The Sun. — London, England, 1863-12-05 00:00:00

CONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. There is a steady demand for money at the Bank of England, but comparatively little business is _negotiated in the open market, owing to the re luctance shown by the joint stock and private establishments to negotiate bills even at 8 per cent. About 20,000 sovereigns were taken out of the Bank yesterday for Alexandria. The Bank of Holland has raised its rate of dis count to 5 per cent. In the foreign exchanges, yesterday afternoon, a general advance took place. S ince Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £863,800, and the exports to 4451,990. The report of the directors of the Bank of British North America, to be presented at a general meet lug on Tuesday next, states that the business of the ba nk has in some degree recovered from the depres sion noticed at the last meeting, although the con tinuance of civil war in the United States still affects injuriously the commercial affairs of the ecl°fli es• Several failures have occurred recently in Canadai by some of which this bank will sustain °BB . The nrogress of the branch in Victoria, Van couver, and the profits realised there, have been satisfactory, and the business transacted is of a legiti- I ns te and safe c h a racter. After providing for the nee above referred to, the directors are ,enabled to decl are, out of the estimated net profitskthe year, the usual half-yearly dividend at the rate of 6 per ce nt. per annum, which will be payable, free of in ennle-tax, on and after the sth January next. • Two vacancies having occurred in the direction by the retirement of Henry Barnewall, Esq., (since de ceased), and the retirement of William Chapman, the same will be filled up at an extraordinary general meeting, to be held immediately after the c onclusion of the business of the ordinary general meeting, Two O'CLOCK. At the Pal is Bourse this morning, according to Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Itentes were 67f. 10e. During the earlier hours of business there was an improvement of about k per cent. in the market for the English Funds, but a few sales being effected, a relapse has taken place. The transactions have not been numerous, and the market has consequently presented a quiet appearance, Consols for money are 9014 7 and for the account, 900 91. The New Threes and Reduced Annuities are marked 901. ; and Exchequer Bills, Bs. to 53. dis.; Bank Stock is 235; and India do., 221; India 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at 105 1 a 1,. There has been a general downward movement in the Foreign Market, and business is compara tively quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1862, are 69; ditto Consolides, 441 45 ; Mexican, 321 ; creek, 251: ; ditto Coupons, 114 12 ; Spanish Passive, 32k e ; ditto Certificates, 13 ; Portu guese, 471- 48k; and the Confederate, after being 45 47, is now 46 48. The operations in the Railway Share Market have bee❑ very limited. A firmer tone, however, has prevailed. Bristol and Exeter has improved 41 ; Great Northern A Stock and North Western, 16 5.; and South Eastern, ss. ; Metropolitan, how•. "el, has declined ss. In the Foreign and Colonial markets there has been no change of importance. Bank and Miscellaneous shares have been in moderate reques t, an d quotations generally are without material alteration. Bonds, FUNDS—CLOSING PR ICES . last • lan. 5 per Cent .. D itto 1859 .............. Bank Stock 235 Bper Cent... Reduced A n n u ities per Cent C 90 1 4'New 3 . ',., onsols Annuities New 31 Lr 'Ant. Annuities 5 per Cent. New 21 per e e n ut t,. . Annuities Annuities, 30 Annuities A nnuities, Jan. 1873 .. Yrs, expire eth J an., Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885. ljtt° (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908. India Stock, 1871 Ditto 5 pet Cent. 221 1064 5 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1838 lOO Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — 'Ditto 5 per Cent lO4 3 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto ditto April, 1864 991 D._ Ditto ditto 'Aug. 1864 or 66 „' A nk Stock for Account konsols for Account, Jan. 7.. 9l 1 Lz‘dia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent — leheciuer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cen t 5 8 dis Ditto £5OO Ditto Small Brazil an RE FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 5 e I Di tto, 1839 and 1859 ....... — Ditto 45 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto Ditto 1863 .. 864 4 Bue nos S er i perlB3 £3O paid "nog Ayres 6 Cent Di P tio Account . — Dittoeki, 1 per Ceti . i..(Deferred 3 per Cent.) t" 184 1 raper Cent. — gYptia 7 per Cent.. G r i)i t„t_, Second Issue 1 ; :, e i t 'c t 0 6 Cent., A pe c r count lB24-5, ex-Coupons — 264 5/ Ditto Con . to Account It Dit Pons 124 114 15/ 4 , 4 . 4 6 per Cent. plareiumana Railway) x ioan 3 per Cent Dit!,o Account 335 a 4 24 31 24 e Vonsh I mperial 5 per Cent Dit tt o +I w ada j jt, tto Gran .. er Cent. 294 , ii. t 0 Deferredp P er, - Land Warrants (Hectares) — ...,,.. bit,'" 0 per Cent. .. b itt 'u o Account ° Ditt'o Ditt 4 4 per Cent., 1862 r r c ' tb,„ A ccount A " e 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditt 3 ce° unt .. itpiitio Account paid o her Cent., 1866, '7,' 9, '6O, 62 — Ditto D:,... .1 , 48 1 ... , 1863 4 Pm ussian 5 per Cent. , 1822, £ St — D itto 41 per Cent 1850 .. Ditto 1860— Ditto D 3 per Cent. 1859 .. Ditto 6 per Cent. , 1862 B7 1 Sardinian 6 per Cent — Ditto Account SPanis 3 per Cent Dittoh Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Ditto Account 32t 35 25 Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded Ditto Account 13 5 Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account 885 Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account Ditto, £lOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1852 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 5 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f. Dutch2l per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 4f per Cent., Et. 251.... Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs — TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 9O Ditto Account 9oi 1 LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR NEXT WEEK.—Nlonday—Royal Academy, at 8 ; " Ana &II:IV' Professor Partridge. Entomological, at 7. Royal I nstitution, at 7 : General monthly meeting. Tuesday— thnologieal, at 8 : " The W e dd os, a Wild Tribe, C eylon," by a Tamil Native ; " Commixture of Races, New World," Mr. Crawfurd. Syro-E gypt i an, at 71: Roman Mensuration in the Eastern Empire." Engi neers, at 8 : " Cornish Pumping Engines," Mr. Morshead ; " Closin g of Reclamation Banks," Mr. Heppel. Zoologi cal, at 9 : " Systematic Position of Palame.lia," Mr. Par ker ; " Breeding of the Moruk," by the Secretary, Wed • Ilesd aY—Society of Literature, at 41. Society of Arts, at 8 : "Recent Agricultural Progress," Mr, Morton. Microsco pical, at 8. G rap hi c, a t 8. B r itish Archosological, a t 8l : lirixworth Church," Mr. Roberts ; " Unpublished MS. Lives of Henry V.," Mr. Bannister ; " Discovery of Well, (3c e., St. Dunstan's Hill," Mr. Blashill. hursday—Anti- T la ries, at 8 : " On Early Egyptian Literature," C. W. Goodwin. Royal, at SI : " Spectra of Chemical Elements," I)llHug g ins ; " A c ids from Cyanides of Oxy-ra4icals of ,- and Tri- a t om i c Alcohols," Mr. Maxwell Simpson. -?r " l Y — Aqtronemical, at B.—Athenceum, Lord Wodehouse is about to proceed to Copen hagen, to congratulate King Christian IX. on his acces sion to th throae. He will be furnished with instructions from the British Government relating to the affairs of the roonarchy at thy present time. SHARE MARKETS.---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOKS. Paid. Share Railways. Crlrioacein I Bu .g done 8 8i IMr„ Wol., and Str. Val. Blythe and Tyne Bristol and. Exeter • . • • Caledonian ........ —.• Cork and Bandon Cornwall A...... Do A gets no diN B till ep c.p an.has Do. been paid to B. Dublin do Beltast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. lEdinburgh & Glasgow. ;Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. atk Ditto A stock 8 8i 81 83 117 118 82 3 Ditto East Anglian at GreatNorthot Scotland Great Northern.. Do A stock Do ii do G t. S. ami W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gun. stock Lancashire & Yorkshirt London and illackwal Lou., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aid Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & Scr.th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Dot shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby hid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 8 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee INth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central Scot N. K, Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpoo Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun (6taines,Wok.,andWok. !Stockton & Darlington Do _ Do New, 188 C, Taff Vale.... Do B Do C Mater Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Weet Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har. &R West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 6i 7 38 10 16 17 04 96 107 0,9 484 494 45 47 74 84 125 127 13J 13t 134 136 9 101 631 1071 1081 71 73 109 ill 44 (5 1041 1041 101 102 47 4S 114 1131 1264 :27 ai lip 96 98 82 63 24 t 6 1001 101 i - 58k 60 88k 83 119 121 1 2 1) 77 78 Ii 11i 124 126 42 44 98 100 61 62 St 32 95 e 5) 97 49 871 371 9 l 0 , 7k 7 1 t 158 160 5 64 21 3i 85 88 170 175 BRITISH P SSESSIONS. Closing ;hart. Railways Paid. Price. Business don , 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence: all 60 43 Bom.,Baroda.4.Cent Pao Sk lug iota 1061 Gu. 5 per cent 20 Do. New . . 8 4 1 P 20 Do. E. Shares 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron al. 61 64 10 Do. Preference all 84 91 ,„,, Buffala,Brant,&Godricl, '" / Ip. ct. Ws. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:1 100 - - tOO Do. do. Juno 1, 18;1 100 - - st Cleutta.&S.Eastn.(Lu. , , 100 103 105 at Cape Town & Dock Sari! 100 101 103 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. Ip. ( 100 1074 )084 stock East Indian. gu. sp. c. l 0) 100 1,74 1061 71 7 20 Do. do. G Ext lO 1 14p 20 Do. do. II do. stook Grand Trunk of Canada 100 20 21 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 15 100 Do. no. deferred-- all 60 63 100 Do. 2d Pref. B all 66 69 100 Do. do. defer r ed.... onus all 50 53 100 Do. 3d lief. stock 100 Do. do. deferred 100 Do. 4th Pref. stocic all 27 29 271 100 Do. do. deferred all 23 16 stook GLlncliarenukgua.sp.o lOO 1074 1084 1071 8 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 14 111 20 Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per vent. 100 1044 1( 54 20i Gt. W. of Canada Sharer all 91 10 91 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.o. '73 with't opt. all 92 95 100 Do. 54 p. o. do. '77-8 all 86 88 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 I 11) stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 105 tub 106 stock Do. 44 p. o. Extensio, 100 100 101 stock De. 44 do .... !... 100 46 100 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- - stock Melb.Corp. ap. o. Bnds. 100 - - 50 Melb. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 59 100 Do. 7p. o. Mortg. Bds. all - 80 Newßruuswicka Candi, Class A and B all 3 6 N. Rl.C'da.l3 po Ist pi bds 100 82 84 stub Saluda (100 1051 1064 stock Do. Delhi q«t ' 100 1044 1054 1054 so Do. do ► 2 1 11) st Do. Panjaub all IC4I 1054 Do. Do. ........ t„lt , 100 - - Stock Do. Indus. St. Flo.) 100 , 101 103 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - 6 a &J ul) - ' 1877-81 100 103 105 1031 I De. 6p. c. Feb. & Atte. 100 102 iO4 - Do. 6 p.o.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104 - Do. Ip. c. Jan.&July. 100 91 03 - r Do. 6 Inscribed stocl. 100 91 93 - 'Cape G.Hope. p 100 108 110 - 1 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 109 111 - Do. 189( 100 109 111 109 - , Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 112 114 - Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 108 108 - Natal Gov. 6 per cent.. 100 107 109 - N.B Gov. 6 p.c. d a.&Jul 100 104 106 1041 - Do. (5 p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - N.S.W.Gov. 5p 18 100 100 102 - 1 Do. sp. c.,18/t to 1:w 100 101 102 - 1 Do. d0.,1888 & upwdi 100 101 102 1011 - ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 110 112 - 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. - ateritng, 1875. lOO 104 106 105 - Queensland Go'. 6p. a. 100 t:1 113 - ,S. Alla G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 112 114 - 'Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 109 - to 6 p.a. An.&Oot.. 100 108 109 108/ 1 8 BRITISH MINES. 2 ICambrian Consol. Gold 1 / 141 - uhflord Amalgamated.. - 33; 34 - Deven G. Con,, . (T aoist., I 545 655 - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 :7 60 1 East Clogau Gold. Ltd. sa. 4d par - East Caradon ...........214•, 25 26 - East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 61 74 - E. W'lltussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 444 41 1 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.i 58, 11 13 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 41 41 - G. Wheal Vor (Heston 40 114 114 - Grenville .. 6.16.. 41 5 - Elerc.4l's-Foot 8.1'2 li9 41 - Hingston Downs 4. 8.0 11 24 - Lady Bertha - Margaret (tiny Lelant 9s, 16 18 - 31arke Valley.. 4 , Myndy Iron Oro (Lim 2,1 14 1 4 - New Setun l 9l 90 100 - • North Downs 2/ 14 2 -- N.WIOI. Baseet(lllootu 3.1.0 24 3 - North Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9 5 54 - Par Consols (St. Blazey 20 I Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 13 45 - iSouthCaradou(St.Cleer, 14 415 125 - S. - Carn Brea (Illogan).. - - - S.W heal Fran. (Illog,an, 18.1 8 .0 60 85 - Stray Park 30.17.6 84 38 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 k fin Croft V 1 8 4 19 ' West Basset (Illogan) l4 10 11 - 1W C' radon (Liskeard) 5 22 24 - West Soton - !Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 874 924 - Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 221 271 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lolant) 2.0.6 - - WhealLudeott • Wheal Mary Ann ',Lien ) 8 114 124 - Wheal Seton 584 170 180 - , Wheal Trelawney (Lis.) 7 194 204 IWheal Union 3.17 24 34 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Northern, 5 per cent., red. at 5 per cent. pin., 108 94 London, Chatham, and Dover 5 per cent. pref., 98 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4k per cent. rd.. 103 Stockton and Darlington, B 6 per cent., 33* PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. Great Eastern, 5 per cent., pf., 102} LINES LEASED AiL FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, Chester and Holyhead, • Ditto, 5 por cent, 1154 Nottingham and Grantham H. & G. 961 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Dutch Rhenish, 151 Namur and Liege, gum 6 per cent. pf., 20 West Flanders, 7f West Flanders, Si per cent. pl., 10f FOREIGN MINES. Don Pedro, Nor.h Del Rey, f General, 22 Linares, 71 Santa Barbara Gold Mine (lira.), f St. John del Rey (lira.), 58 United Mexican (lira;, JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Alliance Bank ofLonaan and Liverpool (11m.), _ • . Ditto, new, 25i'5 A.n.glo Austrian, 7/ t Australasia, Ditto, new, 461 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China," 35 Consolidated Bank, lim., 9/ Continental, Bm., 94. Hindustan, China, and Japan (lim.), 27j imperial Ottoman, 17/ Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 4} London and County, 554 London and Westminster, 78 71 National Provincial of England, Ditto, new, 2i Union of Australia, 53 2 Union of London, 391 t MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint, 19 British Indian Tea, lim., 2/ Crystal Palace, 'A Discount Corporation, limited, 72 1 1 East India litigation and Canal, 4/ Egyptian Commercial and Tracing, Rm., 3/ / Gen. Cr«lit and Finance of London, lim., foi Hudson's Bay, 121 Joint •stock Discount, el / London Financial Association, lim., Peninsulal i o Janeiro an d ° (;1 1 "y Improvem ents, 2 Mercantile Credit Association, lira.,., dig National Discount Company, lim., 91 t en tafsteam, Royal Mail 811 4 7i: tea.tn, 79 ained. A FATAL Kiss.---On Tuesday evening, Sarah Ann Pearson, a domestic servant to Mr. Rameker, farmer, near Itetford, Notts, was employed, as she bad frequently been before, in conveying in a small boat two children over the river Idle. Having reached the opposite bank, s he wa s leaning over the bostsida to give one of them a kiss at parting, when the boat slid away, and she fell headlong in the river, which is rather deep at that spot, and was drowned, LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. MIDDLETON V. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Great Webtern Railway for compensation for injuries sus- The plaintiff sometime ago was a passenger by the Metro politan Railway from Paddington to Farringdon station, and before the train arrived at the latter station a collision occurred by which the plaintiff received some injuries in the face which compelled him for two tar three months to place himself under medical care. He suffered from violent pains in the head, impaired sight, and his income, which realised about £4OO per annum, was entirely stopped by the fact of his having to seek rest and quietness at the seaside. The defendants paid £250 into court, but the plaintiff con sidered such a sum totally inadequate to compensate him for the loss he had sustained. The defendants contended that the sum paid was a very ample compensation for the inconvenience the plaintiff had suffered. He had, they contended, exaggerated the injuries and its results, and the £250 which plaintiff had already received was a full and liberal compensation. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DRUNKENNESS IN A WORKHOUSE.--Ann Connelly, an inmate of St. James's Workhouse, and who had an infant in her arms, was charged before Mr. Knox with assaulting Wm. Butler, aged nine months, and Elizabeth Butler, the mother, who is also an inmate of the workhouse. Elizabeth Butler said that, yesterday evening she was undressing the baby, when the prisoner, who had been drinking, struck the baby in the mouth with her knuckles, and on her (complainant) going to inform the master, pri soner struck her is the mouth, loosening one of her teeth. Prisoner said she was very sorry, and had had a drop of drink. Mr. Knox committed the prisoner for a month. THAMES. IMPORTANT TO MASTERS AND APPRENTICES.—SamueI Camper, a respectable young, appeared before Mr. Par • tridge to answer a charge of disobeying the orders of his master. Mr. Josiah Goodman, builder, No. 1, Lichfield-road, Grove-road, Mile-end, said the prisoner was his apprentice• He had no premium with him. Last Tuesday he gave orders to the prisoner to get his tools ready and lay on the gas at four houses opposite the workshop. The prisoner said he had had enough of that and refused to do it. On the same day the prisoner was ordered to bring out his tools and erect a temporary shed. The prisoner said " I shall stay here and finish my doors." In cross-examination by Mr. Joseph Smith, the solicitor, the witness said that the prisoner was engaged in making doors, but he ought to have obeyed the orders given him. Mr. Partridge thought a master was the best judge of the work required to be done, and not the apprentice. Mr, Goodman said he gave the defendant piecework to encourage him, and paid him 14s. per week, to be increased next year to 15s. Mr. Joseph Smith said the defendant was 21 years of age on the 24th of last October, and was not bound to servo his master any longer as an apprentice. James Camper, of Bow-common, said he was the defen dant's father, and that his son was born on the 24th of October, 1842. He produced his family Bible. The births of all his children were registered in that book. He wrote the words, "Samuel Camper, born October 24, 1812," on the day of his son's birth. Mr. Partridge—There is an end of the case. The com plainant has no further control over the apprentice, who is of age and free. If the father was a party to the agreemen the complainant could bring an action against him for breach of covenant. Mr. Camper said, that when his son was apprenticed he told Mr. Goodman the lad would be of age on October 24, 1863. Mr. Goodman stoutly denied this—he was always led to believe the apprentice would be of age on Oct. 24, 1864. Mr. Partridge—You can bring your action. The appren tice is discharged. MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. There was a small supply of fruit and a large supply of veg etables at our market. The trade was steady at tha fol lowing rates : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 9 0 Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 2 0 Melons 0 0 to 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per hf-sv. 1 9 to 3 6 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100..1 0 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Gooseberries hi sveo 0 to 0 0 Strawberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 a. d. a d Mulberries, pr pt..o 9to 1 0 Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 9to 1 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. .... 0 oto 0 0 Peaches . 0 oto o 0 Currants, per ii.sv 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 LITERATURE. The Shadow of Ashlydyat. By Mrs. Henry Wood, author of "East Lynoe," Three Vols. Bentley. 'I he authoress of " East Lynne" now ranks among the most popular writers of the day. Her works belong to a certain extent, it may be said, to the sensational school; but the main secret of her success, we believe, lies in her powerful command of the emotions. There are a pathos, and a tenderness, and a depth of feeling in her writings unsurpassed by any of her contempo raries. In " East Lynne" this power was very effectively revealed, but the subject was in itself unattractive. Lady Isabel Vane, the heroine, repenting of her desertion of ber home, came back, it r, o r to watch, cs a governess, o one of whom was sink ing The situation was 0n , . , e a intoer be remembered,b owne egt grave. aldvree.n that effectually celled forth Mrs. Wood's peculiar powers; but, while sensible of the emotions so vividly portrayed, our sympathy for the sorrow ing mother was almost lost in our reprehension of the faithless wife. Far otherwise is it in "The Shadow of Ashlydyat." Maria Godolphin, the heroine, is one of the sweetest, gentlest, most loveable, and most loving of devoted wives. Her girlish happiness ; her idolatry for her husband, and her child ; her sadden awakening when ber idol is shattered, and the stern realities of life befall her— all this is portrayed with inimitable skill. George Godolphin, Maria's husband, gay, careless, hand some, fascimating George, is a portrait, no doubt, true to the life. He is the managing partner of a bank, and the younger brother of Thomas Godolphin, of Ashlydyat. Without being" wilfully dishonest," George, in his easy, inconsiderate way, thinking only of the present hour, "aprls nous, le de luge," contrives to bring a very cataract of sorrow and shame upon the hearts of all who love him. Thomas Godolphin is a beautiful character, an honourable, upright man, doomed to an early grave—but striving, while life enables him, to maintain the honourable position he has inherited from his father. When his blind confidence in his brother George is re paid by the closing of the bank shutters, and the bankruptcy of the old and distinguished firm, the peculiar character of the elder Godolphin is im pressively and most forcibly revealed. As a proof of Mrs. Wood's pathetic power, so true to nature in her painting of emotions, let us quote the fol lowing heart-breaking scene : You must not think that Maria conformed to the usages of an invalid. She was up before breakfast in a morning, she did not go to bad until the usual hour at night, and she sat down to the customary meals with Meta. She has risen from the breakfast-table now, on this fine morning, not at all cold for the late autumn, and Margery has carried away the breakfast-things, and has told Miss Meta, that if she'll come out as soon as her mamma has read to her and have her things put on, aho can go and play in the garden. But when the little Bible story was over, her mamma lay down on the sofa, and Meta appeared inclined to do the same. She hustled on to it and lay down too, and kissed her mamma's face, so pretty still, and began to chatter. It was a charming day, the sun shining on the few late flowers, and the sky blue and bright. " Did you hear Margery say you might go out and play, darling ? See how fine it is." " There's nothing to play with," said Meta. "There are many things, dear. Your skipping-rope and hoop, "I'm tired of thew," interposed Meta. "Mamma, I wish you'd come out and play at something with me." " I couldn't run, dear. lam not strong enough." "When shall you be strong enough ? How long will it be before you get well ?" Maria did not answer. She lay with her eyes fixed out wards, her arm clasped round the child. "Meta darling, I—l—am not sure that I shall get well. I begin to think that I shall never go out with you again." Meta did not answer. She was looking out also, her eyes staring straight up to the blue sky. " Meta, darling," resumed Maria, in a low tone, " you had two little sisters once, and I cried when they died, but lam glad now that they went. They are in heaven." Meta looked up more fixedly, and pointed with her finger. Up in the blue sky ?" "Yes, up in heaven. Meta, I think lam going to them. It is a better world than this." " And me toe ?" quickly cried Meta. Maria laid her hand upon her bosom to press down the rising emotion. " Meta, Meta, if I might but take you with me 1" she breathed, straining the child in her agony. The prospect of parting, which Maria had begun to look at, was indeed hard to bear. " You can't go and leave me," cried Meta, in alarm. " Who'd take care of me, mamma ? Mamma I do you mean that you are going to die ?" Meta burst into tears; Maria cried with her. Oh reader, reader I do you know what it is, this parting be tw,en mother and child? To lay a child in the grave is bitter grief ; but to leave it to the mercy of the world ! there is nothing like unto it in human anguish. Maria's arms were entwined around the little girl, clasping her nervously, as if that might prevent the future parting ; the soft, rounded cheek was pressed to hers, the golden curls lay around. "Only fora little while, Meta. If I go first, it will be but for a little while. You—" Maria stopped; her emotion had to be choked down. "Itis a happier world than this, Meta," she resumed, overmastering it. "There will be no pain there; no sick ness, no sorrow. This world seems made up of sorrow, Meta. Oh, child I but for God's love in holding out to our view that other one, we could never bear this, when trouble comes. God took your little sisters and brothers from it ; and—l think—He is taking me." Meta tun ned her face downwards, and laid hold of her mother with a frightened movement, her little fingers clasp ing the thin arms to pain. " The winter is coming on here, my child, and the trees will soon be bare : the snow will cover the earth, and we wrap ourselves up from it. But in that other world there will be no winter : no cold to chill us ; no sultry summer heat to exhaust us. It will be a pleasant world, Meta, and God will love us." Meta was crying silently. " Let me go, too, mamma." "In a little while, darling. If God calls me first, it is His wili," she continued, the sobs breaking from her aching heart. "I shall ask Him to take care of you after I am gone, and to bring you to me in time; I am asking Him always." " Who'll be my mamma then ?". cried Meta, lifting her head in a bustle, as the thought occurred to her. More pain. Maria choked it down, and stroked the golden curls. "You will have no mamma then, in this world. Only ,sihnepflaaeyeaoufi Meta paused. " Will ho take me to London, to Mrs papa." Pa T in he r startled shock that these simple words brought b Maria cannot well be pictured : her breath stood still, her d eCt her childish. thoughts to tell '' Why do y o u ask that?" she said, her hear t tsa l \ zis o t s b a u e d a n d t a e d w n i t l and Mrs. Pain rot me why. pretty letter, she said if papa would take me up w toe iao that do "When The spell was broken. The happy visions of heaven, y. f s lo h v e e 'd , hbaeambyeemnadmismplattefeo: faorlitutleawriha.ile and in the stillness the bells of All Souls' heard to strike out a joyous peal on the morning air. Meta e clapped her hands and lifted her face, radiaat now with glee. Moods require not time to change in childhood : now sunshine, now rain. Margery opened the door. The Charlotte Pain here ailuded to is a capital character. A reckless, good-natured, " fast," and indiscreet lady, the cause of much sorrow to the simple Maria. As to the Shadow of Ashlydyat, which gives its name to the book, here is the legend to which it owes its origin— IL Has George never told you the tale?" replied Janet. " Never. He says he does not remember it clearly enough." " It is to be hoped he maY never have cause to remember it more clearly 1" was the severe rejoinder of Janet. For a Godolphin to forget, or toprofess to forget, the house's tra dition, was rank heathenism in the mind of Janet. " Will you not tell it me, Janet ?" Janet hesitated. " One of the early Godolphins brought a curse upon the house," she at length slowly began. "It was that evil ancestor whose memory we would bury, were it practicable ; he who earned for himself the title of the Wicked Godolphin. lie killed his wife------ ,, ,i Kill e d his wife 1" interrupted Maria, somewhat startled. " Killed her by gradual and long•continued ill-treat - went," explained Janet, whose voice had sunk to a hushed tone. " lie wanted her out of the way that another mi g h t fill her place. He pretended to have discovered that she was not worthy : than which assertion nothing could be churchtnon u silent,o more shameful and false, forehe was one of tbe t lasdies ever created. She was sins, Commius, daughter of the warrior Richard de Comtn who was b rave as s h e was good. She died ; and the Wicked Godolphin turned her coffin out of the house on to the Dark Plain, there"—point int; down to the open apace in front of the archway—" there to remain until the day came for interment. But he did not wait for that day of interment to bring home his second wife." th os e early days will sca rc ely a dmit of " Not wait I" exclaimed Maria, her eager ears d r i n ki ng in the story. " in these," continued Janet : "they ana T llu h s e io m n an t n o er t s he in m savour of what is worse than barbarism—sin, The father, Richard de Commins, heard of his child's death, and hastened to Ashlydyat, arriving by moonlight. The first sounds he encountered were the revels of the celebration of the second marriage; the first sight he saw was the coffin of his daughter on the open plain, a pall covering it, and two of her faithful women attendants sitting, the one at the head, the other at the foot, mourning the dead. While he halted there, kneeling to say a prayer, it was told to the Wicked Godolphin that De Commins had arrived. He— that Wicked Godolphin—rushed madly out and drew his sword upon him as he knelt. De Commins was wounded, but not badly, and he rose to defend himself. There en sued a combat, Do Commins having no resource but to fight, and he was killed ; was murdered. Weary with his journey, enfeebled by age, weakened by grief, his foot slipped, and the Wicked Godo'phin, stung to fury by the few words of reproach De Commins had had time to speak, deliberately ran him through as he lay. In the moment of death, De Commins cursed the Godolphins, and prophesied that the shadow of hie daughter's bier, as it appeared then, should remain to bring a curse upon the Godolphins' house for ever." "But do you believe the story ? ' cried Maria,' breath- lessly. "How much of it may be true and hew touch of it addi tion, I cannot decide," said Janet. " One fact is indis - put tble : that a shadow, bearing the exact resetablance of a bier, with a mourner at its head and another at its foot, does appear capriciously on that Dark Plain; and that it never yet showed itself, but some grievous ill followed for the Godolphins. It is possible that the Shadow may have given partial rise to the story." " Janet," cried Maria, leaning forward, her own tones hushed, "is it possible that one, in dying, can curse a whole generation, so that the curse shall takeeffect ?" " Hush, child I" rebuked Janet. "It does not become us to inquire into these things. They are far, far above the ken of our poor earthly wisdom. Ido not attempt to enter upon it. Were I to say, of my own decision, God does permit this curse to remain and to take effect upon us, the descendants of that wicked man : were I, on the contrary, to fling it from me in derision, to say it is folly, no such thing as a curse can hold its effect, all that has happened to us of ill, happens by accident, the appearance of the Shadow is but an accident, induced by natural causes, though we cannot find the precise clue to them—l should be only a degree less wicked than the dead-and sone Godol phin. We must be content to leave these things. They can never be decided, until all the mysterles of this lower world shall be cleared up, by means of that Light which has not yet entered it. Controversy on them is utterly bootless, worse than profitless; for there will be believers and disbe lievers to the end of time. You wished me to tell the story, Maria, and I have done so. Idu no more Ido not tell you it is to be believed, or it is not to be believed. Let every one decide for himself, according as his reason, his instinct, or his judgment shall prompt him. People accuse me of being foolishly superstitious, touching this Shadow and these old traditions. I can only say the superstition has been forced upon me by experience. When the Shadow appears I cannot shut my eyes to it and say, It is not there.' It is there ; and all Ido is to look at it, and spe culate. When the evil, which invariably follows the ap pearance of the Shadow, tails : I cannot close my heart to it, and say, in the teeth of facts, 'No evil has happened,' The Shadow never appeared, Maria, but it brought ill in its wake. It is appearing again now ; and lam as certain that some great ill is in store, as that I am talking with you I at this moment. In this point lam superstitious." We cannot say that we, ourselves, quite approve, as critice, of any such spiritual mysteries as these being employed in imaginative literature. INlrs. Wood, moreover, is capable of Exercising sufficient power, and that, too, with singular ability in the realms of Truth and Nature, to render her indepen dent of any mere " mysteries" with,a view to the production of sensational effect. Popular Edition of Lord Macaulay's history of England. Part 11. Longmat; and Co. Having c ffnmented at some considerable length upon the peculiarities of this admirably well thought of edition of Lord Nlacaulay's grand torso of Eng lish _History sa the time when the initial number first made its appearance, all we have now to notify in its regard is the simple fact of its continuation. The second instal ment of the work now issued simultaneously with the magazines for December, closes with Macaulay's wonderfully graphic account of the circumstances atten dant upon the death of King Charles the Second. That profligate monarch breathing his last, very far indeed no doubt from what the poetical old mediaeval religious came to speak of familiarly as the " odour of sanctity"—but at any rate with a serious, though tardy, sense of Religion at the cry last! When Chiffinch was hustled out of the royal bed • chamber after let tin gin that ever apropos Father Hudd lestone who took so conspicuous a part in tut thering the escape of the young king after Worcester at Boscobel, and who now administered to the dying monarch all the sacred consola tions at his command. Reading the impressive narrative as it has been picturesqueiy written by the luminous pen of Macaulay, one realises the actual scene in imagina tion far more vividly than even when looking at that glowing canvass upon which Mr. Ward, the Royal Academician, a few seasons back, depicted the con fused group of courtiers in the ante-chamber, with the right hand of H.R.H. the Duke of York, afterwards King James the Second, protruding through the doorway to take in the glass of water for the parched lips of the expiring sovereign. We are more than ever impressed, now t h at t h e serial issue of this popular edition of Lord Macaulay's History of England maybe regarded as fairly in progress i we are more than ever impressed with the importance of it as a means of popularising his resplendent reputation. The Christmas Number of London Society for 1863. A wonderful shilling's worth of innocent and interesting light literature has here been provided most seasonably by the enterprising publishers of London Society. It has been the peculiarity of that popular illustrated magazine, ever since the date of its original commencement, that in the getting up of it, in the very material of the paper on Whi c h i t is printed, in the variety and elegance of its embel lishments, it is a periodical of nothing less than first-class excellence. If the literary contents are in no degree to be compared, as a rule, with even the average of the contribu - lions contained in that other still more popular illustrated shilling monthly, the Cornhill—in regard to the embellish ments, the Cornhill is nothing to be compared to London society. Even (we say this) though a man of powers like Millais is among the number of the Cornhill illustrators I I❑ point of fact, as a rule, we take the engravings in the Cornhill to be about as execrable, as the engravings in London Society are exquisite. Lavishly and luxuriously pictorial though the latter periodical is, month after month, it just fairly surpasses itself in its extra number for the Christmas Holiday time. Here before us is a brilliant specimen of how far it does, after this fashion, as we have said, surpass itself. We don't know that we have ever seen a more ample shillingsworth of tale, verse, fun, frolic, and romance, intermingled with the prettiest, quaintest oddest, drollest, gracefullest engravings by way of embel lishment. After the editor's Christmas Greeting the first story, leading off, is one by Mark Lemon, the Editor of Punoh—a story about a Christmas Day in a Jew's house. A number of other amusing narratives of the most diversi • fled character make up the literary contents--contents illustrated by fully a score of choice engravings by artists as gifted in their various ways as C. W. Cope, R.A., as Daniel Maclise, R.A., as Kenny Meadows, Alfred Crowquill, Hablot Browne (i c. Phiz), Wm. M'Connell, W. Brunton, IL Sanderson, M. Ellen Edwards, f. A. Doyle, and last and not by any means least, George H. Thomas. Indeed, the folding picture by Mr. Thomas, opposite page 20, re presenting " Christmas with Sir Launcelot," we take to be the gem of the whole number. It reminds us of a wonder ful picture of Christmas, pencilled a year or two back by the same elegant draughtsman, a picture of marvellously ela borated fun, grace, and beauty, drawn by him for the Illustrated London News. We can and do very heartily commend this number of London Society to every one in quest of innocent mirth at Christmas. The Rose, Shamrock, and Thistle Magazine. " Don't be flowery, Jacob!" was the ejaculatory entreaty addressed byEbenezer Scrooge to Marley's Ghost, on that famous Christmas Eve when the old hunt (luckily for us all) had the visitation. W e cannot, however, find'the heart to say ditto to Mr. Scrooge, when visited on the eve of this coming Christmas by the flowery periodical before us. T h e Bose, The Shamrock, and The Thistle, is worthy of its nal" whic 1! an.d reflects credit upon the Caledonian press from e manates. Twenty numb ers h ave a lready the crowd of this young competitor for popularity anions - h various appeared, so that magazines now issuins; month after month from t h is t by this . line publishing houses of the United Kingdoni. is fairly out of its teens. The nestling o f .yesterday. is no it is now strong longer callow, is no longer even a tiedglicg— upon the wing, and sustains its flight full well. D he con tents of the new number for this current month of ocem ber is unusually varied. ninete,enth. instalment . of " Quicksands on Foreign Shores," a series especially re mailable as having been edited from the very commence ment of the magazine, by Archbishop Wh ate , ly—yields us a charming chapter on ‘4 F r iends Meeting. , That elm. neet Shaks perian commentator Mr. J. O. Halliwell, F.R.s., has a t en th of his Roundabout Letters upon Stratford. on-Avon. The pleasant commentator on our G rea t Boz, gives us, as his sixth paper on " Dickens's Works," some ente rtaining pages on Oliver Twist. Eliza beth Sheridan Car e y , the gifted poetess, co n t r ib u t es some melodious stanzis, e ntitled ,. " Friendles s an d F a ll en. " Quallon is he re, too,with " ire-Side Musings." Numerous to make up an especially seasonable num ber , but they are . altogether too numerous to be indi vidualized. Conspicuous among the contents, however, are Two pietas de resistance—five chapters from "The Life and Adventures of Jacob Morrision," and two capital h. c ap ters in continuation of that thoroughly Charles-O'Malley like 'alai now adorning this Caledonian Fress Magazine month after month, " Midßa and Matrimony, edited by V. 13.14. 6.4.0 L 9.16.41 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1863,, VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9 to 1 3 it's(' ditto 1 6 So 2 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, p dz 0 9 to 2 0 Brocoli, per bus. 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 60 0 to 110 0 New ditto, pr lb .. 0 0 to 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Carrots,pr do 4 6 to 6 6 Cucumbers 0 0 to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Green peas,ll.-sv. 0 0 to 6 0 French beans,h.s. 0 0 to 0 0 Onions, doz. bn.. 1 6 to 2 0 New Do., dzbim 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach .. 0 0 to o 0 Turnip radishes 0 0 So 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms& ptl. 0 oto 0 0 Artichokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score .. 0 10 to 1 3 Mint and savory..o 3to 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 I Radishes, dz hnds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 6 Seakale, par bun. 0 oto 0 0 HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 12s 6d ; clover, £4 Os to a 10s Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. CUMBERLAND..--MMIOW hay, £3 Os to £4lss Od ; cloves, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £l6s to £1 16s per load. Supply moderate. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4l2s 6d ; clover, £4 Os to £5 128 Od ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load. A moderate demand. POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 98 Od; geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, Os Od to Os Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 9d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each; Surrey fowls, 7s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 5s Od to 108 Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 58 Od ; capons, Os Od • h are s, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os each ; Pheasants, 2s Od to 3s Od ; partridges, is 4d to 2s Od ; woodcocks, 2s to 2s Gd; snipes, 9d to Os Od; teal, Os 9d to Os Od ; wild ducks, Os Od to is 6d ; widgeons, Os Od to is Od; plovers, Os 9d to Os Od each; guinea jowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, lld to is Od ; English, Is to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s Od ; French do., 8s Od to 108 6d per 100 ; leverets, is Gd to 286 d ; grouse, 28 61 to 2s 6d. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut , 6d p er lb. ; turbots, 8s Od to 305 ; cod, 68 Od to 20s Od ; bril ls, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 5s Od to 6s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, is to 4s Od; crabs, 6d to 3s Od ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, is to 4s Od per pair; common oysters, 10s to 16s ; natives, 60s to 63s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 6s ; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; 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 33 2d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 8d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; and lamb, Oa Od to Os Od per Sibs by the 'arcane. WHYIECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 36 10d to 466 d; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the •arcase, BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6id to 7d, of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3fd ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d; 801 b to 881 b, 3fd to 4}d; 881 b to 061 b, 4d to 44d; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to 5d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 5d to 6d. Horse hides, 9s Od to lls Od ; calf skins, light, 35 Od to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, 108 Od to 12s Od; half-brods, 8s Gd to 9 s 6 d; Downs, 5s Od to 7s Gd; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; sheailings, Os Od to Os Od. SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Deo. s.—Wind this day at noon—South- West ; strong breeze, and fine weather, but cloudy a little. CLYDE,'Dee. 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Renfrew, from Newfoundland. MILFORD, Dec. 4.—Wind 'W.—Arrived—Amber Witch, from Madras for Liverpool. FALMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Christian, from Newport for St. Thomas. . Po RTSIoI 0 TH, Dec. 4.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—lnnma, from Rio Grande for Exeter. _ —.- COWES, Dec. 2.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Z walww, from Hamburg for Buenos Ayres. DOVER, DPC. 4,—Wind W.—Arrived—Mexico, from Bape Hayti for Havre. TORBAY, Dec, 4,—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Gateshead, from Buenos Ayres. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEN D, Sattuday Morning. Arrived—John Bull, from Montreal; Salt Marsh, from Caen; Sophia, from Kurrachee. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Omar Pasha, from the westward for London ; 11,-)yal Charlie, from London for Victoria. The Maxwell has been towed in, clear of the Goodwin Sands, and is to be supplied with an anchor and 60 fathoms chain, to replace others lost. The Hanoverian galliot Cornelia, from Bremen for Rouen, passed, and drifted towards the Goodwin, and is supposed to be lost. Crew saved, and brought ohore. DR. CEARLES MACKAY, it is now stated is rc turningto America as correspondent of the I ink's. At one time it was thought that he was to resume his old pest, as editor of the illustrated London News. 491 i 125 4 1301 1} 63k 1081 i 109 10 44k 4 1 104} bi 95i it Knollys." Among all the contributions of this very read able magazine, the one last particularised is, without any doubt, about the most readable. It has a dash and "go" in it that carries the reader along in spite of himself. We need.~ must turn the pages, amused as we read, and close each number, looking out eagerly for the next in stalment. Cornkill Magazine. " The Small House at Allington" is continued, and it isplcasing to find that Crosbie'a troubles are beginning in earnest, and that so far Lily is avenged. Johnny Eames seems likely to become a hero in spite of himself, and is the object of envy alike at Burton-crescent and at the office. Some scenes in this instalment are .sketched in a natural style, and the plot is progressing rapidly. "Marriage Settlements" goes at some length into the subjec , , and minutely explains the diffzence that exists in England and France in affairs of this sort. On the whole, the advantages appear to belong to the French side, so far as they are made manifest in this paper. They. have a few dafinito rules, which, strictly adhered to, obviate confusion, and provide for all kinds of , emergencies. " Cousin Phillis" improves in continuation, and a regular romance is b( gun. The simple country sketches are very pleasing, and quite refreshing after the town life for ever met with in tales and anecdotes, " Attempts at Classic Metre in Quantity" is a peculiar style of composition, that may serve to interest and amuse some readers, if only by their ingenious and original ideas. " Life in a Country House" is a readable sketch, that brings a very agreeable phase of life before us. Certainly those whose lot it is to wander from one mansion to another and disport themselves in this charmed existence, cannot be said to have a hard or harsh life before them. Several amus ing anecdotes are narrated, and the whole paper is pleasingly and profitably put together. ":My Maiden Brief" is a strange sketch that will attract some readers. Fanny Kemble con tributes her deas on a congenial subject, "On the Stage." They are well written, and and contain several passages worthy strange atm a o tale, e t o o f ryt,, attention. T continued "Margaret length.lt i s De as mysterious l's is as ever. Luttrell of Arran. By Charles Lever. A. new serial by the pen of this popular author must always be greeted with satisfaction by the Public. As a matter of course, Ireland and the Irish are the test, and it is curious that, no pan, pherefersimtal l ne fi e, x s e r s d up th o a n s t o h ns e e G f r E ee ri n a Isle as the stage of his performance, sod tho Sons of Erin are ma tter how numerous are the p ro d uct i ons of hi s industrious h as i s dthersat)angaetiosfpehrissonw. Although few ca u compare with Charles Lever in delineating Irish character, he by no means restricts himself to one nationality. I n many of his earlier works, in his descriptions of English, Russian, and American character, he is as true to nature as when he is depicting his own countrymen. In this first instalment of the work now before us, he introduces the probable hero of the tale, as well as one or two other personages, who will no doubt figure prominently in it. A young man of high promise, having been disappointed in love, and foiled in his wild aspiration of regenerating Ireland, after the failure of Emmet, retires in disgust to some old family pro perty in the Isle of Arran, He is discovered there by an old college chum, who has visited the coast of Ireland for relaxation. The character of this individual is capitally drawn. Mr. Viner, an Englishman of fortune and influ ence, discovers in his companion, an egotistical individual, the very reverse of himself; on the principle, we suppose, that extremes meet. These characters form a striking contrast, the one, as it were, throwing out into bold relief the features of the other. Although we cannot as yet form much idea of the plot of the story, it has advanced far enough to induce us to look forward with expectancy to the ensuing numbers. Le Follet. This graceful record of the fashions continues to provide its fair subscribers with all the requisite information respecting the vagaries of the changeful goddess. It has besides an animated collection of tales and sketches, mostly belonging to the good old fashioned school of love stories, and a brief poem on the recent planting of an oak by the Queen on the site of the famous old Hern,'s Oak, which verses have, we believe, been honoured by the approval of her Majesty. MISCELLANEOUS. The National Mcryazine continues its series of studies of the face, in which, however, the engraving is not always happy in conveying the expression intended. The repre sentation of cunning might have been much more accurate. Captain Mayne Reid proceeds with his exciting narrative of " The White Gauntlet," and there are a good many other papers of varying merits.—? he Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine is as usual a marvel of cheapness. In addition to the customary coloured sheet of fashions a very handsome slipper pattern adorns this number.—The Boy's Oren Ma gazine is what it professes to be. "an illustrated journal of f a c,fiction,history,and adventure," and those young readers who are unable or unwilling to procure it may avail them selves of the substitute kindly provided by Mr. Beeton in the Boy' s Penny Magazine, also in its way well worth reading. —Curiosities of Savage Life form a most attractive series for juvenile readers. The parts are copiously illustrated, and a coloured plate is prefixed to each number. Mr. Beeton is also bringing out a Dictionary of 6"cionee, Art, and Literature, which, when completed, will be a valuable repertory of information.—Caesells' Illustrated Bunyan is a really beautiful work, and hundreds of firesides will welcome it as adding a new attraction to the ever welcome Pilgrim. The same publisher's History of England and Popular Educator and Popular Natural History are excel lent works for promoting the diffusion of knowledge.— Young England is a little periodical that will be very wel come to all young connoisseurs in birds, flowers, insects, &e.—? lre British Workman. The yearly part of this long • established paper makes a really handsome volume, orna mented by a gaily printed cover, with a picture of bluff King Hal and the Miller of the Dee. The engravings ate numerous, and some of the large plates, those by Harrison Weir for instance, are admirably drawn. The letterpress is of the usual standard, and highly moral in its tone. — The Band of Hope Review. Part 111. New Series. This is a juvenile companion to the "British Workman," de voted, like that journal, to the cause of religion and tem perance. It has a good deal of pleasant reading for young folks, ant the large plates and numerous smaller engravings will delight the young reader.—Beeion's Christmas Annual. Whoever wishes to read sensation stories of the most start ling character, wild, weird, and tragical, should provide themselves with the gaily bound volume bearing this cheer ful title. The Kiddle-a-wink—whose extraordinary title has puzzled Londoners for some time past—is a collection of mysterious 'stories of love, murder, madness, and suicide, guilt hidden and discovered, visions, dreams, pro; phecies, and apparitions. They are certainly origins and exciting to a degree that will fascinate all lovers of the horrible. More suitable to the owni n g festive season are the rest of the contents: the of true family and their various peculiarities, the SAPP L r e ') holiday pantomimic eloquence, the nonsense paged'ventures of a achievements of Master Tom, the awful a o f the year in small boy at a Christmas party, the puzzle language, the budget of trick:veh Wr legerdemain, the press our friends with our capacities of every kind that °enable us to new edition edition of Shakspere, the riddles s ertairay a cheap shil crowd the concluding pages. puts a screaming farce pounded on the same principle ti‘fh t oat people like the corn ling's worth, whether of horroriOraits' in usernent, and is com after a highly tragic trage "clever line their tastes incline bination, however, and in these comprehensive lmanack for 1864 will be to they will be able to grawthifiyhethrl pages,— Whistlecrafes irlela-iliequired reputation. In addi tion to sustain all its nfoefitinations for each month, the little tion to the weather prog-- variety h ot information of the most varied - r Garden Oracle and Almanack v an ol d u u m s e et c .u o l n d t e a s in c A / Itio; hiy acceptable both to ptote.sional for 1864 will provonenre. A novel feature has been adopted and amateur g ritlilberd in the preparation of the work, thu s how by the growth of plants and the dvv b o ibo b y yp j a M a c ue t r on . b i tv e S o i e b o rt i g s i a ot °4- e re & pr e ,' I e t s s i o f s an the arrangement seasons, o f finsteadflowers e e o r - s f d a y ltbrougnout t l year.. with I their history e n d secrets of theirsu lie New Zealand forO eVrerfre z. Every question that may suggest it se lf to an Ratidb°°"' •fi• nt will be found fully answered and ex intending some a etni.it'uletul little work. It cannot, therefore, but b i P li e la te ? d tw ini xo gn e.4 l e s service to those who cont emp l ate a voyage an tipodes, while at the same ti me i t i s cheap, well to the and trustworthy. arranged) Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. A better feeling. Sales, probably 3,000 baler, or more. THE STATUE OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT, lately removed from the Place Vendome, having been cleaned and repaired, has been placed on its new pedestal at the Bond Point of Courbevoie. As it now stands at a height of only 30 feet from the ground, it looks to greater advantage than it did in its former position at an elevation of upwards of 130 feet. FANS IN FRANCE.—It was in the thirteenth cen tury that. fans were introduced into France ; but instead of being articles of domestic ornament or use, they were, by the pilgrims who brought them, consecrated to divine service ; and the Benedictines state that the priests made use of a fan called ji abellum to keep the flies from fall ing into the chalice. This custom was of long continuance. The Greek church has retained it, and it figures even in the Pope's mass as a remnant of the past. It was not till the sixteenth century that the Italian perfumers, who came int" France with Catherine De Medicis, brought fans ts! domestic use. The women wore thorn at that pended to the neck by gold chains, and the Imperial t i e d to possesses one of elaborate workmanship whichtbees brOught Diana of Poitiers. Henry 111. and his favoarlis • ed the fan the fan into great vogue. Louis XVI. g °r f6lis king, and makers into a guild. During the reign :usable article ot that of Louis XV., the fan was an i f nci t i g e ighteenth cen peritiaoirnl,srialry a lady's toilette ; and the painterso Watteau, Fragonard, did tury, Lancret, Boucher, Patel, not disdain gracefulisdaintot ra ni io sjhsfioiroufrs an imm ense number of their REPLY OF THE QUE:EN OP SPAIN TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON, (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) MADRID, Nov. 30. The Epoca publishes the following as the text of the reply of the Queen of Spain to the Emiperor Napoleon's letter of invitation to a Congress Sir, my Brothcr,—The very important letter which you have been so good as to address to me from Paris, under date the 4th of this month, cold(' not but be taken into con sideration, both by me and my Government. I consider your Majesty's project very laudable in aiming at the complete pacific solution of the ardu ous political questions which now keep the peoples in profound agitation. In order that calm be re stored,tnay Providence deign to accord your Majesty aid the happinessd un g the o f s ee i i n m g m y e o n u s d re projec tsiiucle tis whichrealised, t' he strife of adverse interests always brings with it. I agree with your M.lj esty that the Treaties of 1815 are attacked by the debility proeuced by time and use, besides the forced influence of serious events which, in many cases, have resulted in noto rious and capital infractions of their letter and. spirit.also agree with you that if war has alwaysildee.oaoiryner: a great et,,l a mity for peoples, it would be still m -- so now, on account o f t he disastrous perturbation tl that it would prod uce amon g nati ons, every more closely united , b y the commu nity of their moral and material interests. Consequently, if your Majesty's idea be realised by the assembly of the European Powers in a pacific Congress, I do not hesitate to afford your :Majesty the assurance, in concert with my Government, th a t Spain will participate therein, either at Paris or any other point that may be selected for the delibe rations, and that Spain will cause her voice to ba heard in words of justice, peace, and concord, con tributing within the limits of her conciliatory councils to the pacific solution of the serious ques tions which the Congress has in view, in order to consolidate peace and tranquillity in the Old and, New World, I profit by this opportunity to renew to your Imperial Majesty the assurance of my consideration and sincere friendship, with which I am, Sir, my brother, your Majesty's good sister, The Palace, Nov. 14, 1863. ISABELLA.. VIE CRA.WLEY COURT-MARTIAL. (PROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) FIFTEENTH DAY. su[nT, of Irfollalsot in w e i v n e g u ap : j e : a_red in the Third Edition of "ThQ ALDERSHOT, Friday. Tha Court reopened this morning at 10 o'clock, and Lieut.-Colonel Frederick Fitzwygram, of the 15th Infantry, was called, and said in reply to Colonel Sir A. Horsford—This is my letter, and I have no objection to ita being read. The letter was as follows : " Newbridge Barracks Nov. 15, 1863. egarding : Sir, —In reply to your letter of the 13th inst. requesting i n f orma tion as to the evidence which I can give the character of th e late regimental Sergeant m of the 6th Dragoons , I have the honour to state that r I k the deceased well from his entry into the servi ce up tontel7 period of my exchange with Lieut.-Colonel Crawley. Ire, member his joining at No ttin g ham Barrack s a month or two after I joined myself in the latter part of 1843 ; and I never lost sight of him whilst I remained in the regiment. I n 1853 he became my troop sergeant major, and in the sum mer of 1855 had the pleasure of recommending him to Col. White, then commanding the regiment, for the vacant post of regimental sergeant major. From the circumstances of his having been my sergeant major, I continued to know and s'.le more of him during his later service than pro bably I should otherwise have done. I can honestly say that during those many years, whether in the lower grades, or as my troop sergeant major, or in his after more important capacity as regimental sergeant major, lag was one of the best men I ever met. " With regard to his sobriety, to which point I presume your inquiry is more immediately directed, „ I believe my intercourse with him from the time he became my sergeant major up to the time I left the regiment in 1860, was Bo constant and so continuous, that it is impossible that ho could have been addicted to drink without my having some knowledge, or at least suspicion of it.—l have the honour, (Signed) W. Fizz WY GILA3I, Lieutenant .Colonel, Coimmanding 15th Hussars, " The Deputy Adjut. General, Horse Guards. Sergeant Lewis F,Avles said he placed sentries over Ser•. geant Major Lilley. No written orders to do so were given. Sergeant Pilbean said he was on guard over Sergeant Lilley. He never saw Mrs. Lilley in her bedroom, neither could ho see into the apartment. Troop Sergeant Galloway said he was orderly troop ser geant over Lille) , four times. He never made any corn, plaints to him. Sir A. Horsford—Did you respect Sergeant Major Lilleyr —Yes, I did. Will the Court ask the prisoner whether ho has any regimental order books. If so, I should like to look at ;hem to ascertain whether it will be necessary to put them in for the prosecution.—Yes, I have some here. (Books handed in). Colonel Crawley—ls it true that Sergeant Major Wake field was raving mad at the time of Sergeant Major Lilley'4 death f—llo was mad. Was he raving mad P—l did not notice him raving ma d , Did you notice anything whaiever, if so, state what r-- , He was slightly delirious. From what cause ?—Drink. Did he drink much during his arrest ?—Yes. him the worse for liquor d u ur e i ci ng id h n i c ," examined by Colonel Crawley hae.egvraseeranssteNreynewovt7ll:Sergeaut Major Lilley on the reouotmside instead of _ arrest sPrivateai Have ?h— youe ' Thomas night of the let of May. Corporal Blake was placed under ai leY plaints were ever, at any me arrest for posting him outside instead of inside the L im . galow. After Blake was placed under arrest. 'witness was' Sergeant Majaebroohrtllltrhse.Lhitolilueys-e. kponsotewdwinhsyidce Corporal e o rzin Bl 4 a , ke th p e os s t e we r d v a a lkh n ii t nua s g. ' slept in the verandah. Ile In that vseervaenr made whileinside. hoe himile was e s i a e t w n h t e r r y M . b r y N s . t o h L c e i o l He was sentry in the second bungalow also, her i d n o th s e o bun galow Sergeant Major Lilley verandah, l ah times while I was an ' in the day-time to go out and sit s v a e w r a h n i d m a h. twice li e sleeping salv with h . er husband in the Mrs. Lilley used 1 duty. Sir A. Horsford—When th e sergeant-ma j or s l ep t in the! verandah where was y our Proper post? Witnass—Beside hitn in the verandah. Sir A. Horsford—l have now exhausted my list of wit nesses supplied to the prisoner, and I now propose to put in evidence the r eg i mental order boo k s f rom t h e 24th o f February, 1862, to the 31st of May, 1862 , i n or d er that if necessary they may in their reply, refer the court to certain parts o f the m y. At present, of course, they are unable to say whether it will be necessary to refer to them or not. The prosecutor handed in also a certificated copy of the Mhuw court-martial, calling particular attention to pa g es 78 , 79, 80, 167, 168, as the pages to which they particularly refer the Court. Page 90 will also be brought under the notice of the Court. The whole of the proceed ings of the Mhow court martial are put in by the prosecu tion, in order that the Court may be refer to any matter which the Court may judge to bo relevant to the issue. Col. Crawley protested against the regimental order books being put in, and contended that the passages on which the prosecu.ion relied should be specified and read. Sir A. Horsford said that with regard to the regirseo al . order book, its production was simply to enable unties secutor, if found desirable, to show on what da y s the taoutha of adjutant ware performed by certain persons. ...petent 0 pages proceedings of the Mhow court m artial, onlY specified would be referred to , a nd it would dire he o7o c t the at for both the :prosecutor and the prisoner :sale nco eluding tention of the Court to all these matters I addresses. tar d a y that must be everyread - Colonel Pipon said the court rulede)L7e.aes thing which was required to be is ' and recorded in the proceedings. m ated from the regi- Sir A. Horsford said that all ' h e s of the adjutants who mental order books was the ow,: z avil. performed the duties on certain ' The court then a dj e ur 1 ned. ----;abange--Yesterday. 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