteen or eighteen little daughters, and here this new novel, " The Queen of the County" commences with this reminiscence of the fair heroine—" In my father's nursery were born twelve little girls." A curious coincidence, to say the least of it, reminding one of the chanson of Beranger— " sur la nuissance des files." Again, a peculiarity of this writer is a predeliction for extraordinary Christian names. In her last work one fair maiden was called by the Welsh appellation, Nest, and another was Pearl; and now, the Queen of the County rejoices in the name of Dulce, and her favourite sister is called Marblette. We the more readily comment upon these eccentricities, because the writer is one who can well afford to dispense with them. She writes with a facile pen, and knows how to please many readers. Poor I)ulce's grief in the dark hour of her affliction is most vividly and naturally portrayed; but although we rejoice to find the fair " Queen" living to a good old age, surrounded by troops of friends, we must confess that our credulity as to the verisimilitude of her history is somewhat shaken when we are called upon to congratulate the aged lady upon her son of sixty, her grandson of forty, and her great-grandson, just celebrating his majority ! Dulce Mallerdean is one of the twelve daughters of a gentleman of mode rate means; she marries the heir of a wealthy house, and finds herself at once in a high and re sponsible position—a position which she fills with grace and ability. On her first appearance at the County Ball the is thus greeted by one of the note• bilities, Lord Harpendale : THE QUEEN OF THE 00UNTY. _ _ We were so anxious to see you. Lady Harpendale said "For twenty-nine years I have been Queen of the County —I will look at Peter Mallerdean's wife, and if she is worthy, I will crown her Queen this very night in my place." " Have all counties queens ?" "I know not—but we have, and we like it." "And what are her duties ?" "Sho must be at the head, possibly the inventor and pro • moter of all the good deeds done in the county; she must be ready to patronise every public meeting; she must sot fashions; adjust quarrels, and be the guide and star of the whole female population." " The only arduous part of the duties is adjusting the quarrels." " Ah, you are sanguine I Don't be so sanguine. It re. quires some one very superior to be Queen of this County. We aro not easily pleased. The young peop'e of the present day aro very fast, my dear Mrs Mallerdean. We must have a stately Queen of the County to restrain them. They hurry upon their fathers and mothers so rapidly, that, egad I they almost trip us up," A cloud in the sunny life of the young " Queen" is the jealousy of her husband's sister, Lady Lanton. Here is a pleasing sketch of A NEW BELLE'S STRATAGEM. We went to Brighton, and I used all the arts I professed to make Peter forget his melancholy. We had to return to town all too soon. A court ball was impending, and Peter was for once rather anxious about my dress and appear- once. He was engaged that night rather late at the House of Commons, but had bid mo dress and go early. I was to wait for him in the Tabby, so that wo might enter the pre sence together. I was in joyous spirits. My dress pleased me well, and I diverted myself with thinking how delighted Peter would be when, throwing off my cloak, I should show myself to hins, adorned with perfect art. - That elasticity of spirit which rose upon the least occasion fioatcd me off into a mood as happy and rapturous as a child's. Though I did not allow it to myself, our house had to me and.aspect of home and sunshine, HOW that Lady Lanton was out of it. Ensconsed behind the pedestal of a statue in the lobby, I watched the gay company thronging in, and never felt more gay. Qn a sudden I perceived Lady Lanton herself approach. ing, and with her the Countess Hermann. To my astonish• ment, the latter seemed dressed in the facsimile of my dress, What first struck me was the coronet of plumes, that were arranged according to a fancy of my own, in a sort of sweeping circle, that descended low on one side of the neck. A little circlet of diamonds was the only other ornament on my head. The countess had precisely the same. I immediately scanned her dress. It was the exact copy of mine—white crape looped up with water lilies, showing a white satin petticoat, embroidered in silver and Roman pearls. They did not perceive me as they passed in earnest conversation. " Yes, I brought him to town for the best advise,' Lady Lanton was saying ; " it is the only thing I could do, but I took care to leave the children at Mallern." Ah, my dear I3uffy, I was pleased at that de it a it wont to my heart to think that the result of all these quarrelings might be that I shsuld be separated from you, lhis was my first thought. The second followed quickly. Peter would never forgive the public exhibition of his wife and Lady Hermann appearing so exactly dressed alike as to remarkable. Elated as I was with my new dress, my appearance in it, and the sensation I hoped to make, it was all over now. I must ask for a chair, and get home as speedily as I could, that I might reach it before Peter left it. Fortunately I was in time. W hen I told my tale, he was astonished ; and had the ball not been a royal one, we should certainly not have at tended it, But there was no alternative. Peter had but a minute to admire my dress, when I had to run and chsnge it. I think ho felt the disappointment even more than I did, it was so becoming. I now put on a dress of blue gauze, which was perfectly new, but wanted the grace and deli or - cacy of the other. I exc han g ed my coronal of feathers f ono long one tipped with blue, which I fastened on to my head, with the bands of diamonds passing over and over it. In less than an hour I was a g ain in the lobby, accom panied by my husband, and we passed into the ball-room. On its very threshold were Lady Lenten and the coun tess. It seemed as if they meant to join us, as we passed on our way to the royal circle, but they were so confused at the unexpected change in my dress, or the utter disregard Peter paid to their presence, that they allowed some people to intervene between us, and we were soon lost in the crowd that crushed on the Presence Chamber. Having made our obeisance, we joined the Crams, and one or two people whom we knew, with whom we went into an inner room, where a limited number o f p eo p le were dancing. Hero we agreed to stay, as we were a select party, and mostly known to each other. And here I had the great happiness, as it seemed to me, of dancing for the first and only lime of my life with Peter. To a youthful animated spirit dancin ou g is like the embed i merit of the joy of mind, and when y may freely abandon yourself to the intoxication of it, because your husband is your partner, nothing can be more perfect. Thus, within a short space of time, I had experienced as many different feelings as there are clouds in an April day. Before taking leave of Queen Dulce, let us quote a beautiful thought upon ANNIVERSARIES. The return year by year of birthdays, marriage-days, and mourning-days is good for the soul. Few are so hardened but that tha return of the day of their birth brings with it the remembrance that there will be a time when a year,will come in which there is no birthday for them. Are they prepared for it? Again, in marriage-days, those that love truly, gladly, repeat their vows again, and love on still more fondly as each year proves them still more blest in each other. To those who love not so well, it may be that these anniversaries soften somehardened place in theal heir h ear ts, and so, opening a sprin g ha of kindly feeling, wounds that might otherwise have festered and mortified to death. But the mourner t —on such a day mourner was baptised in sorro w. The ceremony brought her face d she felt her to f a ce with God. His veil was withdrawn, an self almost in the invisible world. On each anniversary she withdrew into this h ol y sanctuary again, and n issues there from strengthened to perform her work. Do not fear these anniversaries, Dulce, As time mellows the sharpness of your sorrow, you will court headthem—t nly link in this world which connects you with the de. rhis tender, loving phi;osophy pervades the whole h w : o e r m k i , 6 e n s d w i is ni h ore e than hinted nn at, ci i a v n a d len i t u f s o t r ig a e l fih l t the e author's rising popular it y . ae • _ _ He Ordeal for TVives. By the Author of " The Morale of Mayfair," &c. Three Vole. Hurst and Blackett. There have been before now political discussions, and se v ere animadversions upon the r ival merits and demerits of " town" and'` coun try." In a kindred spirit the author of the " Ordeal for Wives" is in. dined to inaugurate a similar controversy in a matri monial point of view. We must confess that for awhile the name of this novel mystified us, but the meaning is, towards the close, very clearly set forth in the following oracular announcement, which we publish for the benefit of all whom it may con?. cern : Reader, if you are a man of fortune, and desire the assist ance of a young woman in getting rid of that fortune for you ; if your heart yearns after a companion who shall dress extravagantly, who shall sit with credit at the head of your table, who shall make your house generally attractive to your friends—do as Nlntniduke Scott and as Lord Eltham did. You need not bo at the trouble of travelling to find what you require. London, Paris, Bath, Brighton, Chel tenham—whet-Ever you may be, you will find the material ready to your hand. Reader, if you are a man of edachtion, but no money' and are so inconceivably single-minded as to wish to pas • sees a woman who shall be bound to you for life; if you have visions (God knows how, in this generation, they come into your head I) of a wife who shall work with and for you, cook your meat and mend your shirts, be your house keeper and the mother of your children, and your own in tellectual companion, and truest, tenderest friend—go and search for your ideal among the Devonshire Moors I You won't get her in large cities out of the classes from whom men take their wives. And, unfortunately, the Devonshire Moors are every day becoming more enclosed. Bred tiv in these Devonshire 'more was Esther Fleming, the Principal heroine of the tale , Her teacher and guardian b e ing her cousin, Joan E ogle heart, a thorough disciplinarian, and one not tole rant of the weaknesses of humanity; witness, for example, her approved method of getting rid of a servant's lover— NO FOLLOWERS ALLOWED. "Yea, Esther, I got rid of William Tillyer on quite a new principle, and one that I moan to adopt for the future. ' Show your sweetheart into the kitchen the next evening ho comes,' 1 said to Patty I like all these things to bo quite open and above board.' Patty, great fool, did as she was bid, and I went out and found them together. ' You are coming after my servant, William Tillyer,' I said; do you want to marry her ?' Patty signed to him to say Yes,' and he said it, after hanging his tongue out, and diving in his rockets for an answer for about five minutes. Very well,' I remarked, ' then step up to Parson Justin's to.. morrow, and you shall be asked next Sunday. Good night.' I wish you had seen his face, Esther. He begged and prayed, and promised he'd never sot foot inside our doors if I'd only let him off that time, This, of course, was what I wanted ; and since then Patty has had no more lovers." Esther, like all paragons, behaves in a manner that would be considered highly reprehensible in an ordinary young lady. She engages herself on a brief acquaintance to the first lover she meets with, and then, when he is absent, very speedily enshrines another image in her capricious heart. So much for the " Ordeal" of the Devonshire Moore I Jane D..ehwood and her sister Millicent are - ladies of Bath, and as such are (of course !) only intended to be worldly and heartless. A very dismal picture indeed, does the author of " The Morals of Alas fair' give of modern society in England. The picture is no doubt exaggerated, and although the delineation is undoubtedly clever, we cannot say that it affords a very agreeable object of contemplation. Macaria, By Augusta J. Evan 9, author of "Beulah." Three Vols. Saunders and Oiley. " Macaria ; or Altars of Sacrifice is th© title of a new American novel, which is written in an earnest and enthusiastic tone, and is allied with many extravagances and exaggerations. The natural results no doubt of the agitated at mosphere to which the writer has become sub jected. In the opening chapter we find Russell Aubrey toiling by the midnight lamp over unpa latable figures, striving to earn a livelihood for his widowed mother and his friendless cousin. In the third voloino:Russell, having by industry and reso lotion attained prosperity and a position, devotes himself to the cause of Southern independence. The follo;iving exordium from his betrothed explains the meaning of the title of the novel : manifest in the plot of this story. The stolen marriage of the youthful heiress of Askerdalo Park is very cleverly arranged, thanks to the Machia vellian ingenuity of the "best man" but not the best adviser of the bridegroom. The latter personage is himself somewhat ashamed of the underhand part he is compelled to enact. Not so his friend Marston, who rejoices with all the pride of art in the success of his dextrous combinations. It .being essential that the secret marriage of the heiress shall take place in London, and by banns, Marston causes these banns to be published in no less than six out of the way parishes, so as to elude discovery, and when at last, on the third Sunday, every hour becomes of importance, he persuades (by very potent arguments) one clergy man to perform the marriage ceremony imme diately after the banns are, for the last time, published, while another goes on with the ordinary service of the day, there being just sufficient time before twelve o'clock for the momentous matter to be legally arranged. So much for strategic skill The after events which befall the hero and heroine are even more surprising, and partake largely of the sensational. The story is, however, cleverly designed and pleasantly told. Nelly,Deane. A Story of Every-day Life. Two Vole. Nimmo. A very charming heroine is little Nelly Deane. One of those artless, loveable characters whom Wordsworth has celebrated— " A creature not too bright and good, For human nature's daily food ; For simple pleasures, artless wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles." The character is, no doubt, happily for us all, one of " every-day life ;" but we cannot think that the story of Nelly Deane, as set forth in these volumes, is entitled to the definition which appears upon the title-page. The wicked wiles of Stella Morton, the foolish confidence of the young heir, the shipwreck, the mistaken identity, and last of all, the extraordinary rencontre of the Scotch ser vant and the dying sinner, make up altogether a story of considerable interest, but hardly one of everyday life! Old Dr Brown is a very delightful and not an impossible character. Maggie Bell; or, The Lost Sister. By Warwick Holme;author of " The Mortona of Bardon." Two Vole. Maxwell. The narrator of this story is the tutor of little Bertie Ainslie, and the lover of Maggie Bell. Thrtie's mother, the sister of Maggie the lost sister, who gives the second title to the book—has miraculously disappeared. When she is with amazing difficulty discovered, Maggie has, for the time, vanished away, and become in her turn the " lost sister." Ultimately they are both restored to each other, and all ends- well, but the story appears, to our thinking, to he somewhat akin to a much ado about nothing. New Music. -- e - --- - The March dos Princes, L'Oiseau Moucbo (rondo waltz) Come back thou happy dream, the Charing Cross Polka, and the Ali Ben Sou Alle Waltz, Polka, and Quadrille. Tho above new pianoforte music, just been published by Mr. Ward, of the Strand, will doubtless find much favour during the approaching festive season. The first three pieces are the composition of Ali Ben Sou Alle, the gentle. man whose performances on the Turkophone produced such an impression during the late series of promenade concerts given by Mr Alfred Mellon. L'Oisesu Mouche is a peculiarly effective and melodious composition, and ono that cannot fail to become a general favourite. The com poser has not confined himself to the production of instru mental music, he has also published three very pretty songs, all of which will be found an agreeable addition to those already in circulation. The Charing Cross Polka, by Mr J. C. Kent, is sprightly and telling; and the Ali Ben Sou Alle Polka, Waltzes, and Quadrille, arranged by Eugene Dalagarde from the compositions of the gentleman whose name they bear, are each excellent specimens of lively dance music. A Eederal " Ocean-going Monitor " (Fowl the INTelo York IVoil(1.) More than three years ago, a contract was made by the Secretary of the Navy with Captain Ericsson and his asso ciates for the construction of the two ironclad ocean moni tors, to be called the Puritan and Dictator. The vessels were guaranteed to steam 15 knots an hour at sea ; and from time to time Captain Ericsson declared in the papers that these machines were destined to revolutionise naval warfare, Last spring, after the Dictator was substantially finished, but before she was tried, Congress:was applied to to pay for one of these vessels—the Puritan—a price equal to what it would cost to build it now, although, in fact, the actual cost of building it had been about half of what now would be estimated, the iron and labour having been contracted for at the prices of three years ago. To this ap plication objections were made by most of the public jour nals, and by several senators and members, who insisted that the Dictator should first be tried, and if she proved good for anything, then it would be time enough to in demnify the contractors against loss, perhaps to reward them bye largo profit. But this did not satisfy the Navy Depart. ment, who urged the passage of the bill upon Congress, and a law was enacted giving the contractors about a mil lion akd a half of dollars of profit, while the Dictator was lying ready for steaming, but without having yet been tried in any respect. Having secured this magnificent do• nation, given upon the representation by its advocates that the ship could alone cope with the entire navy of England, the contractors proceeded to try the Dictator at the dock, in the North river. Precisely what happened is not known to the public ; but the effect was that the vessel, instead of steaming to the navy yard as had been announced, was towed there by a number of tugs, although the public had been notified to stand on the battery and see her steam by. Then the trial trip was announced. in order to show that the ship was able to go alone, and as a necessary prelimi nary to her acceptance by the Government; but after work ing the engines at the dock no trip was attempted. Just then Capt. Fox, assistant secretary of the navy, appeared and spent a couple of days in looking after his peculiar pet, the Dictator, and immediately the ship was taken off the hands of the contractors, and the unfortunate people of this much.swindled country were saddled with a machine which had hardly yet shown itself capable of self-motion. Mean while an expedition at Fortress Monroe was awaiting the Dictator to complete its force ; but the Dictator did not move. Instead of that, however, she wont on a "cruise" to Staten Island, in tow of three tugs, and for about ten days she has been performing the duties of a dictator to the oyster boats about Communipaw. Her history, however, is written by Captain Ericsson, who informed the public that there was nothing wrong about the ship, but that some sand had got into the step of the rudder while lying in the mud of the navy yard, and so the Dictator was temporarily disabled, He also assured the public that the engines had been run ning at the rate of 69 revolutions a minute with the throttle valve only ono quarter open; from which we are led to infer that if the other three quarters were only opened something terrible would happen, and wo waited for that result. Our patience is at length rewarded, and it has been announced that the Dictator had returned from her first cruise to the lower bay, and had made a speed of 7 knots an hour with 45 revolutions of her engines. We do not feel disposed to be very critical, but we cannot help calculating the speed of the screw of the Dictator, and we find that the ship was going faster than the screw would drive her when she went 7 knots an hour with 23 revolutions—but wo suppose it to be ono of the peculiarities of this sort of ves sel that ordinary rules do not apply—a peculiarity parti cularly valuable in this ship, because the engines have demonstrated that they cannot bo made to revolve con stantly 20 revolutions a minute-60 being the contract speed—and therefore, unless the ship can go faster than the wheel which drives her, she is utterly useless. This first cruise was mado in commission and fighting trim. No one has been hurt or wounded—thus showing that the ironclad is invulnerable, but the ship has gone to the navy yard for repairs after her difficult and extensive ser vice; and the contractors and Capt. Pox are satisfied. If the taxpayers aro not, they ought to turn contractors, NEW LIFEBOATS.—Tho National Lifeboat Ineti• tution has just sent away a fine new lifeboat, 36ft. long, to be stationed at Pill, Morcombe Bay, Lancashire, The cost of the lifeboat was collected by the commercial travellers; Mr W. Bishop, of West-street - road, acting as treasurer, and Mr R. Affleck, of York-street, Manchester, performing the duty of secretary. Another lifeboat, of precisely the same size, will be sent off this day (Wednes day) to New Quay, Cardigan Bay. The cost of this last named lifeboat was benevolently contributed by the Ancient Order of Foresters. A LADY'S SPORTING A DVENTURit.—Last week Lord Middleton's foxhounds met at iieslerton. There was a large party, and among them Mr and Miss Pinder, of Linton House. During the chase, the Derwent, swollen to the brine by the late heavy rains, had to be crossed. Miss river boldly took the stream, following her brother. The force of the current, however, lifted her out of the saddle, and floated her down the river. A cry of " Miss Pinder in the river" was raised, and Mr Pinder, who had crossed, dismounted, followed his sister, and brought her safely to shore, amid the plaudits of the whole hunt. After a few moments the lady remounted, and although wet and uncomfortable, as may be supposed, for three hours continued the chase with as much ardour as the most veteran sportsman,—.Eastern Zeics, MACARIA. " Of old, when Eurystheus threatened Athens, Macaria, in order to save the city and the land from invasion and subjugation, willingly devoted himself a sacrifice upon the altar of the gods, Ah, Russell I that were an easy task, in comparison with the offering lam called upon to make. I can not, like Macaria, by self immolation, redeem my country ; from that great privilege I am debarred ; but I yield up more than she ever possessed. I give my all on earth—my father and yourself—to my beloved and suffering country. My God I accept the sacrifice, and crown the South a sovereign, indepondent-natian t Gladly, unahrink ingiy, wouta I meet a death so sublime; but to survive the loss of those dearer than my life, to live and endure such desolation—oh I my lot, and that of thousands of my fellow-women, is infinitely more bitter than the fate of Macaria I " She smothered a moan, and her head sank on his shoulder; but lifting it instantly, with her fathomless affection beaming in her face, she added— " To the mercy and guidance of Almighty God I commit you, dear Russell—trusting all things in His hands. May Ho shield you from suffering, strengthen you in the hour of trial, and reunite us eternally in His kingdom, is, and ever shall be, my constant prayer. Good-by, Russell I DJ your duty nobly; win deathless glory on the battle. field, in defence of our sacred cause; and remember that your laurels will be very precious to my lonely heart." The chief heroine of the book is Irene, but Electra Grey occupies a prominent position, and her cha racter and career aro among the extravagances we have alluded to. Here is a ridicalous description of the emotions of this precocious maiden :-- A "S ENSATIONAL" DAMSEL. Fourteen years had taughtiter an unusual amount of stoicism, but sealed lips cannot sepulchre grief, and trials have a language which will not be repressed when the mouth is at rest. She looked not gloomy, nor yet quite un happy, but like one who sees obstacles mountain high loam between her and the destined goal, and asks only permis sion to press on. Hors w as a passionate nature; fierce blood beat in her veins, and would not always be bound by icy fetters. There was no serene plateau of feeling where she could repose; sh e enjoyed keenly, rapturously, and suffered acutely, fearfully. Unfortunately for her, she had only Himalayan solitudes, sublime in their dazzling height, or valleys of Tophet, appalling with flame and phantom. Upon such a passage assuredly comment is need less I In better taste is the following eminently practical advice, administered by a judicious friend to the other heroine—. All cannot be ° missionariesl4pEN in RIT the term. I believe that very f ew are rea ll y ca ll e d t o spen d L E; i ordinary acceptation of their lives under inclement skies, in dreary by-corners of the earth, amid hostile tribes. But true missionary work lies at every man's door, at every woman's; and, my little of fand s ister, yours waits for yo u , star i ng at you d a il y . "D o t h e w ork that lies nearest to th ee. " L et me g i ve you th e ru l e of a profound in calculable good had he w a lk e d th e narro w, winding p a th which he stood thinker, afar who that thou canst work at, and wor k a t it like a Horculus ;" pmeii might have accomplished nted out to others—" Know a nd amid the holy hills of Jeru sa l e m the voice of Inspira tion exclaimed—" Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might." As another evidence of the strong emotions which animate the hearts of the women of the South, and which of themselves are sufficient to proclaim the deathless endurance of the struggle for Southern independence " Macaria" has an interest peculiarly its own. Number Thirty•one. A Novel. Two vols. Pitman. The moral of this tale may be very excellent, but its manner is not attractive and its details are very unpleasing. The following remarks upon the effi cacy of tact are sufficiently truthful : TA CT. What is it, after all, that does the chief lint of the busi ness of life ? Is it genius, technically and inexplicably so called ? Is it talent? Is it erudition ? Is it not rather, tact? It is, truly 1 Tact has broil described, but never worthily defined ; how can such a trim, compact, natty littlo word be defined ? Impossible! Tact is nimble fingered and quick-footed —tact has eyes that are perfectly independent of the optician's art—tact has always an abun dance of small change at command—tact carries no heavy weapons, but can do wonders with a sl:ng and stone—tact knows where the corners are and how to turn them—tact always spies a sycamore tree up which to run when things on the crowded earth are difficult of management—tact is master of the nod, the smile, the wave of the supple hand— tact etudes a bunch of curiously-fashioned keys, and sur prises many a cunningly-wardei lock into a full confession of its secrets—tact plants its monosyllables wisely, for being a monosyllable itself it marshals its own order with the tamiliarfty of friendship ;—aye. tact, sly, versatile, diving, running, flying tact, governs the great world, after all, and yet touches the orbicular baby so gently as to make it reard the sceptre as a stick of barley-sugar. But Mrs Dudgeon had no barley-sugar sceptre ;in a word, sho had no /ad. Assuredly tact formed nu part in the education of the Dudgeon family. The indifference of the mother and the intolerance of the father produced very direful results, as number "thirty-one" sadly testi fied. Askerdale Park. A Novel. By a Clergyman. • Two Vole. Maxwell. Thero is . a great deal of constructive ability LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day. - - - It was expected that the judgment would have been de livercdiin the case of the Peterhoff this morning, but owing to the judges not having conferred in consequence of the absence of Mr Justice By tee on circuit, the delivery of the deziYion will now stand over until next (elm, COUR!! OF PROI3ATE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) WAIL].) AND EDWARDS V, FREEMAN. In this case Mr Freeman propounded a codicil to the will of Mrs Freeman, which was contested on the ground that the testatrix was, at the the time the codicil was executed, in a state of mind entirely unfit for such a purpose. The g3ntleman in whose favour the codicil was executed was a surgeon, and for years had been a great favourite with the husband of Mrs Jacobs, In 1855 Mrs Jacobs was taken unwell, and Mr Freeman being a surgeon, she sent for him to attend her. At this time she told him she had long wished to make a codicil to her will in his favour, and accordingly it was executed. The testa trix recovered, but eventually died in 1862, when Mr Free. man produced the codicil, which, until that moment, was entirely unknown to the executrix, The executors objected to tho document on the ground above stated, but witnesses were this morning examined to sihow that the testatrix was a person of very active business habits oven at the time of her death. The property of the testattrix, it was represented to Mr Freeman, was so involved, and in such confusion, that it was said there would not be a surplus after her direc tions had been carried out, but ho insisted on the codicil being adhered to, and this circumetanco led to the present proceeding. The case was proceeding when went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—This Day. BO W- STREET. ROBBERY AND EMBEZZLEMENT BY A TOWN TRA VELLER.—A. respectably dressed man named Devereux, lately in the employment of Mr Lawrence, of Southampton street, Strand, was placed at the bar on a remand, charged with stealing a large quantity of shirt collars from his employer, a wholesale manufacturer. The robbery was committed under rather peculiar oircum stancis. Tho prisoner, it appeared, had abstracted a quantity of blank invoices from the warehouse in the first instance, and then on supplying any shirt collars, which he also abstracted from Mr Lawrence's stock, he filled up the in voices in the regular way and enclosed them with the collars. In this manner hesupplied three dozan to a gentleman named Twining, who paid the prisoner for them a few days after they were delivered, The transaction with Mr Twining was never entered in Mr Lawrence's book, and the prisoner had no authority to supply goods on his own account. Mr Lawrence also charged the prisoner with embezzling the sum of £6. Ackrill, the police-constable, stated that ho found a quantity of property belonging to Mr Lawrence at the lodgings occupied by the prisoner. Mr Vaughan having cautioned the prisoner in the usual manner, asked him what ho had to sny to the charge of robbing his employer. The prisoner simply replied, "Nothing." Ho was then fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH STREET. ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.—ALLEGED VIOLENCE OF A CONSTAIILE.--Lavinia Bach, described as a lodging house keeper, of Chichester-street, Pimlico, was charged before Mr Tyrwhitt with being drunk and assaulting Po lice Constable Austin, 33G Austin said at half-past ono this morning ho saw the de fendant with a crowd of persons round her outside the Cafe Riche, Piccadilly. The defendant was quarrelling with a woman about some money and refused to go away. On his putting his hand on the defendant's arm she knocked oil his hat with her umbrella, and then struck him several times on the head with the umbrella. Sho then throw herself on the pavement. Ile got the assistance of another constable and took the defendant to the station. 1 The defendant said she had been to the Cattle Show with some friends, and had been to see one of them home and taken supper with her. As she was passing the Cafe Riche sht saw a person who owed her some money. Sho turned round to speak to the person and the constable came by and pushed her away. Austin said the defendant was drunk. The defendant said she was never tipsy in her life. Mr Benjamin Clark, clerk, of 58, Great Ormond-street, said he had been spending the evening with some friends, and was proceeding home. The police were clearing the Haymarket. The defendant and some others were coming along when the constable pushed her up against the shut• tors, and she appeared to rebound. The constable then lift .d his hand and struck the defendant violently twice, as if striking a man, and while falling the constable struck defendant again. The defendant raised her umbrella in falling, and no doubt the conbtahlo thought she was about to E ri ko Austin denied striking the Liondant., and said the last witness was one of a number of persons who followed and bustled the police as far as Swan and Edgar's. henry Dawson, 301 A, said there was a great crowd, and a number of disorderly prostitutes and men shouting and pushing the constables about. Mr Tyrwhitt asked Dawson whether ho saw the com mencement of the affair, and he said he did not. Austin said the constable who assisted him was not in attendance, The defendant exhibited a mark on her eye, where eh said she was struck. Mr Tyrwhitt said ho would venture to discharge the de fendant. He did not, however, believe that the constable had struck her—constables were too prudent for that. He had no doubt the defendant had received a blow from some one, but it might, perhaps, have been from one of her own friends. As for the witness from Great Ormond-street he did not believe his evidence. The defendant was then discharged. THAMES. A HARD CA..R.—A poor man named Wilson, a rigger, came before Mr Paget for the second time this day to make a complaint against the magnates of the Whitechapel and Stepney Poor-law Unions. The applicant's wife died on Saturday last in the London Hospital. Sho had been very ill for twelve months 're ceding. He applied to the relieving officer of Shadwell in the Stepney Union where he was born, and where he had lived all his life, and whore he lived now, to bury his wife, and represented that he had not the means of defraying the expenses of a funeral. He was raferred to the Whitechapel Union in which his wife died, and where his wife's body was lying. He went to Whitechapel, and was told by the relieving officer that, as he belonged to the parish of St. Paul, Shad well, that pariah must bury his wife. He went back to Shadwell and was laughed at, and directed to go back to Whitechapel. Last night he attended the Board of Guardians of, the White chapel Union, and was ordered to go about his business— " bury your wife, indeed ; we aro not going to bury her, go away with you." That is what they said. He had been going backwards and forwards between the two unions for the last three days, and the body of his wife was unburied. He had received a notice from the hospital authorities to remove the body. lie had no money to buy a coffin, and knew no one who would advance him the money. Mr Paget said ho had no control over the Guardians or officers of the two unions, and could not interfere. He had no funds at his disposal to carry out the wishes of the poor man, and could give him no redress. Wilson, who was deeply affected, left the court wiping the tears from his eyes. Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day. Market quiet. Sales, probably 6,000 bales. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—This day. LONDON, Dec. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Satellite, for Singapore. OFF POOLE BAY, Dec, s.—Arrived—Bombay, from Lon don for Auckland. - - PLYMOUTH, Dee. 6,—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Folly, for Singaporo. BRISTOL CHANNEL, Dec. s.—Arrive Bristow, from Portland. _ . HOLYHEAD, Dec. G.—Arrived—Amelia, from Liverpool for Cuba. _ _ NEWPORT, Dec. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Emma, from Mauritius. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. G.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Centu rion, from London for Splacy—Trevelyan, from London for Calcutta, (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Scotia Queen, from Kustanjah —Maas, from Rotterdam. _ DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed—Diadem, of Sunderland, from Taganrog for Harwich. THE Itt.V. GUTHRIE. AND A BOAR.—At the Edinburgh Sheriff Summary Court on Monday, Sheriff Mallard presiding, Alex. Pods, gardener, Oreenend, was charged with culpable conduct endangering life in not keeping a boar belonging to him under proper charge. 1)r Guthrie deponed that he and his son were driving iu a gig at Greenond, when an enraged boar attacked and wounded the horse. Thinking that the horse was not much hut t they drove on till they came to Liberton Manse, when they saw that the horse had received a gash in the thigh four inches long and an inch and a half deep ; an l there was also a wound on its billy of some length. The doctor said that the attempt of the boar was manifestly to rip up the horse ; but the force of the stroke had been spent on the thigh. lie considered it a great wonder that ho and his son were not, killed. Other evidence was led both in sup port of the charge and in exculpation, and ultimately the charge was. found not IT oven. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day_ - READING RACES-THIS DAY. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAriI.) HUNT STEEPLECHASE, 0 ilialu Spring (inn . ._. Three ran. MILITARY STEEPLECHASE. Piggy IV iggY _ - - - The others fell. Three ran. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. Ironsides Ball's Eye Spatchcock Deceiver Twelve ran. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE. Bravo Piggy Wiggy Ten ran. INNKEEPERS' PLATE. Premier Light of Other Days Four ran. THE QUEEN.-It will be seen that Mr and Mrs Wigan had this week the honour of reading before her Majesty at Windsor Castle. It is flattering in the extreme to these artists that they have been selected as the first who have been permitted to appear before her Majesty.—Court Journal. Mr John Richard Eon has received a letter from General Garibaldi, of which the following is a translation : —" Caprera, Nov. 18, 1864. Most esteemed Mr and Mrs Richardson,—l have to give you my most hearty thanks and gratitude for all the great kindness so generously be stowed on me by you, ever since I first set my toot in your land of liberty until you send me the yacht,—l pray you will beliovo me as your friend at all times,—G. Clam iiiaLDr." LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT TO A LADY AT THE CROYDON STEEPLECHASES. Yesterday morning W. Carter, Esq., Coroner for Surrey, held an inquest at the Railway Tavern, on the body of a fine young woman, aged 19, who met her death by falling from a horse at the late Croydon Steeplechases. Deceased was well known in tho neighbourhood of South Belgravia. George Grey said he was a groom in the job-yard of Mr Whakerley, Lupus street, Pimlico. The lady he had seen dead that morning ho had known during the past 12 months, and daring that time he had occasionally gone out with her as groom and coachman. He had always known her as Margaret Hills. On Wednesday afternoon ho accompanied her on horseback to the Croydon Steeplechases, the deceased riding c mare. She was not accompanied by any uentleman, but she spoke to several there. About half-past three on that afternoon, deceased directed hitu to jump the horse he was riding ever a gap in the hedge. Witness did it, and she was to follow him. He did as she directed him, and as soon as he landed he looked round to see her cowing, and she came directly. As ho looked ho saw the mare " land," end with that de ceased dropped the reins instantly and fell out of the saddle 0,1 the off-side. The deceased fell on the upper part of her back. Witness jumped off his horse and went to her, and she said, " Oh, George, lam hurt." They cried out for a doctor, and a gentleman came who they said was a doctor. A cab was called, and she was placed in it, and brought to the house. Witness remained in the house fur about an hour and a half, and then left, bat before leaving he saw her. She was quite sensible at the time of his leaving, and made n ) statement affecting any one. She was quite sober at the time of the accident. Witness could not account for her falling off, as sho was a goof horsewoman and of high courage. She had a fall previously, but she did not com plain at all of any injury. After some further evidence, the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—On Monday Mr C. S. Burnaby, coroner for the East Retford district of Nottingham, held an inquest at Ranskill, a village about six miles from Retford, into the cause of the death of Mr Richard Russell, civil engineer, of Bawtry, who was killed on the Great Northern Railway on Saturday night last. Mr Russell, who had had experience as a civil engineer, both in this country and in America, had lately received the appointment of engineer of the new lino from Doncaster to Gainsborough, had been to Doncaster on business connected with the line, and missing the last passenger train from the place at six o'clock he, unknown to the officials there, got into a coal train, expecting, it is thought that it would stop at Bawtry. This train did not stop until it reached Retford, and the accessed found him self as mach to the south of 13awtry as he was to the north at Doncaster. Anxious to get to his home the same even• jug, and there not being a train for passengers, he walked into the goods yard, and ascertaining that a special goods train was about to Ito despatched, he gut into the van. The guard reported this to the clerk in charge at the station, and Mr Russell was informed ho could not go. Nothing more was seen of him until ho was found on the engine of another train, from which he had to be ejected. Lie then left, went to the Queen Hotel, and ordered a conveyance to take him to Bawtry. Before this was ready ho left the hotel, and walked on the Great North-road as far as the Bawtry-moor crossing of the Great Northern Railway, when he took tho railway, and from footmarks on the down !oar-foot it would appear that he walked along for a distance of two miles and a half, when he was overtaken by a down special goods train from Retford at 11.10 p.m., and killed upon the spot. The deceased's brother, Mr Samuel Russell, surgeon, of Blyth, stated to the jury the nature of the injuries, and further that the deceased was in good circumstances, and had no possible motive for committing suicide. The jury returned a verdiet, "'That the deceased was aceidental4y killed." LATER FROM JAPAN. , --By Messrs Jardine, Mettle.. son, and Co.'s steamer Rona, arrived at Shanghai on the 18th, the dates from Yokohama, via Ilakedadi, aro up to the 12th of October. The fleet had paid the visit to Yedo and returned. No particulate published as to the official interviews which took place. NVe may judge, how ever, that the visit had produced a good effect, as 1,000 bales of silk wore expected, or had arrived, at Yokohama, and there was an inquiry for foreign manufactured goods. The Rona brought over a quantity of silk.—Londm and Ching Telegraph. COMPSNSATION CLAIMS.—Mr Commissioner Kerr and a special jury sat at the Lord Mayor's Court, yesterday, for the purpose of hearing two compensation claims. The first was " Buck v. the Metropolitan Railway." The plaintiff is a collar maker, Cradle court, Red Cross street, and claimed upwards of £2,000. After the case had occupied some time, the jury by consent awarded £730. In the second case, " Bragg v. the Metropolitan Railway." damages were laid at £1,330. The claimant is a house fur nisher. Finsbury-pavement, where he only had an cffico. It was complained by Mr Lloyd, for the company, that this was an attempt to extort money for a mere tenancy, for a business which could be carried on anywhere in the neighs bourhood. The jury gave £250. The King of the Hellenes has decided that four officers of the army or navy shall proceed to France and England to inquire into the military and naval organisation of those two countries, and make a report to the commission formed at Athens for the reorganisation of those services in Greece. PEDESTRIANISM EXTRA ORDINARY. n Mon d a y night Mrs Margaret Douglas, the Australian pedes trian, completed the task of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 hours, at tho American Opera House, Liverpool. Each successive mile has been witnessed by persons who have attested its fair performance, and the remarkable woman has gone thr3ugh the arduous feat with astonish ing freshness and vigour. During her last mile, which she walked in the presence of several hundred persons, she several times stopped to dance. and at the close she declared she could have walked 200 miles more, and would be willing to undertake 1,400. Several heavy bets have been decided by the result. The General Correspondence of Vienna states that a percussion cap burst on the carriage of the Emperor of Austria as he WAS returning from Schosabrunn in the morning of the Ist inst. The care which the Ministerial journal takes to state that no person was wounded would almost lead one to suppose that the affair was not that of a mere harmless cap, but of some kind of projectile. A large eagle, measuring eight feet between the tips of the wings, was shot a few days ago at l3riensz, near Berrie. This bird had, during the last few years, caused considerable lose to the farmers, haying carried off more than 200 lambs, and even killed goats and sheep. S HUN GBOli.—The Newyork herald of the 11th Nov., contains the following admission of the illegality of the seizure and condemnation of the British barque Springbok by thu New York District Court : " There are under currcuts in Europe of considerable im portance in relation to the decisions of the United States Supreme Court ou sumo ,important cases which involve grout principles of international law. . . A text case is to bs made of the Springbok, and the Ministers of France and Great Britain at Wasbington ale instructed to protest in the urune of their Governtuents, against the condemnation of that vessel, provided the Supreme Court sustains the decision of J udge Betts, instead ut releasing her and her cargo. The Springbok was captured on her way from Liverpool (sic Hi orig., should be Loudon) to Nassau, two British ports, and without a scrap of actual evidence, but on mere vague suspicion, that the vessel hr.d any destina tion except Nassau. She undoubtedly was going no fur ther, but what might have been done with her cargo atter landing there is, ot course, problematical. Among other high authorities the owners rely on Judge Kent, who says, 'Neutral preporty passing from neutral port to neutral port is free from seizure and condemnation, no matter how much adapted it may be to the use of belligerents, and both vessel ano cargo are free from arrest until they start upon a voys ago to the enemy.'" I 13.14. Shan 100 Sk 1 :oo 1 Lou NO stook stook at oak 1 0 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stool, stook stock stock so 20 too 100 stook stook stook 6 7 47 f,,- 134 1555 6 3130 21 4 0